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  1. gensetsteve
    I dont know what its like with the tractors but we see alot of chinese diesel gensets which run for a few hundred hrs if your lucky. If someone rings up we dont want them in the workshop some turn up at the door but we turn them away. Some spares are virtually impossible to get within a few months especially if they change the model.
  2. gensetsteve
    I bought a ford 1920 compact made under licence by shiburu or similar had it a week parts absolutely of the planet. If i went that route would buy a big little tractor like the ford 4000 .
  3. gensetsteve
    Perhaps he not gone home yet and has roof rack ?
  4. gensetsteve
    If you need to run power tools a petrol one is your best bet even then you will be pushing the limits Bought this one off ebay to throw on the front of my 10 tonne trailer. £300 sell yours trade up you need some serious cfms to run tools.
  5. gensetsteve
    Paying top money for cord wood delivered in does not mean it will be processor size these days.
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    I did a bit of research on ebay and there are quality pumps about £400 new or occassionally used for £200. I need to keep the air suspension up on my trailer when using a tractor with out air brakes.
  7. gensetsteve
    There is nothing wrong with growing your business. But sometime it can turn into a bit of a monster especially if you dont get the employing people bit right. If you grow it you need to get through the growing pains so you can let go and enjoy the profits.
  8. gensetsteve
    The inverter is a non starter I would think. I thought about fitting a quality 12v pump like they use for camera masts. A burnt out clark compressor would make a good base.
  9. gensetsteve
    Binderberg do some big machines. From what I have seen of big machines you need to feed big timber all the time because 404 chains make lots of saw dust which is bad news on little 12" timber. If you process dry beech they tend to smash it to bits. I would think the hakki 42 cm machine is worth a look and half the money.
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    Home Brew

    gensetsteve replied to Dax's topic in The Lounge

    I have owned this property 12 years never seen a sloe. This year found 2 bushes bursting with sloes. So if I am going to have a go this would be the year. Do you need to wait till after a frost the berries seem very hard. When you make it does it get stronger or just make it taste different and go further.
  11. gensetsteve
    In the last 2 years the government has slapped a £15 tax on cord coming from fc sites . The guys cutting the timber are in the same position as us getting caught in the middle. Now anyone selling cord has matched the fc stuff . I know some guys running harvesters who in 2002 were paying £3 a tonne standing and seeing a gross margin of £15 . Now they invest £25 a tonne pay twice as much for fuel and machines and make £9 . The general public are short on cash and if its a choice between shelling out £200 cash upfront or drip feeding the gas bill thats what they may decide to do.
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    Because the price has hit £52 at roadside we decided not to bother this year because my customers wont pay 30% more for their logs why should I. I have bought a few token loads to keep my really good customers and my house supplied. But in the last few weeks I have found the forests are full of unsold cord and have bought alot for next year at £35 a tonne.
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    If there is any spare especially in the spring at £35 a tonne I would be interested. Can collect and self load 10 tonnes at a time.
  14. gensetsteve
    I have a P reg I am thinking of selling mk 3 one previous owner genuine 120k. No tax or Mot needs shocks for mot possibly other stuff not been on road for 2-3 years. £2500 ono.
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    I think with a slight heap on you have at least 1.5 cube in there
  16. gensetsteve
    That looks a good system and vastly cheaper and lighter than a dedicated tipper.
  17. gensetsteve
    I always think of profit as quality of life, every year a buy a few shiney toys, I dont know about economics either, I go by if the food in the fridge has mould on it and if there is any beer, If the car in the drive will start and how big my overdraft is
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    Over the last few years I have noticed local log people put a load up by £10 each year which may have worked before cord wood doubled in price in 3 years. Fuel increased by 30% in the same amount of time. Alot of people may be lacking in the maths department as at this time of year they ring round to find out what everyone else is charging. The other problem you have is people who get 'free' wood sell about 10 loads cheap and then run out leaving the price set for the winter. I worked out that 2 cu metres delivered within 10 miles costs me at least £120 in materials and wear. Accounting for seeing the cord into yard processing, maintaning machinery and delivering this takes 3 hrs. So at £180 this leaves me with £20 an hour. I dont pay rent as I own the yard but put this into the equation it would not be worth doing.
  19. gensetsteve
    If the tooth is to hard to sharpen with a hand file this indicates that once sharpened with an electric sharpener it will hold its edge much longer. I recently bought a bench mounted sharpener from lidls for £20 very impressed with results wont be hand sharpening more than 4 or 5 times before using even if it uses chains quicker, the cut was much better than I can produce by hand.
  20. gensetsteve
    Doing the same work in 40 years time if it does not keep up with inflation the service you provide will be valued less so you need to find something else to do. Doing more of something that is less valued is not growth.
  21. gensetsteve
    We have a 2x so slightly different all above mentioned but ours also starts cycling if wood jams into the chassis just in front of the ram. You may not have this problem with the bigger 37 model but worth a check.
  22. gensetsteve
    I think for touching a chain up a hand file but after 3 or 4 of my attempts a bit of grinder love love is required to get the teeth the same size and angle. It would be easier to remove the chain and put it on a bench grinder. If you blue the chain it makes it harder not softer I find so you cant hand sharpen easily again the trick is to tickle with the grinder not muller.
  23. gensetsteve
    Pm sent
  24. gensetsteve
    I would have been interested but just a bit too far away.
  25. gensetsteve
    Yes but more importantly did they get paid for all that hard work.

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