gensetsteve
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I would say operating and maintaining a modern processor is not unskilled. Also how many unskilled workers have between 30-60k invested in equipment. You could have to invest 25k in cord wood 12 months before you need it just to earn a living. Dont put yourself down there are plenty of others out there to do that most of them wearing suits waiting to be made redundant now that really is unskilled.
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Yes strange it is . If you pay £50 a tonne. A cubic metre has cost £35 for the wood + fuel wear and tear. So either people are not paying £50 a tonne or are selling under sized loads. If you sell for £80 a metre leaves you with £20 for an hours labour if you are lucky.
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I would imagine she gave her statement very fast with a lot of yeah but no buts thrown in. I think alot of the trouble is caused by schools putting children on a pedastal and treating them like customers rather than children.
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Less than you burn in a small set up and alot easier on the back. The reason they do so well is they give the impression the wood will be dry.
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So 50p is vat. We could make £4 just stocking the stuff no wonder the uk is going down the pan. By the time blokes have had their maternity pay, sick pay holiday pay, done the metod statement, risk assement, fire risk assement, had the lunch break, tea break and had a couple of dumps we have no chance of competeing with that.
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I had a similar problem with some 4" bent ash cord last year very dry and a nightmare to get through a processor.
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I am sure it is a fantastic bit of kit especially for pruneing but I sort of got it in my head he was going to use it for firewood production but I think I just got that wrong.
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Trouble is with automatic is it stops when something jams until someone notices. Also the quality suffers so you may as well be semi auto and pull less levers but still have control over quality. Big processors like big timber and when used with 8" cord produce too much sawdust and trash.
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Its the time of year when we all want to start shifting stock as we have sat on it long enough. Customers are ringing around for the best possible logs at the lowest possible price and in some cases they will get it from newbies and side liners. come December you could offer wet chipboard you ripped out your kitchen in and that would be acceptable. I sell 80 % of my logs during Dec and Jan. About 15% goes to regular customers in Aug Sept. All widerbeests need to chill and relax at this time of year.
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They are still permanent 4 wheel drive until one wheel spins then all the energy goes there but for engine braking large trailers etc all four wheels will be doing their bit. My Landcruiser has all the diff locks and toys but still looses grip before any of the discos we have had over the years. The landrover are better because of their long soft saggy springs means on uneven ground you get even pressure and grip on ea wheel. At least thats what I have found trying to drag 3 tonne of generator across 2ft of festival mud and used rubber things
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We have a big stihl leccy one. Because the noise is different to a petrol one you can hear if you have forgotten and if that gets overlooked the chain hanging down is a reminder.
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Hilux or Ranger (also how much for an R reg 90)
gensetsteve replied to Head Ranger Pete's topic in Arb-Trucks
The bravas werent great. Isuzu pulled out the stops to get the Rodeo right after the problems with the 3.0 litre common rail troopers. The old 3.1 trooper was a superb work horse. -
You have to keep checking the level. I think for someone running a business an electric in exceptional circumstances would have limited usefulness a rechargeable would be a waste of time. Especially on a 100 cuts I bet you do more than that with petrol in 1/2 hour and thats in 15 inch timber.
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I have found some one trippers tonight but they have had wood glue in them. 10 or 20 at a time should be ok what sort of money are they worth once I have got 20 for the yard may be able to spare some.
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Yes would be ideal but I dont think we produce enough tonnage to justify the cost. If I collected it up the cost of creating storage would take years to recover at the sort of money they are paying.
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I guess £8,000 plus vat cheaper if you dont want the engine.
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I spoke to the people who make the treatment and they did not advise burning the treated wood in domestic stoves but that was a year ago ideas may have changed. I had an idea tonight, If we bought in 6" larch or pop it could be pasted through a crude thickness planer just to put a 2" flat on each side. This would feed better through the kindlett and cut down on the bark waste in the bag. I have tried taking in joinery waste but its so labour intensive its not worth doing unles you can live on £4 an hour. If the off cuts were 6x2 and 4ft long it would be worth doing.
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Hilux or Ranger (also how much for an R reg 90)
gensetsteve replied to Head Ranger Pete's topic in Arb-Trucks
When you say rodeo and L200 are the same do you know for sure they come from the same factory. I drove l200 in the past and thought they felt revvy and notchey on the gearbox. I did not think there was any tye up between the two companies. The rodeo did not used to be anything like the L200 but maybe they are now. It would be useful to know as I would consider a rodeo but defo not a Mitsubushi. If you are only going up to 10 miles then a defender will be the toughest for forrest or arb work. But if you are tall and need to travel more than 30 miles a day you will find the defender slow noisey, wet and uncomfortable. -
I have read over oiling the mix causes a lean mix as there is less petrol. This combined with half throttle may have caused your problem. The new more economical saws may be more precise on fuel metering whereas old saws may have dropped a bit more in. Good luck with your claim may be they will come back with some advice.
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The green stuff is tanalith. You cant burn it in a domestic stove. Most pallets will be treated as they cant enter china without being so and have marks on to indicate whats been used. There is now a new treatment which does not discolour the wood but gives it a slightly more yellow appearance. There is a huge ro ro skip less than 2 miles away and we are welcome to take it all. But its no use what so ever so it all goes to land fill. All these treatments are harmfull to the human body in lots of different ways if burn or the ash is spread on your veg patch.
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Never in a month of sundays will he sell these
gensetsteve replied to treebloke's topic in Firewood forum
good way of getting rid of last years christmas tree. Is that a tonne bag full -
Space dust was a bit like cider for children fizzy on your tongue eyes on stalks awake for days running round in circles with silly grin on face. Log sales are steady which is just aswell as we dont have anywhere near enough in stock. Been mega busy all summer with kindling sales some customers bought 3000 bags at a time
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I have beech logs spread all over the lawn and they are jumping and popping in the sun like space dust on a ten year olds tongue ( if you are old enough to remember space dust )
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Your turning circle will be increased and so will your insurance.
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Yew: Good firewood or is there a better use?
gensetsteve replied to Steve_C's topic in Firewood forum
I like the look of that little bit right at the bottom I reckon its looking like firewood dave or you could get it on ebay tonight its free listing and you can start at whatever price you like I think.
