Saw-sick Steve

One thing I would say on past experience - get some help! If laying large stems, you'll need someone to take the weight of the stem as its laid into place. It's very easy to twist and snap off the stem at the base - with someone to assist, surprisingly large pieces can be successfully laid.

Bang on the money matey, stick to your guns. If you put in the hours and market a good product there's a good living to be had from firewood. Best of luck.

Horses 4 courses an all that, I'm in a slightly different position to you. Firewood takes up an increasing amount of my time now, thats just down partly to choice and circumstances, so I'm going to look for any way possible to maximise profit, and I KNOW I can charge more for hardwood - ergo, it makes sound commercial sense for me to seperate hard / soft wood. If logs are just a side line to you then obviously your priorities will be different, but - I really can't see how anyone can make heavy weather over seperation. You have to handle them to process them, how hard is it to seperate wood while your processing?

Easy to keep it up all night providing you've got good hard wood... ( I'd fit a woodburner)

It's really not that difficult, hardwood goes in one stack, softwood in another. Why would you not want to seperate a higher value product? I've even considered seperating Ash from the rest, as so many 'informed people' have requested it as ''everyone knows its the best firewood''. The public get what the public want.

£85 hardwood, £70 for softwood for that amount.

Amazing, what a talent and very moving. A lot of the deaths in WW2 we in the west put down as ''Russian'' were in fact Ukranian or Belarussian. I think Ukraine suffered the worst per-capita casualty rate of any country, even worse than Poland.

Looking to bag the last Takahe, 'ol boy, or maybe a Kakapo? Some slightly disturbing images there actually...

I put mine up on tanalised blocks - makes the pallets last a lot longer if they're not in direct contact with the ground.

Story of my life.

Nope, still struggling here. I know I can get more money selling hardwood, thats a given! Thats not to say there's NO money in softwood - quite the opposite, I make good coin selling Larch, just more selling hardwood. Hence I sell ALL the higher value product first, then the lower. I certainly wouldn't advocate giving it away, which is what you seemed to be implying. Savvy?

Any public R.O.W.s? Boundary issues? Access for anglers on the river? Any mineral rights or other rights current? etc...etc... If yer happy with the answers to all the above and more, I'd go for it, sounds like a bargain - almost too much of one...

Err...OK,..if you say so...

''...as he lost his arms some time ago.''

Why severely reduced? I sell at 30 quid a Transit load less, lower but not that much lower. Still takes the same fuel, time, etc to prepare and deliver. I burn mainly softwood at home simply because I can get a higher mark up by selling hardwood - the wood itself burns fine.

How are Ruapehu and Ngaruhoe these days?

You think 80 pounds for a Hi-Lux load of split, seasoned hardwood is too much?

''...and also nice watch, and you like my sister? Very nice girl...''

Long time since I traveled through there. Koh Samui was the island of choice for ravers, now a mainstream resort. Koh phangan was the Hippy haven for breakaway backpackers - probably now a mainstream resort! As mentioned, invest in a 'Lonely Planet' or similar to wise up on the latest scams, particularly in Bangkok - where everything is fake, not just the orgasms. Be especially careful about drink prices in some of the back street clubs, I had a truly horrendous altercation in one with a couple of Kiwis that ended up with one guy getting stabbed after we were locked in for disputing the bill. Don't let that put you off though, just the alcohol and youthful bravado got the better of us. Chang Mai (sp.) is good, nice trekking in the hills, and try and get to Kanchanaburi - the ''Bridge on the River Kwai'' and visit the 'JEATH' museum and war graves. Incredible what those men went through and the ingenuity they showed to survive. It left a lasting impression on me to this day. Have a blast!

Looks like a Song Thrush to me. Nice though all the same, probably suffering a bit with the hard weather and lack of snails.

- though only the one pair of socks. Been out in the snow all day, toasty dry feet, great boots.

If you can afford to hold your nerve then do it. Most of the bandwagon jumpers wont be around for long, and if they're repeatedly selling crap will soon find that business will dry up - unlike their wood. I'm busier than ever now, all from personal recommendations, no advertising for me this year! If yer selling a good product for a fair price then whats the issue? People will soon work out that its pointless saving 20 quid on a load of wood that wont burn.

Don't fret, Ace, you'll probably pick it up in about thirty years time.

Nice looking machine, any more info r.e prices, spec. etc... I've worked a couple of bigger Zetors in forestry work and think they're underated. Tough, easy to fix and grippy in the woods. I likes 'em.

Do those tabs really work, or are they just snake oil? Heard people swear by 'em, and others say there's no medical evidence for them doing anything.