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cant help at the moment we have been supplying to order all summer but if we get in front of orders may be able to do 500 bags if your still struggling in a few weeks.

Kiln dried logs are ideal for the British market as we are not capable of buying logs a year in advance unlike most of europe. As log merchants we need to buy cord at least a year in advance and handle it twice so logs can be ordered and burnt that night. Borrowing money to buy cord a year in advance and handling the product twice makes it expensive. If we bought green cord and processed straight into the truck and delivered it would be much better for the enviroment and cheaper on the price.

Not sure if its relevant as most of my income comes from big commercial companies on generator service contracts. But things slowed down in 2009 and 2010 - 11 was a disaster selling logs actually kept the bills paid worst time in 20 years. sept 2011 onwards best year ever. I would think positive. Work has been left for years and people are now thinking we need it done regardless of how long the recession will last. We may not officially be in recession but we are further back than we were in 2009. Positive people attract more work get stuck in there before the austerity measures kick in around April.

With out a tacho its difficult to set a carb on a saw with out some experience. For a complete novice I would suggest if you can rev your saw off the face of the earth its defo to lean and will damage its self. If its cutting the timber fantastically well better than ever before its probably too lean and about to cook the piston. When you rev the saw at full throttle it should make a 4 stroking noise almost like a slight miss fire. If your saw stinks when you are using it has no power and is difficult to start it is probably too rich. If this looks wrong and confusing can one of the mods delete and I will have another go. I have taught alot of youngsters this way and they seem to get it straight away, I give them a service book and I just get blank looks.

apparently its on my wifes video camera as she knew it was going to end in tears my brother had more confidence. When its converted to digital will put it up

Years ago I loaded our unimog onto a large lorry we had on hire using pallets. The last 2 ft involved full throttle and about 30 broken pallets nearly the most stupid thing I have done so far. My brother filmed it using his phone but too:blushing: to put it up.

very long alloy ramps that you can store over the head board would make it safer.

I am sure I knew someone down there if it comes back to me will let you know. Have you tried the firewood directory and ask on their especially tree surgeons. A couple of transit loads may be ideal for you.

The r380 gearbox was designed and built by leyland and fitted to one of the rover cars I think. Picked up and used by Landrover.

We pimped the engine on a 300 tdi auto it was two years old but struggled to get to 70 mph even with no trailer . Extra intercooler, gas flowed the head, better exhaust, no cat, no egr. adjusted the fuel pump, boosted the turbo amongst other things. Went like the clappers for about 3 months then left bits of gearbox all over the road. jpat in bristol built me a superb gearbox with additional oil cooler that lasted a year. I think the R380 box in the Td5 stuff will struggle with 200hp.

I seem to remember working on a 6.2 gmc engine and it was a good conversion although massive was light, possibly with an alloy block but it was along time ago. I work on loads of phaser engines on a weekly basis good torque at 1500 rpm thats why they use them for generators but no top end. The TD5 engine was a good design often badly built by LR. If you get one rebuilt by someone who knows what they are doing and chipped to 200 bhp they are impresssive. Our current TD5 tows 3.5 tonnes all the time and did 80,000 miles in its first year. 9 years old now still on first engine with no major work. I would not chip a TD5 with out some major upgrades to the cooling system especially if towing. The old 300 tdis we had never made it past 80k before the head was off.

I can understand where you are coming from. But as someone who sells logs there is not alot in the job especially if you dont carry it through to the end. What will take you a morning will take a log man 3/4 hr. As said best to go for a split load of logs.

problem with most of these conversions is the engine is too heavy for the Landrover makes it easy to overload the front axle. If you want 200hp just buy the Landcruiser and be one with it.

I would get some beech now to mix in with the oak next year as well. Wessex woodland often have beech cord that has been cut 18 months and it seasons out quickly.

I must be losing my touch I was £55.55 out.

Thanks john will have a look. Been looking into scaffold boards. Its a shame we are so far apart our dust and rejects would be ideal for you.

I am thinking along the lines of used entry level woodmizer if it pans out in a month or so and the figures stack up buy something with a bit more whizz. I think the double circular would be good if all the timber was the same size but I think I will get stuff from 12" upwards and have the kit to handle it.

I am thinking if that was loose loaded more like 2 1/2 to 3 cu metres. £300 is good for 5 cubic metres as long as its decent wood and seasoned.

Put up listing on ebay with the title Our kindling is so good others on ebay have to hijack the pictures.

A business nr Newbury did exactly the same thing to us last year. They are not arb talk members. Its annoying but also a compliment as your stock is clearly much better than theirs.

were you looking to pay £300 or were you hoping it would be cheaper if you split it yourself. I only ask as I may be able to find someone if you give an idea of what you would expect to pay.

Thanks for your posts Big J and Chris the max size for my kindlet is 6x6x6 but any decent size that can be easily man handled from saw mill to crosscut would be ok. Up cut saw has a 500mm blade and the mouth will take about 12x3 and still drop onto conveyor. So 3x3 4x3 5x2 anything around that really. I have set a low budget incase its not viable and need to move bandsaw on. If I find it works ok or looks viable will sell saw and use experience to purchase better kit in about a month. A good idea about getting a man with a saw mill for the day. I have a good selection of forklifts and a 9x9 metre poly tunnel. Chris thanks for the link When you mentioned this machine I thought it would be a band saw about 10ft high. That machine looks compact. It looks like it could be set up just to get the slabs of the side of 8in round wood. If I was starting a business from fresh I would probably give it a miss but having 12k in machinery about to become redundant and a good customer base I think its worth fighting for especially as we made the decision to finish the log business last week.

Cut up soft wood then feed through my cross cut then through my kindlett. I have a feeling the labour element may kill the job. But my wood supply is not keeping up with demand. The idea I had is spend 2k on a woodmizer or similar if its a disaster back to the drawing board. I need speed not accuracy. we will put planks up to 9x3 through my crosscut. Any advice welcome even if its a bit negative, rather learn cheaply now than expensively later.

2nd this if its a honda will have a little rubber tipped float needle. From experience if you dont change the needle and seat problem will come back.

I think abacus have some nice new ones based in Bournmouth also have a big depot in Andover