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  1. gensetsteve
    Depends on your area, how many people already flooding your area with cheap logs, how much people will pay for logs and how much you can get the cord for. I have given up because there are lots of people supplying at £60 a metre and the cord alone is now £35 a metre and thats before you start the processor or chain saw. Most businesses work on 100% mark up with out working the product.
  2. gensetsteve
    about a 100 per cubic metre if its knot free. so 340 if you are lucky.
  3. gensetsteve
    I bought a new navara in 2002 because it could tow 3000kg. What a useless pile of crap that was. Small clutch which broke up in no time and major fight with any warranty work. Worse vehicle I ever used for towing and I feel it was due to the pram springs on the back. For towing 3500kg I want coil springs or air on the back and permanent 4 wheel drive not part time.
  4. gensetsteve
    This tunnel spec was 3/4 cu metre of concrete on ea of the 8 ground anchors. Which we did most of the time but it did seem ott.
  5. gensetsteve
    I am looking for a wood processor to cut 6" blanks for our kindlet really efficiently . Needs to be tct to keep waste to the minimum. splitter not essential but could be usefull if it can handle the small size. Max error is 1/2" which often will be the bend in the wood a lot of the time. It only needs to process pop. Not interested in making logs so dont need to go longer.
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    I have had 2 exhaust fall to bits on my ms390 when they fall to bits it goes alot better so I would guess an exhaust mod may work.
  7. gensetsteve
    Part of the reason for doing logs it fills my quiet time in spring and summer when the generators are quieter. But I found 99% of people want small loads in the depths of winter when we are busy getting generator jobs set up. Also its one of the few things you can do for the public when vat registered. I enjoyed the work but cost of kit, wood and fuel is making it difficult to get a margin. Our kindling business has filled the space and time so still get my wood fix.
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    I have tried that in the past and they just cant bring them selves to do it. Even paying what they charge the end user and saving them having to deliver it. They just think they are missing a trick and pile on a bit more and some 20% vat for good measure.
  9. gensetsteve
    Processor sold tractors sold big timber trailer sold amount of cord processed this year 0 not missing the back ache yet but who knows
  10. gensetsteve
    realist with biomass pushing the price of timber up with their hand outs from the government. The log buying public wont pay more so the margins getting smaller. Get into pellets and chip and grab the subsidies.
  11. gensetsteve
    Is that all there is to it. I thought the haulage industry kicked up and stopped it unless u have an operators licence as well. Delivering for hire and reward rather than forestry operations.
  12. gensetsteve
    Its strange how cord wood price is fairly even across the country yet the price of the end product varies wildly. We live in a fairly wealthy part of Hampshire yet people sell logs all over for £60 a cubic metre loose loaded. If we cant deliver cord wood to the end user on a tractor how come the council can ?
  13. gensetsteve
    How do you tell if the bearings are going on your chipper. Should you be able to hear a noise from the bearings at low revs ? can you feel wear by moving the flywheel.
  14. gensetsteve
    If it was fitted by bolter or tip master it will have a certificate and serial plate pop riveted on. If it was an original ford tipper body no problem but if you tell porkys and have a nasty accident and they look into it they can wriggle out of a claim. I think tippers are bad news for insurance due to the overloading,type of work and locations and possible injury to public from load as it tips.
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    I have a massive incinerator in the yard. Sometimes I get what looks like charcoal but wonder if it has any heat in it. If it looks like charcoal could it be or is it more scientific than that ?. Sometimes the incinerator burns right out to ash but caught right and shut the door and it seems to get results. I dont have a charcoal bbq but will have to try some out.
  16. gensetsteve
    Mines insured with nfu but only because it was fitted by an approved bodybuilding company and carries a serial no for the tipper conversion. If you go home made nfu wont touch it.
  17. gensetsteve
    Sounds like a plan buy a mog by the time the other half realises you have it from the bills comming in it will either be invaluable or you will be bored with it. Either way new toy to play with.
  18. gensetsteve
    Sounds like you need a u900 mog not one of those big 80's things. Small enough to get into the job big enough to carry chip out.
  19. gensetsteve
    And three times as much from us wholesale
  20. gensetsteve
    That thumb looks a bit close to the blade. Might take some time for us to get our 20,000 bags a year out.
  21. gensetsteve
    You need a stabilizer I find a fully loaded ifor williams trailer does the trick but I think thats another thread
  22. gensetsteve
    The double carries more weight than the single cab and the extra cab more still. The extra cab would be the best compromise as it has a bit more load space. I am not keen on building to high that far back on the chassis. Try and keep the weight down on the build by using ally floor and sides. Dont put too big a ram on otherwise before you know it the new body weighs 1/2 a tonne and you can only carry 500kg inc driver.
  23. gensetsteve
    The biggest one was the best value for money only about £300 more but its just a monster for most jobs
  24. gensetsteve
    Our old trailer is about the size of the smallest new one. Its been modified to 2 cu metres with divider. The new numbers must relate to the sizes of the trailers in metric. The small trailer will be a bit top heavy for 4cu metres as you can see from pic. I was going to put a pic up but none on this pc if anyone is interested I will put one up from the office.
  25. gensetsteve
    Sounds like a good idea but I would be a bit concerned if the magnets came off and the filings were dumped in the engine in one go. Some vehicles also have a centrifugal filter which seems to work well. I dont think you can beat a good service at half the recommended miles or hours.

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