nepia
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Just for you with love from Surrey (pics taken in Kent!) No care taken in placing the pallets; they were just plonked on.
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...me too; he's not good on that front I'm afraid.
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I'll bear all that in mind - thanks. As I said I'm trialling the idea. Fully priced my softwood is actually 1/3 cheaper than the hard stuff and yes, I only sell seasoned unless (rarely) I'm asked for green wood in which case I make it very clear what is being provided. Jon
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I'm trying an 'offer' at the moment: highest price for hardwood, lower price for softwood, a price less than the two together for a load of each delivered at the same time. Got my first taker yesterday. But it's right to say 'education is needed': as soon as you mention 'conifer' the hackles go up and you have to explain that it's fine when dry and that the tarred up flues that everyone's heard about (but few seem to have suffered) were almost certainly down to burning green wood - of any sort.
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No issues with mould. I try to stack billets but the inevitable small stuff gets stacked too, all on pallets. The tarp is 'roof only. Re the mould issue... I wouldn't put poplar into a pile that was going to spend a winter out.
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Have you tried Treespanner - Charlie Willment - at Dormansland?
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Almost exactly what I do: leave them uncovered for most of the time and then cover them as the selling season approaches. I covered most of what I hope will sell this winter yesterday. Jon
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Crikey, that's bad. As you say it could have been worse coming down from 40'. Now don't get me wrong here but I hope I can bring a smile to your face... I reckon you asked the medics to cut off your trousers so that Santa can bring you these; go on you know you want to. Work trousers from engelbert strauss Heal soon, heal well. Jon
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I've left a voicemail with someone who may be able to help. That's a bit of a lump! I'm guessing it's somewhere along Wonham Lane but you don't have to answer that. Jon
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Hokey cokey; give me a day or two as I've just separated the Logstation and my last pallets by 12 miles!
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In what Stereo? If you mean my steel contraption I'll have a go for you. Jon
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My posh version (!) has the same feature Rowan, i.e. the bottom of the basket is sloped toward the cutter. It probably reduces log spinning but doesn't eliminate it, though obviously the larger the logs the less the spin. To almost eliminate spinning mine comes with a clamp that slides over a pair of uprights and on top of the stack: it's the unused blue object at the bottom right of my third pic. It wasn't needed there due to the size of the logs but it's good for smaller stuff. Jon
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Ha ha. Looks can be deceiving. Not my neighbours, not my drive; the logging up was part of the job. I suggested moving the Audi but no 'it's only a bit of sawdust'. Madam did brush some of it off with her hand though and I could hear her wedding ring hit the car with every stroke.
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I noticed the same last week but Billy NoMates here hasn't had any PMs recently so I can't say if the bug's still there. Shall I write myself a PM to keep myself company?
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Thinking about using my new thing and seeing how others on this thread are using their own variants is bringing home the benefits of loooong billets. I've kept them to 3-4' so far so I can split them before seasoning but I have a decent stock now so don't need to split them. Longer billet = less handling, easier handling and faster end production. Thanks for the eye opening Rob and Chris. Jon
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Show off! I'd love to see that hanging off the back of my pickup - it would up on its back wheels!
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I only have experience with two short stems but given cherry's usual behaviour - it cracks as it comes off the tree doesn't it - I was surprised at how little the boards cracked. All down to direction of working the wood. In future I will paint the ends as after a couple of months a few small cracks did appear at the board ends. Otherwise no problems. Mine's air drying nicely in the shade, sticked, stacked and weighted down with some lerverly (not) lumps of crack willow given me another Arbtalker! Good to put them to a proper use.
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Thanks Rob. Wouldn't surprise me; that's what the next two trees to its right are but their barks are not as grey or smooth and the leaves are more conventional for rubra. Point taken on the leaf variability though, calculated to fool the amateur!
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Yes. Went and collected it from the maker last Sunday on the Kent/Sussex border. Laurie's been making them for 20 years and still uses his first one. He made it to order; the standard gap between uprights is 8" but I wanted 12" and that's what I got.
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Not so much a test as a genuine question: what oak is this? I've tried two books and the closest I can find I think is Lucombe Oak but the leaves are way bigger than the book allows for that hybrid. It's on a sandy south-facing bank in West Sussex; don't know what the subsoil is though. I doubt it's anything rare if its neighbours are anything to go by; some robur and some rubra. Thanks RobArb! Jon
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My very own feelgood thread then. Thank you too.
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Thanks for the moral support Pat! You're quite right of course: I won't pretend that moral rectitude was the original plan, more making the best of a bad job (the quote) but at least it wasn't a leyland. Back at Pulborough today, laurel-bashing.
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Will certainly bear you in mind Clive - thanks. I'd have been interested to see how you would have got rings out though; the access really was that bad.
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Occurs to me now that you probably hoped for a more serious answer - sorry! Taking into account the wood alone it was worth more as firewood, little doubt about that. But in this instance I had to factor the cost of my considerable time ringing/splitting and handballing it out because of the awful access: even a crane would have been impossible in a world of limitless funding as it couldn't have got closer than 50-60 yards. I hope this is a bit more constructive than my last effort. Jon
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If you'd started your question 'would there be more...' I'd have said probably not as every splinter of that tree had to handballed down a horrible narrow side passage; even an Arbtrolley wouldn't come close to negotiating it. I worked out that having rung up the stem and axed it into manageable lumps carrying it to a vehicle would have been the equivalent of picking up one such lump and going for a 4-5 mile yomp with it. I.e. I'd have spent days on the job. I'm bloody glad I avoided it. But in reality bring to mind the phrase 'horrendous underquote'! I just needed the tree gone.
