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I would say when I bought our processor 5 years ago I was underwelmed. Not perfect and not as fast as I thought. But it was second hand and only £3000 . It broke down on a regular basis and often cost £400 in parts. But the last 2.5 years its been fairly trouble free and at times with the right wood has done 6 cu metres in an hour. I think it takes a fair while before you get in tune with the different models. Long term I would say excellent buy and with the new parts and the increaseing cost of new kit still worth 3k. If I decide to get back into logs again I would buy one that could handle 16in possibly a dalen. I think you will grow to love your Posch but you need the right wood under 4" almost a waste of time, over 10" hard work. Arb waste a nightmare good luck with your machine

Dave you are supposed to be the optomist I am supposed to be the pessamist or are we becoming realists:001_smile: there is another way of looking at it is you are better working and breaking even than doing nothing and making a loss. I think half the country is treading water waiting for the upturn

Dave you are supposed to be the optomist I am supposed to be the pessamist or are we becoming realists:001_smile: there is another way of looking at it is you are better working and breaking even than doing nothing and making a loss. I think half the country is treading water waiting for the upturn

Would be great to supply you but we are in Hampshire and its collection only I am afraid.

Would be great to supply you but we are in Hampshire and its collection only I am afraid.

I would agree with most of that. I would say from experience I get 1.5 - 1.6 cu metres of loose logs form green hard wood even less from oak. I would say to earn £25 per hour is realistic any less and those little extras we forget start to erode it away as Dave Martin points out. I would also say you can scale it up if you wanted to by using more efficient machines ie you should be able to do a 40 hour week with out killing your body with the right kit. so processing 16 cu a day then a day to deliver means 1 cu an hour. 40 cu a week = £1000 45 weeks = 45k a year = 1200 tonnes of timber or full time logging

I would agree with most of that. I would say from experience I get 1.5 - 1.6 cu metres of loose logs form green hard wood even less from oak. I would say to earn £25 per hour is realistic any less and those little extras we forget start to erode it away as Dave Martin points out. I would also say you can scale it up if you wanted to by using more efficient machines ie you should be able to do a 40 hour week with out killing your body with the right kit. so processing 16 cu a day then a day to deliver means 1 cu an hour. 40 cu a week = £1000 45 weeks = 45k a year = 1200 tonnes of timber or full time logging

Hi Marcus I think it was johns idea but it was a good one. I often see mint Kubota lighting sets for a third of the money of a genset. Normally the single phase alt has burnt out but you can just buy a new 3 ph one for £800 and fit it straight on. I sent this to another member a day or so ago and it seems relevant to yourself. 6 Kva may be a bit small will give a kettle and heater but thats it. 10 kva may be better. I would try and avoid the 3000 rpm air cooled stuff The old air cooled lister 1500 rpm would be good for you. If it was for me I would try and search out one of the old 650 rpm listers with the big flywheels. Failing that I like the 1500 rpm Kubotas. Avoid at all cost Lister alpha watercooled engines, Lombardini, ruggerini and anything chinese. A good silent 1500 rpm 10 kva used will probably still set you back £3000 We dont really get involved with sets under 30kva but the fuel consumption will be around 4-5 litres an hour rather than 1-3 for a 10 kva Hope this helps I sent this to someone recently and seems fairly relevant to yourself

Hi Marcus I think it was johns idea but it was a good one. I often see mint Kubota lighting sets for a third of the money of a genset. Normally the single phase alt has burnt out but you can just buy a new 3 ph one for £800 and fit it straight on. I sent this to another member a day or so ago and it seems relevant to yourself. 6 Kva may be a bit small will give a kettle and heater but thats it. 10 kva may be better. I would try and avoid the 3000 rpm air cooled stuff The old air cooled lister 1500 rpm would be good for you. If it was for me I would try and search out one of the old 650 rpm listers with the big flywheels. Failing that I like the 1500 rpm Kubotas. Avoid at all cost Lister alpha watercooled engines, Lombardini, ruggerini and anything chinese. A good silent 1500 rpm 10 kva used will probably still set you back £3000 We dont really get involved with sets under 30kva but the fuel consumption will be around 4-5 litres an hour rather than 1-3 for a 10 kva Hope this helps I sent this to someone recently and seems fairly relevant to yourself

No I dont remember the stacked cube thread or falling out. If you enjoy producing logs and its not your main income no problem. Which ever way you do logs it should be possible to earn a living wage considering the demand for them. I talk to most of the people selling logs in our local area and have no problem with competition just not keen on subsidising it.

No I dont remember the stacked cube thread or falling out. If you enjoy producing logs and its not your main income no problem. Which ever way you do logs it should be possible to earn a living wage considering the demand for them. I talk to most of the people selling logs in our local area and have no problem with competition just not keen on subsidising it.

No I dont remember the stacked cube thread or falling out. If you enjoy producing logs and its not your main income no problem. Which ever way you do logs it should be possible to earn a living wage considering the demand for them. I talk to most of the people selling logs in our local area and have no problem with competition just not keen on subsidising it.

Thankyou for your apology I can accept some feedback just not that much in one go the people that know me well on here will know the picture you were creating is not right. I am hoping you were generalising rather than directing at me. My price is ok but if you break it down £55 is cord red diesel, petrol and derv must come to £20 and we still have chains, bar oil, and depreciation etc to go. So it would not surprise me if 1.5 cu metres of logs costs £90 before you get anything for your labour. We are vat registered so another 5 % has to come off the final price.

Thankyou for your apology I can accept some feedback just not that much in one go the people that know me well on here will know the picture you were creating is not right. I am hoping you were generalising rather than directing at me. My price is ok but if you break it down £55 is cord red diesel, petrol and derv must come to £20 and we still have chains, bar oil, and depreciation etc to go. So it would not surprise me if 1.5 cu metres of logs costs £90 before you get anything for your labour. We are vat registered so another 5 % has to come off the final price.

Thankyou for your apology I can accept some feedback just not that much in one go the people that know me well on here will know the picture you were creating is not right. I am hoping you were generalising rather than directing at me. My price is ok but if you break it down £55 is cord red diesel, petrol and derv must come to £20 and we still have chains, bar oil, and depreciation etc to go. So it would not surprise me if 1.5 cu metres of logs costs £90 before you get anything for your labour. We are vat registered so another 5 % has to come off the final price.

Alot of assumptions there most of them wrong I produce most of my logs myself with help on a saturday. When the local competition is selling logs for less than the price of cord wood they cant all be tree surgeons. I was not born and breed in my town and dont think I own it. My logs were 1.5 cu delivered for £130 I asked a simple question to get others opinions whereas your post was a personal attack for absolutely no reason

Alot of assumptions there most of them wrong I produce most of my logs myself with help on a saturday. When the local competition is selling logs for less than the price of cord wood they cant all be tree surgeons. I was not born and breed in my town and dont think I own it. My logs were 1.5 cu delivered for £130 I asked a simple question to get others opinions whereas your post was a personal attack for absolutely no reason

Alot of assumptions there most of them wrong I produce most of my logs myself with help on a saturday. When the local competition is selling logs for less than the price of cord wood they cant all be tree surgeons. I was not born and breed in my town and dont think I own it. My logs were 1.5 cu delivered for £130 I asked a simple question to get others opinions whereas your post was a personal attack for absolutely no reason

200k has got to be worth fitting a tracker . Any generator hire set over 12k gets tracker, period. £400 for tracker and first years cover. £175 after that.

200k has got to be worth fitting a tracker . Any generator hire set over 12k gets tracker, period. £400 for tracker and first years cover. £175 after that.

200k has got to be worth fitting a tracker . Any generator hire set over 12k gets tracker, period. £400 for tracker and first years cover. £175 after that.

I know same as last year. I was trying to double my capacity to 500 tonnes but was so busy making kindling only got 100 tonnes done. Was kicking my self about the lost oportunity last september only to finish the winter with 50 tonnes still sat in bags. I dont think the gross profit covered the tax and insurance on the tipper.

I know same as last year. I was trying to double my capacity to 500 tonnes but was so busy making kindling only got 100 tonnes done. Was kicking my self about the lost oportunity last september only to finish the winter with 50 tonnes still sat in bags. I dont think the gross profit covered the tax and insurance on the tipper.

I know same as last year. I was trying to double my capacity to 500 tonnes but was so busy making kindling only got 100 tonnes done. Was kicking my self about the lost oportunity last september only to finish the winter with 50 tonnes still sat in bags. I dont think the gross profit covered the tax and insurance on the tipper.

The answer to your first question is yes I would say its a god given right of every tree surgeon to sell his arb arisings as logs through which ever transaction method he chooses. What annoys me is people who accumulate a pile of arb waste from what ever source then sell it cheap whilst poncing of the dole ( your tax ) killing your living. They dont have cord wood as they dont have the facilities to store hence the reason they run out in a few weeks.