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  1. firewoodman
    what do you charge to hire the machine out ?
  2. firewoodman
    is that not fly tipping???
  3. firewoodman
    find a splitter you like steve, let me know which one b4 you buy and i can ask the trailer guy by me if he can do anything for it. alternativly any fabricator could build a mounting frame and you can buy the axles, hitch and trailer board on line. job done
  4. firewoodman
    suggestion! try b4 you buy at the apf.. would like to see some of those timberwolfs in the flesh in action... especially that 10ft one
  5. firewoodman
    http://www.earborist.com/Log-Splitter_Road-Towable-Log-Splitter_1900.php sold by fuelwood. i have noticed that the cheap ones are only on yard wheels
  6. firewoodman
    just had a close look at jones mtd. i had a Rabaud similar to that at 20ton. I found it hard work as bending over all the time. it was easier with 2 people. also took it out on site as you want to do and found we could only put it where a chipper could go and if carting big logs to front of house to split, it was easier to put straight on wagon. got a crane now. if splitting large quantities for over an hour i would highly recomend a table top one, or a high horizontal splitter.... saves on back ache. i understand your idea and is a great way of marketing the product. if i do go out on site to split now, i have a cheap £200 winch crane to lift my table top on and off the truck and then drag that to the wood.
  7. firewoodman
    how mobile do you want it? what diameter are you splitting? what force do you want? how much will you be splitting per year? how much do you want to spend?
  8. firewoodman
    well that is why they have 2 handles, take one off and it stops. the foot pedal on the thors bring the blade down to the wood but has no pressure to split if the foot pedal can allow the wood to be split then hands could still get caught under the splitting wedge
  9. firewoodman
    cant quote it but i would assume it means both hands have to be placed on levers to make the machine operate and both levers should be placed to prevent single handed operation. as for the hse, unles you find some one "in the know" who can understand what you mean, then the others cant really help ( in my experience).
  10. firewoodman
    done some research but for a copy will cost £80... you want british standards BS EN 609-1 1999 ISBN 0580 327 558 Agricultural and forestry machinery. Safety of log splitters. Wedge splitters Apparently it does state two hand controlled use. so i am told
  11. firewoodman
    whats the auto-cycle? intrested in that never actually looked for hse docs on it but just for my own info i might contact my suppliers for any info. will let you know what i find but again i aint enforcing it. except in my company.
  12. firewoodman
    sorry dean appreciate what you are saying and also aware of home made equipment out there. that titan dont look CE marked to me and if it was i'd be suprised. have you seen the THOR log splitters? they have a foot pedal which will bring the blade down to hold the log and you then split through by using the 2 handles. i bought one 8yrs ago. i like them but sadly not fast enough for me now.
  13. firewoodman
    if its home made and for your own sole use i dont know where h&s stand on that snd to be honest i aint gona police it. one thing i do know is you get what you pay for. anything used to break down wood in our industry has to be strong and well made cos it does undertake alot of pressure and stress. on a personal note i prefer the log table and controlls to be at waist height. used a vertical at ground level for some time and ended up with back probs.
  14. firewoodman
    check their web site ian they should be CE marked and yes i agree if they are not compliant then they should not sell them. Money talks though to be honest it is the first one hand machine i have seen but have always been told about the 2 hand rule by the suppliers. imo i would not use it and definatly would not allow staff to use it i have 4 splitters of varying power and all have 2 handles to operate
  15. firewoodman
    that is hilarious new meaning to getting/giving wood!!!
  16. firewoodman
    because whilst using the control with one hand your other "could" be under the blade just waiting to have some hair or fingers removed. if you look at all the other machines by the pro companies they are all 2 hand operation Dean it is also ilegle to change a safety feature on a machine away from its specified purpose or to remove guards... come on you should now that one
  17. firewoodman
    oh my god!!!!! its one hand operation. that is against H&S regs. dont touch it plus it looks like backache to me
  18. firewoodman
    never seen one or found one on ebay
  19. firewoodman
    as someone who has had to remove over 30 rootballed trees from city streets after other contractors have planted them i agree with drella remove the material covering the rootball.
  20. firewoodman
    i heard alder nwil not rot in water if compleatly submerged, same as elm
  21. firewoodman
    heard of that one too happened to a mate of mine living in a caravan
  22. firewoodman
    got a customer that burnt wet ash all winter (not bought from me) had a call from him to bring some dry wood as he just had a chimney fire and was convinced it was from burning the wet wood and tarring the chimney. he wont be doing that again
  23. firewoodman
    ok i've recently been told the following and looked into it and it kinda makes sense. ash burns well when fresh if only added to an already lit fire. true but ash does not always have a 50% moisture content.... this comes from thoes web sites ash burns well when fresh because it is from the oleaceae genus. the same as the olive tree it has now been suggested the tree contains a high enough oil content to sustain flames when fresh so giving this fresh burn quality. remember fresh wood will tar your chimney no matter what the species
  24. firewoodman
    how the hell do you know that?
  25. firewoodman
    its natural.............................but why should we make it worse its better to have tried and failed than to have not tried at all

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