gensetsteve
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May be hedge your bets buy cordwood and get a pile of arb waste just in case it goes nuts. May take longer but at least you can keep ticking over and your not sat on dead money for another year.
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We did have lots of regulars but even some of them could be suckered into buying some cheap crap. Also there memories were short they often would then do it again 3 years later. What you need is a good cold spell when people need the heat out of a decent log. I think the cold weather may be on its way. You can all get some logs gone and buy some of my kindling otherwise I will run out of room for the summer.
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gensetsteve replied to Darrin Turnbull's topic in The Lounge
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Problem was in 2010 once your stock pile ran out you were dead in the water. We could have sold ten times as many logs but the following year we did not sell a tenth of it. When there is no demand plenty of cord about hard winter = no cord or inflated prices for the following year. At the moment log merchants are paying through the nose for cord yet oil has halved in price. To make it worth doing logs again I would have to be buying in at £35 a toone delivered and that would put me back on par with 2008.
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Yes does not matter how much cord you have or how fast your processor works if its 14 deg outside it makes life difficult for people. I feel for anyone making a living from firewood at the moment as i have been there and know how hard it is. Hopefully things will come right for everyone.
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couple hours with a splitter may prove the ash cord was a good idea.
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Perhaps I should of said my crap hakki pilki 2x when I had it rather than the 16" £30,000 wood scoffers you lads play with now
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If you were closer I would take some off you. I would even collect from your work site if it was decent stuff like beech, ash,oak,birch,syc,maple etc. Yes its a bit more work but its virtually free in comparison to cord. You dont need a processor. A decent chainsaw, 13 tonne vertical splitter and you are away. For a bit more luxury load the rings with a bobcat on to a big table or boarded over processor deck it saves your back and you will be surprised how much you get through I bet you are only a 1/3 rd behind a processor. Forget the horrible crowns chuck them on the bonfire. Some quality firewood there next year everyone will be killing for it in fact 6 weeks of frost now and everyone will be searching for the thread.
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I can see I am digging my self into a hole here
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I would just like to say I meant no offence to disabled people. You have to remember I live nr Andover. We have a large population of over eating unemployed and proud of it excess gold wearing tracky bottom wearing cafe going chavs.
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One of the things that killed my log business was lack of storage. Customers will not invest in logs when they have to pay off the credit card from Christmas. The other things that killed my log business were lack of wood,lack of money, lack of customers, lack of good kit and a bad back it was never going to work was it
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Often seen in shopping centres about 35 stone + chocolate bar and can of coke.
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How does the Dmax compare towing 3 tonnes against an Amazon. The dmax and new ranger are the only two that would make the short list. The d4 we just sold was brilliant in mud with a trailer. The old d2 before it with no diff lock and relied on tc was a bit pants
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I have a video some where of our land cruiser on wet grass in gear ticking over with all four wheels turning and not moving I just got out and left it to get on with it. The reason was road based tyres rather than a set of big at which transformed it. But saying that our disco got out of some really sticky stuff with road tyres. I am not brand loyal and tend to pick the vehicle to suit the job.
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The advantage to permanent 4 wheel drive when towing is that when decending steep hills you use the engine braking to slow the out fit. Unless the wheels are sliding this braking will be distributed to all four wheels. Whereas on a pick up this will only be on the rear two wheels. I would be happy to tow 2.5 tonne behind a pickup but 3.5 tonnes with nothing in the tub would not be for me. Permanent 4 wheel drive and an unladen vehicle weight of around 2500kg makes for a nice secure stable tow tug.
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Yes but if you engage the diff lock I think you will still have drive to the back even with the front wheels slipping. My land cruiser has a centre diff lock and axle locks but the discovery will still leave it in the mud. Land rovers are good at mud but not much else.
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The way I looked at it was if I was looking at two vehicles the same in condition miles and year. The better specked l200 was £300 The hilux was £2000 I would not hesitate to buy the hilux. I just found them incredibly reliable and durable even when you have abused and knackered them they still start on the button in a -10 frost
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I was with Barclays for about 10 years with free banking unfortunately they were completely hopeless. Last 12 years free with Santander but not sure if they still offer new customers. I can't remember ever paying charges .
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The reason LR are good off road is the long suspension travel allows the wheel to drop down and gain traction from the ground. The other good thing about them is the wide range of cheap tyres available for a £100 a corner. Buy an X5 and u get 8mm of tread for £400 a corner and they last a year if lucky. Whereas my Landcruiser cross axles easily and fails to put enough pressure down. Although I know which I prefer using to tow big generators up the country. Horses for courses
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I like your thinking I am sure a bing bong could easily be wired in with the dash light but think it would be tiresome if your are in 4x4 all day.
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The defender is permanent 4 wheel drive with low box and diff lock. With diff lock in you have equal traction front and back but you could still spin 2 wheels as you dont have diff locks. The pick ups only drive to the rear wheels. When you engage 4wd the front axle is driven and often locked so traction to both front wheels. unless you have lsd or diff lock on the back you may spin a rear wheel.
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I would love to see, that makes alot more sense than the traditional ifor williams set up with wheels pointing in all directions from new. Can you modify a chieftan trailer from ireland or are they too heavy to start with.
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No firewood but plenty of kindling if anyone needs it.
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True put like that makes a strong argument to be vat registered especially if most of your clients are commercial. It's nice getting a cheque from the vat man
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Can u borrow a pto generator and some fan heaters or is it too far gone for that. If it's too far gone then needs rebuild. May be buy a pto generator and connect it to a kiln or heat workshop after rebuild.
