gensetsteve
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Everything posted by gensetsteve
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I would consider spending the 15p on proper nets you will probably sell twice as much and for a 3rd more. Try the honesty box system if you start getting screwed over time to think again. You could sell a good few bags of kindling as well.
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Could be worth looking on ebay for an old broken boiler /furnace and just increasing the air flow. I see people make things out of oil tanks etc and within a few weeks they distort so much they are unuseable.
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I carry a tool in the van for cutting seat belts off would that be tough enough for a harness. The reason I carry it is I had a head on smash in 1990 the volvo coming the other way took out my door pillar. The police think either I did not have a seat belt on or a big loop was caught up under the seat because it did not remove my head. Probably the only time a seat belt could do you harm. I still always wear a seat belt, windscreens and steering wheels hurt but carry a belt cutting tool.
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You need monofilament nets try Mca Kingstone. We buy ours 6000 at a time for free carraige. They come in 2000 bundles.
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He used to be a digger driver but gave it up as it was too stressful. He started on small trees and progressed to large ones. trained or not shame to see a family suffering . He looks about the same size as me not sure I would be swinging about in trees hope he comes out with a good result.
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I would second the brake cables. I had a new ifor 3500kg trailer and the cables were replaced on a service after 5 years. The reason being they are crap and have very thin plastic covering which chips of from stones thrown up from the 4x4. The salt gets in and cables start to bind up. They are about £20 a cable. If you skimp on them I have found to my cost the drum over heats taking the bearing shoes and drum. This may well not be your problem but if in doubt rip them out its cheaper in the long run. Everything else can be checked by pushing and pulling.
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That is a good way to think of it never looked at it that way probably because the wife has had ours flat out for the last 6 weeks.
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Remove the drums and service the brakes I expect they need cleaning and adjusting
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Do these people tend to be over retirement age or do they come from all age groups ? We seem to have a hard core of retired wealthy people that had it all missed out serving in the war. swinging 60's cheap houses then boomed. Golden backed pensions time on there hands to haggle the last pound of profit out of every job if you let them. Or as we call them war babies.
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I seem to remember if you ask a member of the public to just move one of your barriers over a bit technecially they have become an un paid employee. Or basically you need employers liability insurance even for volunteers. For one man plus one should be cheap to add to your public liability insurance.
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spot on. The weather is warm and we are just ticking along nicely but no mad rush. I would think after last winters mild weather lots of people will have kindling left over. A good cold snap and things will go nuts its not easy to suddenly produce large amounts of bone dry kindling if your not set up for it. joinery off cuts make the nicest looking kindling I know it all lights the fire but the customer makes the decision and is always right.
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So minus 10 for 6 weeks then
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I see you have your location in the title but not everyone looks there. It may be worth putting it in you user profile so when posting people will see kindling in your avatar and a rough location. The make or break on kindling is how far customers haul it .
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When we retailed logs we did not mention kindling when taking the log order. If you offer it at time of order customer thinks not another add on, too much info overload. when you deliver the logs hold up 3 bags and say 3 for £12 if it looks top quality, neatly packed, no bark, not mouldy and black, value for money then nearly every customer will buy it. If you own a machine you may as well have a go and get it out your system. I have more kit making kindling than I did logs and it takes more room and needs more organising to make it pay. We only sell wholesale but have plenty of demand and struggle to keep up in the middle of winter.
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No matter what happens nature has a habit of redressing the balance. 2010 was heavy snow and very cold for months. Last two winters warm so its even stevens could go either way but I am thinking we will get proper winter.
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If we have a mild winter lots of people will be sitting on a pile of wood whether it's £60 or £140. But if you sell it for doley money and the weather turns cold it will be scarce and you can't sell it for £100 minimum. In 2010 I could have sold 10 times as much the following year could not give it away. I would stock as much as you can hold then sell your a risings until things start moving. If we have a mild winter sell what's left next year. I don't think you can turn over firewood you need to be able to store 2 years worth.
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Arb waste as described above but also crowns, after you have taken the nice rings of ash home and left all the willow and pop. Arb arisings nice rings of timber that you dont want to take home but happy to sell for a GOOD drink ie beech, ash, oak, syc, maple, birch, HORNBEAM, hawthorn etc
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I would get a few pieces and give it a go every batch of timber is different especially Pop. Some is more stringy and notty than others. If you have a kindlett you will need the splitter in your processor to get it under 6inches or it wont go through. You may be better buying it wholesale and doubling your money and concentrating on bagging logs. Kindling is twice the work of bagged logs.
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Kindling ready for collection in Hampshire
gensetsteve replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
Well in front of the job now if anyone wants kindling. Once we sell out we make about 500 bags a week to order. Nice dry kindling through the winter if you need it. -
I have an 11 plate Vito that seems to run on fumes and goes like the clappers even with a tonne in the back need to keep a close eye on speedo. I doubt I would gain 10 mpg with a small van so stick with vitos now.
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I had one a few years ago think it had a 3 phase motor. Good bit of kit you can cut fingers off both hands at the same time. sold mine for £250 while I still had 10 fingers. Mine was under used by 50%
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Even worse as the truck will be well built. Unless you have an operators licence the truck and payload must come in under 3500kg. The truck will weigh 2 tonnes the steel body and hiab 1000 kg. Driver 100 kg leaves 400 kg if your lucky and dont carry passengers. Hilux good truck heater works and doors shut but carries little with tipping body. Defender carries lots more maybe as much as 50% but requires more maintenance good off road. Transit tipper cheapest to run and carries probably 3x more than the hilux but not great off road better with twin wheels and chuncky tyres.
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Yes there is a knack to using them engineers and people in repair shops seem to master them better than tree surgeons who have perfected the art of hand sharpening. My hand sharpening is not the greatest but I can get 200 litres of oil and antifreeze through a yacht and juggled in without spilling a drop you can fine tune simple skills when used daily.
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Which did test in the last 12 months and one from halfords for £90 give a load of £200 ones a run for the money. If you need I can look the report out and put the name up.
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I also seem to find the stones cheaper than the poor quality files you get from still and Oregon. A stone = £5 ans lasts forever a file £1 lasts one sharpen on a 4 ft chain.
