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Yes we just use untreated joinery of cuts. Hardwood I suspect would be hard on the machine and burns too slow.
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My wife runs the kindlet and really enjoys the work I guess making 10-20,000 bags a year you would have to . A solid cubic metre of timber makes a cubic meter of kindling or about 80-100 bags. Like most of the timber trade you wont get rich but can make a living. It takes longer to make the bags than doing logs but generally the raw material is cheaper and the work is lighter. We sell wholesale to trade 40x50 nets with approx 4kg for £1.60+ vat they retail for £4. Thanks for the compliment will pass it onto the wife. If anyone wants a few hundred bags, nows the time to shout. If we have a mild winter we will have plenty but if its cold it goes nuts. We dont really do it for the money its a nice side line which if things go quiet is a good fall back. Our usp is our timber is kiln dried so we keep going all year so ideal for top ups in January ( no seasoning )
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everyone driving in France including the french have to carry two testers. If the police pull you over you will be requested to blow in your own tester. Good idea really why should the tax payer have to pay for all the p**s heads driving around if your not weaving from side to side with half your lights out u are unlikely to get stopped.
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Spaulted beech = very. get yourself one of those cheap dust extractors for about £140 it will draw it away from your face and could also be connected to the machine. One of the advantages of a chain bar
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Been busy all summer with a large kindling order and this is the last 1000 bags ready to go. Bit of a lul now so will be getting 1700 in stock for winter. If any body needs a large amount now is a good time.
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Cant justify putting this 12ft frame on our ifor anymore if you need timber need to do it large. So found another use for it.
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Knocked this up with a few g cramps this morning. I would give yours a try and then add some mods if it needs it my best tools have been perfected from bodges along the way.
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I have a hakki pilki 2x and two of us can do 100 cubic meters a day. If we dont stop for a pee, lunch, adjust or sharpen the chain never service the tractor, never grease anything, dont process into bags, always have 8" stuff and work 24hrs straight through, otherwise its 8 hrs of the above and we get 18 cubic metres
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I am going to bodge one up in an hour will put up some pics. I think yours will need another beam through the middle and another roller. Best place place for rollers is probably towsure.
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Agreed and you put it better than me. I feel there should be a welfare state to help able bodied people short term. People with disabilitys long term. Its not there for people to avoid work because they are 'stressed' you dont need a new all expences paid car to get you to weatherspoons and the bookies. Layzyness is going to kill the welfare state for everyone and fattys are going to kill the nhs.
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I've been offered Sycamore - what's a fair price?
gensetsteve replied to Sharkbait's topic in Firewood forum
To get 8 tonne you will need the biggest grain trailer made or half an 8 wheeler load. IE it wont come on a 7.5 tonne truck. -
Depends where you get your figures I read recently that the benefits bill is no longer covered by income tax. There is a huge number of able bodied people claiming huge amounts of money on the disability. They are not causing benefit fraud because they have no intention of working even for cash in hand. Fat blobs parking their new mobility cars right outside tesco's so they can go and buy their pizzas. We have one at our kids school had so many kids now has a new minibus sits their smoking cigars the 13 year old kid comes out sits in the front and lights up. I dont like any of the politicians around at the moment but if cameron sorts the scum out in this country good on him. Some people just wont work unless they are starving.
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I like the look of the dalen well made and can handle stuff with a bend in it. Do you still have to buy your spares from Marshall or is their another dealer ?. We have a hakki with chain and I would go for either, chain is quieter and cheaper but produces more chip. tct more irritating noise and expensive to sharpen if you hit alot of metal. My chain loops cost me £2 ea and I electric sharpen at least 6 times ea. Ea sharpen last me a day or 16 tonnes on average so about 25p a day on chain wear.
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Not sure about Cannon but most printers dont come with full size cartridges just enough to get you going so you spend ££££,s soon after buying printer but proper cartridges last much longer.
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It looks well seasoned so if you try splitting it will probably break up. Looks like someone has been through and taken all the processor size stuff. We produce a cubic metre in about 20 mins if the stuff is around 8 inch dia. But I can remember putting 3 in stuff through with two men and after about 2 hrs we had 1.5 cubic metres on the floor.
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No matter what machine you get in that is going to be alot of hard work for not alot. I would chip it for the power station You will get a fraction of the money but it will take a fraction of the time.
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We have a kindlet which is great. I saw a demo of a posch but when they got a jam they trashed about 3 bags worth clearing it. Can you get it to do nice neat stacked bags like this picture. 60 bags an hour is about the max for two people my wife runs the machine by herself and turns it of about every 5 minutes does between 25-35 per hour. If we get a knot we can open the machine and clear it. Remember it can take as long to cut the wood to 6" as it does to kindle it.
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Do you put your wood in bags or in a pile?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
Ours are 1.5 cu metre better production less stopping and moveing but they are around a tonne when green 500kg when dry. -
hard to believe you can find any size or sort of yard anywhere for less than £400a month. I dont think I could be bothered to chase £75 a month.
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Do you put your wood in bags or in a pile?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
My bobcat lifts 750kg but wont lift them when green but no probs when dry. You could leave the top 2 ft then top by hand when placed. Try lifting a bulk bag of sand they are normally 850kg -
Do you put your wood in bags or in a pile?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
The hedge is knacked on the bottom so they prevailing wind whips through still dont want more than 3 deep though. The bags are from LC packaging and are about £5 I get about 3 seasons out of them. The have 2 tipping loops on the bottom. They weigh about 1000 kg when full and green. they die due to my forklift skills not uv damage. I like lc packaging because they dont sell kindling -
Do you put your wood in bags or in a pile?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
I have never used a cover sheet. I tend to use big pallets which ensures a bit of airflow. I think the mould problem is more when you process green timber in autumn. I have not put one in the tunnel as I would imagine the uvs would kill my nice bags in a season. We are not doing alot of logs this year, around our way if you have a mild winter you cant give it away. Hard winter you will never have enough you cant really run a business like that so we have concentrated efforts in other areas we have been busy with kindling lately -
Most places are trying to charge £15 but if you shop around you should find 10 kilo for £6-7 no minimum sends per week next day delivery.
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Do you put your wood in bags or in a pile?
gensetsteve replied to ash_smith123's topic in Firewood forum
We use vented bags in the open. I have ibc tank frames in the poly tunnel. It all works well down south as long as we have a reasonable summer. I tried doing billets years ago it produces the best logs but time consuming and you need the right species of wood to get uniform billets we used beech and I found it often cut in to wedge shapes and if you try processing when dry can smash into trash on a processor. -
When we weighed up doing a show making a profit never came into it. The cost would have to come from the business. Your damned if you do and damned if you dont. Shows are an opportunity to show case yourself and meet your customers face to face. I dont know what margins are in chain saws but I know there is 5% max in generators unless you sell chinese junk. How much can you discount a generator if you are making £15 before you pay your overheads. The thought of hireing a stand at a show these days has us rolling around on the floor.
