firewoodman

i have both a circular saw10" diam and a chainsaw one 16" iwould'nt recommend any processor above any other as i have only used 4 in my time. they all have thier good and bad points but i do feel certain ones are overpriced , and some are built stronger than others. i can however recommend companies on their customer care and after service (essential imo) the only difference imo between the saws is the amount of sawdust produced, you get more with a chainsaw, but you can easily sharpen a chainsaw if you hit a nail or wire in the wood. circular saw cuts quicker but expensive to replace blade. i'd love a polytunnel. have you tried the vented log bags? excellent for me!

processor will always be quicker because of the handling aspect and the conveyor belt. currently i split 10 cubic meters a day and i take it easy. the larger the diameter upto the max the the processor can handle, the faster the bag will fill, also the longer the log the less cuts you need to do. a bulk bag is around 3/4 a cubic meter so well done treedave but they were 18" long, mine are 10"long so i do an extra cut per log. does this help?

any idea of costs. e.g purchase, running, consumables

how long would it take to produce a ton with your set up your helping with?

500 gallons or litres???

nice one. do you need a heat tank with those??

last i heard pellets were £90 -120 per ton. thats what i'm told, i dont buy them

what wa***rs, thats only 2+4 years younger than me....bet it was for drug money cos they cant be arsed working

so what happens to all that wood you cut down??

where did you get that boiler??? its awesome, i want one. as for the pellets i agree!! and as for the time....don't you guys have staff???

as arborists, for a little effort and lack of convenience if you have a log boiler you have got free fuel. i've always felt with pellet boilers, if you run out of pellets (possible) it a frigging nightmare to get a log in there. firewood is free but pellets cost £££'s if i was a baker i would not go to tescos to buy my cakes and bread!!!

thats why she won it!!! whats wrong with you boys??? a little rain never hurt anyone....or does it need to be warm water for you:bath:

bearmach locally

oh how you cut me with your harshness...i'm telling mani google came up as gold medal for welsh cyclist:001_smile:

sunny sunny wales here too

whats the price on those then???

i fully agree with you about the species, i have found pine to burn for quite some time in a stove but have also found it does take quite a while to dry out. i always found that charcoaling was a lot of effort for little reward, especially if doing it for bioregional. well done for giving it a go

i got insa turbos good remolds at reasonable price similar to bfg all terains and no noise difference from when i had goodyear road tires

why is that over the top????? i've phoned the headquarters of several haulage and supermarkets firms when i've seen the delivery drivers throwing their rubbish out of the window. i've even thrown can back into a car through the same window it came out of. (i was in a bad mood that day)

how true, well said

thanks steve, but as a gesture of good will can the gloves be sent to east yorkshire trees... kind of a wedding prezzie. EYT good luck with the wedding mate. just booked mine for 21st march 2009:scared1:

was it an iron by any chance

i wont put guards on my saws since i had a theft incident. whilst working for the LA my mate and i stopped for some food when 2 scroats nicked our 036, on seeing this my mate calls me and we start chasing through housing estate and over garden walls, suddenly my mate is calling me back saying they dropped the saw. i ran straight past it, caught up in the chase. we picked up the saw and went back to the truck to eat our food. within minutes the 2 boys were back, the one was limping badly. unfortunatly for them they had to walk right past us to go to a&e, being stopped from jumping out to have a go i just watched as they walked past. limpy had run the bar of the saw accross the back of his leg right behind his knee, exposed flesh, insides and blood, lots of blood, enough to leave a trail on the floor was comming out of the wound. what did i do??? i laughed and called him a silly fu***r what should i have done???? each to their own!!

got 2 mate!!! only use them on solid ground as they will rip up the grass. you'll end up landscaping the garden

i feel the same. my son is in cubs and as much as i try to be there at start time it does'nt always work out and the misses takes him, but i am always there to pick him up. and we always support their events. mind you any oppertunity to go camping and we are off no matter the weather..... sometimes i'll bring the misses too, but she dont like the rain:thumbdown: