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Your solicitor has dealt with his original letter - I would be wary of getting into any more correspondence on this. My line of thinking would be to respond along the lines that you consider the matter to be closed. It basically looks like a try-on, he may well threaten to bring the matter to court but it is a bit of a give away that it is not his solicitor that is writing to you. Best of luck anyway mac

All good stuff but in our experience well over the top - we have been running a full central heating system (3 bed detached with 7 full radiators) for the last 20 years on nothing but firewood. The chimney is unlined rough stone and is swept on an annual basis. We have had a couple of fres over the years when the wife forgets to get it swept and have no bother putting them out by shutting the chimney damper in. We typically fell a load of wood in the winter - or block windblow - and in the spring split it and stack it under a tin roof - it is then burned from september onwards. We take little account of species but tend to burn softwoods in summer and hardwoods in winter. Cheers mac

Down in the Machars south of Newton Stewart mate

In order:- 1. yes - several 2. We bring in contractors or standing sale on large conifer parcels, thin hardwoods and do firewood ourselves. We have our own tractors, forwarding trailer(s), winch, logspitter and access to a firewood processor. I spend most of my time there when not gainfully employed 3.between £160 and £750 per acre (it was a while ago) 4. A lot of physical exercise and hopefully a bit of a pension fund as well as my own deerstalking, bird watching and pheasant shooting / duck flighting etc. I also get to argue with a couple of neighbours:cussing: and share the costs of replacing fences with others:ohmy: 5. Well so far we have been busy clearing windblow, opening up the canopy in the hardood sections to encourage a bit of regen and clearing the old roads throught the conifer sections which are totally choked with birch, willow and windblow. 6. Yes - it is very satisfying to sit with a cup of tea and listen to a woodpecker drumming in the spring in your woodland. somewhat less satisfying when you bog the landrover again just before dark and the tractor won't start which somehow never seems to happen when the sun is shining. Whether it is worth it or not depends on your own individual aims in life. if you don't like being wet, muddy and greasy all at the same time then think carefully. The ultimate end also depends on your own circumstances. Profitability is not all that easy to achieve and greatly depends on market proximity, ground conditions, scale and species / quality. I would suggest you consider carefully before puchase - it all started with a woodburning stove for us! Cheers mac:001_smile:

sorry mate just found this query! THT400 is made by logic and is in no way road legal - no mudguards, lights or brakes. Caledonian forestry have a similar trailer which is braked but no lights or mudguards. These trailers are intended for use with a quad and will not be cost effective behind a larger vehicle. You will be struggling to get more than 750kg into them cheers mac

Deadcatch traps (Fenn MkIV) in wooden tunnels depending on where your woodpile is just put them next to a wall. All the usual stuff - use old traps if you can get them, no mineral oil and old untreated wood for the tunnels Cheers mac

Don't use one myself but the neighbour has one and it seems ok - echo comments above re making a stand for it. Cut some firewood up for a customer who had one - it had what looked like a good idea which was a central travelling pad and a splitting knife at both ends of the rail. Thus as the pad pushed the log against the left hand knife you could be ready to load another to push to the right. Cheers mac

You can put in any clause agreeable to both parties as long as it is legal, moral and decent but actually you don't have to:- check out http://www.payontime.co.uk - in the event of late payment you are entitled to both statutory compensation and punitive interest on the debt. You can pursue the matter through a small claims court in England I am led to believe. Cheers mac

Got one on a husky 250 - dogs whatsits on brambles bracken and in amongst stones - as others have said not too hot on grass and does not like rushes at all. Does send a fair amount of material whizzing backwards so definately need good protection on the eyes and the other essentials - not that any of us wouldn't already have that of course:001_smile: Cheers mac

I've only seen a couple at auction and they made 2-300 both iin good condition and a good size. There is a guy on e-bay flogging them at that price. If you have the kit and know how or know someone who does, it is not difficult to get a used ram and spool valve and make one up - probably the cheapest way. as`others have said although a little daunting in price they do pay for themselves relatively quickly Cheers mac

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If your timber is suitably sized then the logic THT 400 is an easily towed little trailer, we have one that we tow with a honda 450 and it will bring a good load out over very soft ground without any damage and is very easy to manoeuvre. Obviously no good if you hae big timber but we are dealing with birch and sycamore thinnings up to 1km in from the road. Not cheap I'm afraid but we have never regretted it since I bit the bullet and bought one new - Ouch cheers mac