slack ma girdle
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Everything posted by slack ma girdle
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I shouldn't say this but, Ha Ha i have just managed to sell my problem 160m3 poplar, and get £18 per m3 (it took 4 months). I am glad that i held out as my first offer was £7 per m3. Try contacting some of your local biomass producers. If they are not to far away than the transport costs will not be too crippling. Good luck
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You need to ask yourself the following questions: If your current system works why change. Do you need to use the processor to do another job at the same time as processing the roof trusses. Will the additional outlay improve efficency and justify the expence. My miserly insticts tell me that what you have works and that you are utilising what you have already. At the end of the day it is your money Good luck with what ever you decide
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Got an idea for kiln drying logs. Any feedback appreciated.
slack ma girdle replied to Danny Boy's topic in Firewood forum
i think that you would be better off investing your money in a covered area and letting the air (which is free) dry it. If it is stacked like thisthen the wood dies pretty quickly. this wood (Alder) was felled in march, cut split into 3' lenghts and was ready to burn by August, with a moisture content below 20%. Now that winter and the rains have arrived, the drying process has slowed. If i could afford a drying shed i.e. a roof, then the fast drying could continue year round. -
Cheers Layburn Lad for posting that. I have just printed it off and it is now in the Landrover to remind me. Enjoy felling everyone, but go carefull.
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Cheers cuttermutter, the gloves have arrived today. They have had a good thrashing in the undergrowth chockering trees to be skidded out. Good fit and a good price, i will be ordering more when these ware out. :thumbup:
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Fair play, i have never managed to render my tenex into this state. It looks like it was nicked with a saw ?? :thumbup:
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That is one ugly pile of timber, no wonder you bent you end
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If every job was like this then you would have to charge extra, but do you charge less if you only have to tip on the drive ? In the long run these extremes will balance each other out. What counts is giving the customer what they want. Word of mouth and recomendations are worth their weight in gold.
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I think that you should follow the advice of your signature ........
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A Phoenix rises from the ashes of depression.
slack ma girdle replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
No one of my many birthdays :lol: -
A Phoenix rises from the ashes of depression.
slack ma girdle replied to David Humphries's topic in Picture Forum
The progeny was planted on my birthday -
Big hammer, and if that does not work, get a bigger one.
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I was using a 066, they don't come much bigger !!
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First tree of the day, and i think that i have managed to do everything that it is possible to do wrong. Please do not feel that you have to hold back with the abuse, i know that it is appaling
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It turned out that this tree was six feet taller than the previous one, hence the close landing. However i was closer with the stick in the ground to mark where i thought the tip of the tree was going to land
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Felling and climbing these is still making my shoulders ache. 24 of them in a row, and all over eighty feet. My only consoling thought is that i do not have to move the wood
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Does this count ? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BMZr7brwcQ]YouTube - Dinas[/ame] :lol:
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Local transport company, they are bound to have old trailer curtains that you can get hold of.
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5 bar rack, and flip the two red bars, so that you are coming down on three. Even then there will probably be too much friction for the first one hundred meters. You will have to keep the rope in the bag to reduce the friction, which will be hard work on the way back up. Can wait to see the photos
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This has kept my two busy most of the afternoon :thumbup:
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Unless you can move straight into a good/ viable contract, than it is going to take you years of hard work and financial uncertancy to get back to where you are now. It sounds to me that what you have got is pretty good, and having lived in Cornwall for two years, the traffic and general busyness everywhere is probably no better than where you are. If you want a quieter life style head north. Good luck what ever you decide
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You only get out as much as you put in. If you are prepared to work at it, and you do not have too many family commitments then in the long run it will work. Do not be afraid to pimp yourself to all and sundry, it is amazing where work turns up from. Try not to specialize on one thing, as variety is the spice of life.
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Try the silky masaru. it is one of the few silky blades that can be re-sharpened. Mine is 4 years old and still as sharp as new. Short of loosing it, it should last until i retire. Worth the extra pennies
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Get ready for large amounts of sticky sap. It will gum up everthing. The bark has a nasty habit of acting like a greased glove on the branches, so that you think that you have it secure, and the branch shots out like a greased pig !!! Enjoy the fact that it 20 years you have not had to climb one, and hope it will be another 20.
