firewoodman

well i was burning nice seasoned evergreen oak, but was finding the temperature a little low, so have changed over to ....... .. .. .. .. .. leylandii, YES leylandii, and have to say it is HOT quite gratefull too as its the coldest snowvember in 17 years so have any of you guys and gals changed over from hard to softwood??? or even briquetttes?? personally i should mix them, but the nice hot heat is nice:thumbup:

i must be honest i do like the double chain one. are they worth it though??? to save my back i would say yes, but do they really increase productivity, and the 421 does'nt look too strong

i am looking at getting a log table for the machine to make loading easier, thinking about the woodran 471, or 421 or 422 (pricey:thumbdown:) http://www.mlarge.com/images/upl_files/000137.pdf also the woodlift... is it any good??? does any one else use any of the above? with the 471 can it be turned around to sit along side the tractor instead of the usual position of the operator side?? and can it still run ok?? space is an issue!! i know the 421 and 422 cannot be turned, and is easeir for the operator to help move logs

the eco fans are good, but you will not feel a draught, but will notice the heat has moved, i want to get another one to push the heat further into the front room too. plaster will always crack behind the stove, especially if the stove is very clos to the wall

thanks bob, told you i tripped all done now

i tripped over on the way into the 21st century and am a little behind most of you, but, how do i transfer pics off the iphone on to the computer without having to email them, or syncing and getting all of the computers pics put on the iphone:blushing:

my hunter herald 8 double single ( double sided, single depth), just gone in with eco fan on top:thumbup: 3rd pic shows best fireguard i've ever seen, its a baby dan and has an integral gate

he probably wont do it for long if he has to copy, cant work it out for himself, i'd throw the bladder and bowel rejects of a dog over his pile if it were me:lol: stove installers are the worst for giving advice about firewood, afterall i dont give advice on how to install a stove, not my expertice that!!!

nope no problem with my computer and i did not misquote you:confused1: the above quote in red is what you wrote. my interpretation is that you have said the only way to get guaranteed supply of dried wood is to buy from a firewood merchant like yourself selling kiln dried you did however leave out how good naturally air dried firewood produced by others is just as good if bought from a reputable source. i believe to just promote your own product all i did was correct you and explain the purpose of kiln drying!! oh you are correct in one quote though, and thats the one in blue

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no i dont think it has

yep, its this simple, follow carefully now. process the lot into M3, count the m3, work out how long it took you to process and labour cost, add %age of machinery involved and total cost of fuel, add rent charge to store wood to dry add to the price of the timber bought in, add your profit margin and then add delivery charge and %age of costs of delivery truck:thumbup1: follow that and hopefully you wont make a loss oh the is no weight to volume formula, some is 1:1, others 1;1.5, and others 1:2

martin, i would think so as the timber is not processed to the standard as seen with the sawn timber, but then money talks. buy it now.....worry about the disaster later:thumbdown:will we ever learn from our mistakes?????

well said you are talking rubbish man, there are plenty of us out there who provide an excellent product, with top notch service and an excellent reputation for honesty, and all this without even kiln drying our wood. you and other kiln driers are NOT the only way to get guaranteed dry wood on demand. kiln drying is just a way of speeding up the drying process and does not neccessarily mean it has a lower MC, just look at the biggest kiln dryer in the country to see thier MC on thier product....30% customer buys the wood fresh, they dry it themself, we need less space and have less overheads, they get it cheaper and we have less stress and a consistant supply of work and money all year round:thumbup:

tommer, of all the quotes from top gun you had to pick the worst one (imo) "Let me ask you something. If you had to go into battle, would you want him with you? I don't know, I just don't know "

spot on mate, but i would always be honest. i charge £25 per cubic meter to barrow and stack, i'm honest with the customer and tell them its so expensive because 1. i hate doing it 2. if i did it for everyone i would spend more time stacking than splitting 3. it hurts my back 4. i really do hate it well......yes and no i've found i do keep some customers, but then i found others to be quite ungrateful. on a funny note, for the 6th year in a row i delivered, barrowed and stacked 3 cubic meters for a certain customer, gave him the price over the phone for the lot and he accepted. when the job was finished and he was writing out the cheque, he asked the question again..how much was it ??? i replied with the price, and his 7 yr old son spoke up and said..." dad, how is that far too flippin much for what its worth????" to save his dad embarrasment i replied " cos everything should be free"" i drove away laughing so much i had tears in my eyes

done fishing now are you??? did you win???

dont staple them!!! mine are loose, pick them up on forks, tip into truck, wire falls off pallet, remove pallet, pick up wire with forks and tip out wood all done without leaving the skidsteer.................simples

the biomass boys may well out bid you on that one with so much of it going to the local powerstations down here but good luck if you do go for it

credit for the fencing will have to go to grey git on here, posted it 2-3 yrs ago

all is good, nearly sold out of larch, so need to split more. how was you little one after getting stung, those wasps were a pain all day at apf, and once again i left without buying anything:thumbdown:

i thought the same until i was told gasification boilers are classed as biomass, but not your wood burner/boiler in the house all to do with the RHI grant

tried them all and settled for this stockfencing!!!!! UV stable and can stack 3 high, if they break you repair with some more wire:thumbup1: and look logbaron....... its full of larch:thumbup:

i feel for you mate, tought me a lesson.... live for now and save for the kids! thanks mate, its not easy, i think its all about will power, but i had one mindset and that was to not let my son down nothing wrong with being proud mick, before i had kids if i was out of work i would not sign on at all, now i think it would be out of necessity, BUT i can assure you i would do my best to get a job!! lorry, your mate went the extra step, and sometimes that gives them the drive to carry on. Well done to him:thumbup1:

no offence taken steve:biggrin: just though i would add my two pence to show there are some genuine cases out there. i do agree that there are far too many people dodging work out there and taking the easy life though. and dont get me started on the disability cheats either:thumbdown: