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Firewood Processor. Does this look good?
gensetsteve replied to redmoosefaction's topic in Large equipment
Small sticks of birch. I would imagine the end product may not look great. -
I dont use electric but would consider it. The problem with electric is they can take too much in one go in the wrong hands. Once you blue the chain its as hard as nails and you cant sharpen by hand so its only fit for the bin.
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Firewood Processor. Does this look good?
gensetsteve replied to redmoosefaction's topic in Large equipment
Some good ideas there. It would work better in this country if you had infeed conveyor and log deck. I like the way the logs cant fall end on before splitter. Also I bet it could handle the 6" logs everyone seems to want for tiny wood burners. That looks a fair size engine with a fair size price I bet £30k plus. -
A new file makes life alot easier. I sharpen a 15" bar about three times and the file is in the bin. They are a pound alot cheaper than ten miutes labour.
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I guess facia soffit and tarmac are a bit slow at the moment so looking around if you know what I mean
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I have a brand new kindlet been sat 4 weeks waiting for action been too busy with logs. Need to order bags have plenty of kiln dried wood. We charge £2 + vat p bag. If you can organise transport we may may be able to do something.
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Cant be I was there then never see dean. Seriously tho I was born and bred in Mytchett which I think is just down the road
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I think a 14tonne trailer would have about 14cu metres of capacity allowing for air space 50% so 7 tonnes of timber green. 1 tonne turns into 1.6 cu metres. so 11.20 cu metres at £80 = about £900 retail. 7 tonnes timber at £39 per tonne = £273 if you bought cordwood + £180 to process = £453.00 They get the balance after delivering it, explaining its not all ash, Why some bits are bigger than others and wheel barrowing it half a mile down someones garden. I enjoyed that
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£125 for your labour and £125 to cover machine hire oil etc he uses his tractor and diesel and supplies extra labour = £250 per day if he is a good mate will be happy to pay considering the amount of firewood he will get. I remember someone saying a good mate will be happy to pay you the going rate so you can earn a living rather than get things done on the cheap.
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You can hire a kindlet for £750 a month. But that machine is under very little stress. Your wood processor however is a machine that works hard and wears. I would say you learn alot of hard and expensive lessons in the first few hours. If you hire a machine for a week you tend to work it hard especiallly if its not yours. I would say £300 is cheap considering how much wood you could put through it and the amount of wear it will suffer.
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Reaching 8000 posts ?
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Hi Mike Thanks for the reply. Would you say the next saw down would be too light on performance . The only thing that puts me off the mse220 is the 6kg weight. This may be the price I have to pay to get a decent performance. Do you still use yours to prep wood for your processor. Is the electric saw much quieter than a petrol
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Longleat has one of the best caravan sites in the country but you need to be a member of the caravan club. It would be worth joining just to go there as it is 100yrds from the attractions. you can get a passport for the year with 15 rides for each person 4 people £80 or £20 worth of tesco clubcard vouchers. As many entraces as u want for a year. Longleat have there own forestry outfit which also sells logs etc well worth a visit. Excellent day out at longleat. Hope that helps:thumbup1:
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I could get my landi tipper done but need to fill in some of the rust holes. Bags of cement that are starting to go off should do the trick. Looks a good job not much else you can do really. i had a new navara and put a plastic liner in which skidded about and scratched paint which then rusted.
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post 100 still not bought any wood ?
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I use a 260 on stuff 6-14" If I had a lot of 12-18" stuff to do I would use my ms390 I prefer the 260 as I can work all day as the weight is easier on the back. there was a post a few weeks back with a vid and the huskey looked faster but cant comment as not owned that model. I would not go smaller than the 260 and would stick to the forestry range. 361 would be good but too heavy for me.
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Is the splitting ram retracting enough or are u releasing it to quickly. The adjustment I have is much further into my machine I can adjust the entire cutting arm including the sprocket and belt pulley. so instead of the bar being verticle it is slightly cantered, go the wrong way and you will cut the log into a wedge shape.
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I got some yellow ash
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That looks good and good make anyone used one ? . I think I will try and get a quick try before spending £200 - £400 on another saw . there is a pile of toys and gadgets in my workshop that looked ideal at the time. Perhaps i should get the neighbours to have a wip round :lol:
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I think its about 400 plus vat. Must have some power because it is fitted with full size 3/8 chain. Would you say its as good as the ms181 .
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Never thought of a hydraulic saw. Could the pump run off 13amp supply or are we talking honda power pack.
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Even if I used it below 8" for kindlet preperation it would cut down alot of noise. also sometimes you just want to cut 8" cord in half to get in the stack when processing often I dont bother pulling the saw and just grunt it on. But with an electric you could pick it up and put it down.
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Dont laugh I normally use an ms 260 for preping wood for our Hakki pilki. But i could have a noise problem if I am not careful. Is there a saw which copes with 10" plus stuff or are they all a waste of time. Any input really gratefull
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we have a sheppach ox 9 new around £2400 but got ours on ebay for £800. Powerfull enough and fast. We use it for big stuff anything under 12" goes through the Hakki pilki . If you are going to buy in sticks you will need a processor to make it pay.
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post 56 and no one has offered to do the ash yet:biggrin:
