gensetsteve
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I bought the mizer to do that job but very quickly worked out if I was 5 times faster would still be on a losser. I can process 1 cu metre of planed timber in about 20 minutes took me best part of a day to do a metre of cord into planks then into 6" blanks. The woodmizer is great at making a valuable product but if you try and add too much value you over work it. I am thinking 10" cord with minimal bark and the right processor to make small logs.
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Wow I thought I was a bit green but never gave it a thought. I did plank a load of larch last autumn and then cut them to 6" but they were so tough on the kindlet and stringy they did not make great kindling not bothered since. Is there a saw mill guide for dummies . I will leave the oak till winter
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I have a couple of bits of oak and ash maybe 20" by 10ft long. A piece of oak 15" with all the sap wood rotted off. They were only bought for firewood so any mistakes I am no worse off. I have a couple of big bits of pitch pine which I may turn into kindling. If the timber has been dead and down years would you still wait till october.
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I am always interested in lengths of sawn softwood timber especially with out too many knots . If I bid on the mizer it would be a cheeky 2k if no one else was at all interested. I have a lt15 with elec up down I bought to make sawn timber for kindlet complete waste of time for my purpose as any band saw would be too slow for low profit work. Great piece of kit for more skilled products like beams or making things. when I have learnt how to use it properly then will then probably sell it as it has no commercial purpose for me. Marcus I would put a low bid in just in case it will be a long way for you to travel but at least you know the machine will be good as it should be new and unused so dont really need to view.
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I was told to put 15/40 eng oil in the hydraulics of our 751 bobcat its been in there 12 years so must like it.
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This one sold on ebay a few days ago. But often they are still available could even be the one in saturdays auction as Oxford is not far away. I dont need another woodmizer but if no one else wants it and it goes for a song I will put it in to stock. If anyone else wants to bid let me know and I wont. May go saturday for a look I am looking for sawn softwood cheap to put through our kindlet and a motor driven bench to cut cord into 6" pieces. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOOD-MIZER-LT15-WOODMIZER-SAWMILL-BANDSAW-FORESTRY-/200932885031?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2ec8888227&nma=true&si=2LWHrvxhvUZwrEryUkTN4XTJ2IU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Is there any other goodies
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If its in a house clearance type sale it could go for a song although the auctioneers are not stupid they will know what its worth and put a reserve on and find a specialist auction to move it.
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I see an lt15 with engine made 2009 must have been on here or ebay in the last few days not far from me.
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Why would you not mill it till October. Interested as I have a woodmizer and some sticks of oak and vurtually no experience on the band saw when I get time will be having a play. What would you make first gate posts ?
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Look on the bright side you will probably earn more than 2.5 k in the time it would have taken to log that lot. And we will now have a mild winter
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Known as the 3 little pigs of europe Portugal, Ireland,Greece, and Spain dont go there for work especially at the moment.
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You have met the other mendi plogs as well then Dean
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Its the colour of your money they are interested in not your van.
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No someone started the rumor on here and we proved it was not true so far.
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I read the manual for the eco combi 150 on their web site and it goes in to great detail about disc wear limits and how to sharpen and you can down load the manuals.
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I would leave the first sentence out if you decide to repost. The rest looks good.
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I prefer to think of myself retiring early very rich because I had an unfair advantage rather than dying thanks
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Imported kiln dried logs - does anyone actualy buy them?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
Yes the secret is you are burning wood and creating co2 for absolutley no reason. The wood can be dried by the sun for no cost to your pocket or planet. The wood may have been co2 neutral but you wasted it something nobody has grasped with grants for burn as much as you can and open the windows to let the heat out. But then thats what happens when lunatics are running the asylum. -
Just bought an old green mech ecocombi for my private garden. Not owned a chipper for about 10 years and that one was probably 15 years old then. Dont know about other chippers but seriously impressed by ours more than we need by 10 times. well engineered and well built. Heavy to tow but I have an old farts driving licence so not a problem.
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How much timber makes 1000 kindling nets?
gensetsteve replied to mattplace's topic in Firewood forum
I dont think any species hardwood or softwood when green varies much more than 20%. Pitch pine when green I think is about the same weight as oak but dont quote me on that. Beech when green 1 solid cubic metre of wood weighs 1000 kilos. 1 solid cubic metre of wood any species will produce about 80-90 bags of kindling depending on how much gets rejected due to knots. -
Its a shame they cant open the standard driving licence to allow use of the 5.5 tonne gross vans ie ivecos. Same regs as current panel van. This would allow a decent payload and still allow a big difference for an 8 tonner. I am sure a small 5 tonne loaded iveco is safer in the hands of an arborist than a hired 3.5 tonne high cube lwb sprinter by joe public moving 10 tonnes of house contents on completion day.
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Imported kiln dried logs - does anyone actualy buy them?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
Is burning imported timber more environmentally than burning fossil fuels are there figures to prove this when using a new condensing boiler. Using wood to dry wood is not co2 neutral. If you use the wood to heat a home after normal seasoning that would be co2 neutral. -
Snap still got my vertical splitter for my use. There are alot of other jobs that pay more money in fact most of them
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How much timber makes 1000 kindling nets?
gensetsteve replied to mattplace's topic in Firewood forum
Depends on how dry the timber is it will loose half the weight when fully seasoned. If the bags are randomly filled with green timber they will only weigh 2.5 kg when seasoned. Our 14% moisture nets neatly packed weigh 4kg. A 1cu metre bag with loose filled logs will make 60 bags of kindling. You will always make alot less kindling than you hoped from a large pile of cord. A 24 tonne arctic load will give 2000-2400 bags. Doing kindling is ok but its twice the work of logs so you need the timber very cheap.
