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kindling wars are about to start
csservices replied to D.M.Taylor Firewood Supp's topic in Firewood forum
Makes a change from another argument about log prices and load sizes any way -
Cant remember the litreage price but cost me £84 to fill the landy up the other day which is a days work and seeing as there are'nt many days work about with the weather and one thing and another and I still have to do an 18 mile round trip to the yard at least once a day as I have animals up there that need feeding etc it's causing some grief
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Finding it at all round here is a job in itself at the moment, especially at a price that makes it worth while, would be easier to find rocking horse poo
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Came across it when googled cordwood, couldnt find the exit and been stuck here for months
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Thats the one, saved me trying to find where Mel tidied it up to after I was reading it the other day
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You could make besoms too, theres a book called The Green Wodworking Encyclopedia I think it is, I've got a copy somewhere that list all the old uses for coppice timber etc and includes faggots etc, gives instruction on how to do everything and what tools needed I'll find it and post the ISBN number if your interested
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Started the first time round years ago, because any fallen trees/ branches when clearing new fence lines or any timber that came out of hedgelaying jobs was perks of the job, soon realised the pile I accrued on the yard would never get used before it rotted away so put an ad in local paper, this time round started to help cash flow through winter, not very often get it as perks anymore though
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So far its a book on bacon curing and a bottle of southern comfort, not neccesarily in that order
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My old fords been doing the same took from 7am til 11am day before yesterday to get her going and then when she finally did the dual powers gone kaput so cant use her anyway, waiting for her to be collected now and a big repair bill coming in the new year
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I got qouted £75 a ton for green ash delivered last week, decided it wasnt worth the back ache at that price so still looking
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I've come across holly with flowers on it still at this time of year when hedgelaying was right in the middle of a big old holly bush must have been sheltered enough that it had stayed in flower
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I'm still pondering how come logs are a luxury item? If thats the case so is gas and electric, all three will keep you warm difference is only one of them is renewable and not controlled by fat cat companies, well not yet at least.......
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Yes I know its like hens teeth at the minute before anyone says it seasoned would be preferred but will be after some for next year too, does'nt have to be processor sized so if you've got a stack of big lumps to shift Yard is near Belper, Derbys, Cheers Folks
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The other thing to remember with reference to above mentioned oil, gas and electric prices is that if you start getting to near to those prices in equivelant terms then people wont buy firewood, its viewed as a cheap renewable alternative, although may not be that cheap soon as I've been qouted £75 a tonne delivered for cord earlier on today
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It also depends on how much you've got tied up in machinery, if you've spent a few grand on a firewood processor obviously your going to want to see a quicker return on it than someone like me who uses a chainsaw and an axe, both of which stand me at nothing as I already had them, firewood for me is extra winter cash flow when my other works quiet, if I was on all out firewood for a living with thousands tied up in equipment then I'd probably be selling in the £80-100 bracket but it also depends on your local market, round here at that price I'd have been having a very quiet winter so far
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Anyone selling Firewood on ebay...??
csservices replied to farmer_ben_take2's topic in Firewood forum
I have been selling logs on Ebay but taken my advert off now as running short, still selling xmas trees on there though -
That was the kind of experience I had with my last two Stihls an MS290 heavy and drank like a fish and an MS200 which although I never got on with it I must admit its done great service for the lad who bought it off me, got to admit I've never found another saw I've liked as much as my Husky 372xp
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Nice one, would be happy to help
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Small world, my wifes friend lives on Mount Pleasant and I sorted a drain problem out for someone on there not long ago too
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Thought I had a better one than this, burning up after hedgelaying mostly blackthorn, had three fire on a 180 yard stretch all taller than the tractor when pushed up for burning
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Thanks for that will have a look
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Its something I've considered but never done, that is running smaller bars for certain jobs that is i.e hedgelaying, all of my saws run 18" bars and .325 chains thats on a Husky 350, Husky 357 xp and a Stihl 028 AV Super and used to run a 24" on my Husky 372xp when I had it without any bother
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If that makes you grin wait till you get a 372xp
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Never thought I'd say it as I've been running Husky's for a while now after bad experiences with my last two new Stihls but after this afternoon I'm tempted, long story short in the last week I lost a muffler bolt out of my Husky 350 so the exhaust wont stay on and then my 357 xp's recurring idle problem re-occurred, so having lots of firewood needing cutting my only option was to resurrect my old Stihl 028 AV Super from the back of the shed, this hasnt been used in anger for a good few years now but after some oil, petrol and a bit of tinkering to get it to tick over ok I cut a pile of logs ready for splitting twice the size i would get out of a tankfull of fuel with either of the Husky's and it still had some left in it So seriously considering a Stihl when I can afford to replace the Huskys
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Should we not all go back to my favourite system and use the "K.I.S.S" principle, if you sell it by the load no measurement is inferred and there is therefore no come back if you are a couple of logs short of a cubic metre (thats not a comment about anyone on here )
