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  1. gensetsteve
    Ours are 1.5 cu metre better production less stopping and moveing but they are around a tonne when green 500kg when dry.
  2. gensetsteve
    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.
  3. gensetsteve
    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
  4. gensetsteve
    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
  5. gensetsteve
    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
  6. gensetsteve
    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.
  7. gensetsteve
    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.
  8. gensetsteve
    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.
  9. gensetsteve
    If our beech has been left in the cord for a year and we process into a large pile through the spring normally no problem. If you process into large piles late summer onwards for following year guaranteed mould.
  10. gensetsteve
    I would imagine if its up to 6" pine would be ideal for kindling machine if not too many knots. Unfortunately you are too far away.
  11. gensetsteve
    Running the price up off the wall is not illegal. The auctioneer is able to run a lot to the reserve price without a single hand going up. The auction room is a very complex enviroment luckily for me
  12. gensetsteve
    When ever I look into it the extra costs of running another van are more than the saving in fuel.
  13. gensetsteve
    I will probably get shot for saying this so check out and research well its only an idea. The small tank I wash my hot tub filters in sometimes gets overrun with mozzies if I forget to change the water. so one day I dropped a couple of pinches of chlorine into it within 3 seconds all dead and floating. Swimming pool chlorine is cheap and goes along way.
  14. gensetsteve
    I think it started at 2k then new lights were added and higher sides in anodised and a divider. total £2400 + vat . I had 5 quotes a couple were cheaper up north but a bit of travelling. Also there are tippers and there are tippers. Yes having served an apprenticeship with a vehicle body builders I still have contacts but if I build another will give you a shout first.
  15. gensetsteve
    Nothing wrong with defender. If you need a truck to tackle uneven terrain when loaded its ideal, if you dont do many long runs or motorway work. If you think you will often overload dont buy a Hilux you will snap the chassis. If I was looking at year 2000 vehicles I would not want a defender, after 12 years they will be hanging doors wont shut and heater packed up seats uncomfortable. I would imagine defenders less than 8 years old are a very good vehicle just a bit big to get up driveways to tip logs.
  16. gensetsteve
    I have no working experience of the new ones although if I was set on a new pickup it would defo be the HL2. But I seem to hear alot of moans about new pickups with electronic problems and engines blowing. I like our mk4 as we have run it hard for 2 years and changed the oil and replaced the rear brake shoes. They are capable of 300k and you can pick one up with 120k for less than 3 grand. The new pick ups have huge fronts on them for crumple zones. Our mk 4 has a steel bumper and cheap glass head lights and short nose which is ideal for squeezing log deliveries up icy drive ways. Why spend 15k when 3k buys a better more reliable cheap to repair vehicle.
  17. gensetsteve
    I think my next tipper will be an extra cab as it has the best payload of the lot. If I was in your position I would not be afraid to spend 3k and fit the body to a 10year old hilux . I think the early d4d engine stuff was still well built not so sure of the later stuff. Hilux are a totally different experience to the defender. After 5 years the body can be moved to the next truck.
  18. gensetsteve
    waxoyl is ok in the box sections but outside in high wash areas a year and its all gone. If you use a hot wash underneath gone in weeks. I tend not to waste my time and money and work the extra day and put it towards a newer truck im not one for driving round in 17 year old trucks.
  19. gensetsteve
    Nah they are civil servants that will be the pension pot for the year. The salary will be 32k + car and benefits for a 16 hr week.
  20. gensetsteve
    I agree on the kick back. They are slower running but alot more torque at low speed and kick about alot more especially when starting in the cut.
  21. gensetsteve
    we have the big stihl electric I would say about same power as ms260 not as much as ms390 . Very well made and reliable. Need to bang the dust out of filter every 10 minutes or so and clean with airline after 5-10 hrs use. Vibration is terrible no antivibes at all. I can cut 12" rings for 15 minutes but then tend to rest saw for half an hour or I think it will get hot. will cut 8" stuff all day long.
  22. gensetsteve
    My chain sharpening is not the best but not had a problem cutting candles or with the grain. Worst problem I seem to get is long stringy bits clog saw. I tend to hold a few inches out of cut and not pressure on saw so the strands break up a bit.
  23. gensetsteve
    Because I think we are mog spotting not mog buying. If one of us was interested in buying would have picked up the phone in seconds. I probably like many am interested in mogs but the last thing I need in this economic climate is another mog.
  24. gensetsteve
    If you have to pay a mans wage for the day and you have the access it normally pays to have an arctic 27 tonnes at a time set up right you should get 2 loads a day possibly more if you work long days. I doubt you will do that with tractor and trailer.
  25. gensetsteve
    No wonder these engines can give trouble that is a very small gap. I would imagine with an engine running slightly lean it would not take long for the valve to regress and close that gap up . Regular servicing I would say is defo on the cards for these little engines those two links are very good and show clearly how to carry it out.

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