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  1. 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.
  2. gensetsteve

    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    That looks a good system and vastly cheaper and lighter than a dedicated tipper.
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    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
  10. gensetsteve
    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.
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    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.
  12. 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Pm sent
  16. gensetsteve
    I would have been interested but just a bit too far away.
  17. gensetsteve
    Yes but more importantly did they get paid for all that hard work.
  18. gensetsteve
    I agree there seems to be a real atmosphere of if we cant make money why bother around at the moment.
  19. gensetsteve
    I think its a sign of the recession. We used to quote 10 jobs in the boom time then we were quoteing dozens. So we stopped selling Generators. We had some nice silent 80kva silent gensets for hire and customers said joe Bloggs was cheaper down the road so I shoved them through a plant sale, So did everyone else now there are less generators for hire and no one to answer the phone.
  20. gensetsteve
    True saw bench it is then
  21. gensetsteve
    I see you have had a bit of a run on would you like me drop some cord off with the hilux in the week.
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    I had a customer last weekend that more than deserved that
  23. gensetsteve
    I think billets are good as they dry fast but you need a saw bench with conveyor to make it really work.
  24. gensetsteve
    Cut it down today, process it in the morning send it out next week. only joking but it would make it sooooo much easier. And the customer would have cheap logs next year.
  25. gensetsteve
    If difference was 63p 13 years ago things have doubled in price but the difference is not £1.20 now. What I was thinking was if I doubled my fuel cost by running on white and staying legal for more jobs. I would go from a £1 a mile in fuel to £2 . Or in laymans terms If I bring 10 tonne of cord 10 miles it wil cost me £20 which does not really impact on £500 worth of timber.

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