gensetsteve

I agree but I tend to spend the extra £5 a corner and get the BFG's as they do twice the mileage dont crack on the side walls after 5 years or go out of shape. I would prefer AT's but we are on a hill and by christmas the field will be a ft deep in slimey mud. We can just get out loaded with MT's in all weathers.

Yeah its called a tread mill often your allowed of early if you die. You cant get ill the country cant afford it. There are a few people who could do with a turn on the treadmill in this country.

Your right it is flawed when you look at the first 35k . But then we are vat registered so dont give it much thought these days. If you have alot of commercial customers buy new toys and buy cord to do logs go vat registered. Hows that

No but if you spend £100 inc vat you get £20 back on vat, leaves £80 if you pay 25% tax it costs you £60 or if 40% tax will cost about £48 If Your not vat reg £100 less 25% means £75 . But if you are approaching the vat limit you are probably paying 40% tax so £100 less 40% = £60 so you are no worse off than a vat reg person only paying 25% tax

That is a good point that alot of people overlook. The 20% does not just disappear you can claim that against income tax although you will have to wait a year not 3 months.

So far so good but only got them in January so would not want to fully recommend until cutting green timber into them now. The only problem I can see is green timber may go mouldy if stored in them now. I dont think there is much in it robs look good and probably better airflow. I went for mine because they are 1.5 cu metres so dont need to stop processor so often. The only down side is cant lift them with bobcat when green so need teleporter. 500 is alot of bags if they dont work out. I would consider paying for 25 and trying first even if premium price.

I would have thought you still need to class your bags as loose loads same as your tipper. The logs are not stacked in the bag to eliminate air space are they ?

Your bags look tougher than the ones I see a year ago. I think they are bringing new ideas in all the time. I bought my bags as its alot cheaper than putting another building up.

I thought ag reg you need to stay within 30 miles of base. For forestry you can go country wide.

The TT105 would be good as it grosses at 3.5 tonne and is low to the ground for a tipper. Tipping trailers are not ideal for plant as they are a bit high.

You can only get 1.44 cu metres with normal sides in a TT85 . You are all talking about the 10x5 which carries 2 cu metres to top of ifor drop sides. I know cos got both.

I use airstripe 1.5 cu metre bags. i have so far processed into them during the summer. I have the feeling as we process through the winter for next year we may get some mould problems. Someone told me to only put 3 a breast into the wind which we have done. I also do brick pattern rather than in line. Those mesh sided bags dont look very robust to me. Some of my bags have been tipped 3 times and still look new.

Think of an auction as a big shop if you dont bid the price tag its not going home with you. I love auctions I dont sell my used generators to the public any more. I put a 17 kva in an auction with a reserve of £800 it sold for £2800 and I thought there was only one person bidding which was confirmed by the auctioneer when he said I didnt think he was ever going to stop. I bid to a price I think is a bargain if I think its being run off the wall I dive out the crowd and listen to it stall.

I wood try local log sellers. Trying to sell to large companies all eggs in one basket, rock bottom price and they dont answer the phone especially when they owe you thousands.

Cheap teleporter jcb 525 1986 for 4k cheap tractor 80hp 2.5k then you can load your processor at the same time for 6 grand all in. I have a tractor with loader never used it in 6 years too clumsy and slow.

Yes and I think because of the glorious weather we have had a few people are getting shakey just wait till next week

BFG Mud terrain excellent but high price. Would defo pay the price again if they ever wear out.

We are £180 for 2 cu metres or £95 for 1. I can see its going to be painfull breaking the £200 barrier. I told a couple of my customers last year I may pack up the processing as my processor is getting knackered and price of cord has gone through the roof. The response from all was shrug shoulders and people will need to get their logs from somewhere and you will need to charge enough to make a profit can we order now.

I would rather hang onto my stock till next winter than give it away. If Margins are tight, and at less than £80 a cube they got to be non excistent if you buy cord in. I would rather do less if profit is tight there are plenty of other things to do without competeing with people who cant add up.

About this time of year we get a load of posts about how the bloke down the road is too cheap. Then December the posts go anyone know where there is some cord. So I thought I would create a fire wood sellers bible. Any I have forgotten please add. This year there will be more unemployed than ever but remember you can only cut and store 10 loads before you loose interest. Even if the winter is mild, the demand has gone up 6 fold from last year so there will probably be a shortage again. People shop around for the cheapest deal this time of year best to go on holiday and come back end of November. While the price of fossile fuels stays high you dont need to give your logs away. Why sell for £60 a cube and sell out at christmas when you can sell for £90 + and sell out in march. You have seasoned it for 12 months whats another 3. All dry wood burns well . Wet unseasoned wood gives you a bad rep and stops those repeat September sales which boost your bank acct. Humans generally dont buy wood unless the temperature drops below 5 deg. Alot of people dont value your effort sell them some cord and a hand axe you will have a customer for split logs for life.

I had a email from one of the baltics could have been a scam but may be worth looking at 10kg nets of hardwood 2.40 euro landed in ireland in container 2600 bags.

If its dry will be 1500kg + trailer = 2500kg If its wet 3000kg + trailer = too much

16 tonnes or 24 metres I dont think I will get that through our 2x a 1x42 with loader maybe

I have sussed out why there is such a difference in price you live north of Watford and the cost of living is much cheaper. A £90,000 house your way would be £400,000 down here.

The td5 sounds like it is revving harder than it is. Half the time you need to watch the tacho and rev it higher. We had a 300 and a td5 You could rev the 300 to 3000 rpm without thinking about it but the Td5 sounds like it is going to blow at 2000 rpm. I tow 3500kg of loaded trailer and would not bother chipping mine especially now its got 150k on the clock once wound up goes like scalded cat. If you chip it you can get alot of head problems and cracked manifolds.