farmer_ben

that guy on the saw is unreal. seriously dangerous way of processing firewood though imo. all the logs are tiny as well, cant work out why he is splitting them thin rounds

try offering it to a few local pubs. i shift all my pop to my local, once its dry it burns lovely and i do it for him cheaper then my standard hardwood

I can take logs, cord and probably chippings. Am smack bang in the middle of Bury, Haverhill and Sudbury. Around Hawkedon way. Cheers

nothing wrong with ifor tops, mine is sound and is very water tight.

Hi Kev, have you got any more photos of your cabin? Would be very interested if you have, a cabin like yours (or static caravan) is my girlfriends and I only real realistic option at the moment as we build up or farming business. We have to move out of our rented cottage soon and tbh, renting is eating up a large % of our monthly income.

Marcus, have you considered an Avant? Small machine but there uses are endless, and could possibly hire it out as well? Failing that, consider a merlo, we have had merlos for ages and always been good machine

Not gonna be pretty is it nor is it gonna live long in boxing history i doubt

If you are using a tractor and splitter you have to be charging at least £25.00 to make it worth while. I charge £30.00 an hour (min of 3hrs work) for me, tractor, splitter and fuel. Not worth messing around for for any less in my opinion. All the best

I wear lenses every day, all day and the only thing to irritate them is barley dust....but thats not really a problem as it gives me an excuse to stay out of the grainstore! I'd try lenses if I were you, they have developed them so well over the last few years. Hardly have to clean mine and last a month before changing.

Mines the newer shape, but I'm really really happy with it and would never go back to a single cab.

A friend of mine had a big percentage of his garden maintenance equipment stolen last night from the Hartest area. (5 miles South of Bury St Edmunds) Including Combi km100R engine, stihl hedge attachment angle adjustable, pole pruner chainsaw attachment, ms230 chainsaw, echo srm 250 brushcutter, stihl br420 backpack blower, red gerry can full, stihl helmet. IF anyone hears, sees or smells anything suss please PM me and I will pass the info onto my friend. Thanks chaps

have a google online for the different rates of pay for farm workers. they are a good guide. the minimum i drive a tractor for is £13 ph and that'll go up to £16 ph depending on the job. So money isnt too bad. But i have been doing it for 15yrs, got all relevent tickets and a ag degree. If you are looking into a fulltime farm job then it can be a real rewarding job, salary around 18k-25k and a house sometimes. there are some very good farm working jobs out there.

agreed, i dont make much hay but this year i still have half of the bales in my shed i made, 2 years before sold it all a lot earlier and at a better price

at current prices its the same now and as it was last year, but i believe there is more planted this year so possibly wont be as sharp come harvest? anyones guess really though, very volatile market and hard to predict. i have sold half my wheat forward for harvest at a sensible price...i hope

happens every year, Oil Seed Rape prices were sky high last harvest, now everyone has upped there OSR acreage and now you see seas of yellow everywhere in the countryside!

I have sold similar amount to winter 2010, but thats with new customers added to the equation so overall I expected to sell more. Having said that, I have nearly got through my seasoned cord so probably could of done another 20-25 loads anyway. I have only been doing logs 4 years but it is proving to be a very handy income as the farm work really slows down for the winter months. One thing I have noticed this year nmore then other years that most of my new customers are trying me for the first time as they have been stung with bad, unseasoned loads and although I am the most expensive in the area (only just mind you) they have been happy to pay for quality and for the seasoned hardwood I advertise. Seems that the couple of new suppliers this winter have shot themselves in the foot by supplying shite logs in their first winter.

the hr rate i was thinking of for 2 men wouldn't be far out that figure then, thanks for that Charlie, great piece of info

chris do you mind me asking what you charge for man and saw? PM me if you wish, thanks

Charlie seeing that it'll be all manual cutting and mostly manual clearing etc am i looking at v4 or h1 or v10a options?

that'll do mate, you dont need to do much else. I have nets of logs and kindling at the end of my drive, logs are £6 a bag seasoned hardwood and about same size as yours (make £2 a bag) and kindling are £3.50 (again make around £2 a net). I have a box with little envelopes in and a sign with prices and saying put money in envelope and post through the door. that way no money left in pots etc.

I have potentially got some work next winter for a farmer in a couple of his small woodlands and some hedgerow coppicing. I know what I want to charge per metre for the hedgerow work but the woodland work will have to be charged per hour as there isnt the timber quantity to do it for the wood. I have a rough hourly figure in mind just wondered what others charge for similar work. One site is very neglected, dark, lots of bramble and the trees are mostly Willows and Elder. There is a dry moat around it, so although access isnt great, there wont be that much decent timber to take out. Probably total area about 4 acres and we have proposed to do an acre a year etc. Second site is more timber, smallish Ash, Sycamores, Hazel (that have been coppiced probably 15-20yrs ago). Again a dry moat around it and probably 1.5-2acres and will clear 90% within the moat. Farmer is looking at using this site for Glamping in the future so wont be take tractors etc in there if there is any chance of making a mess, so will probably remove timber with small trailer or dragging out. Possibly around 20-25t of timber to come out in total. So basically I'm pricing for 2men, chainsaws, clearing brushwood (either neatly stacking for wildlife or burning) and either stacking timber for wildlife or taking timber out to roadside where I will then load onto trailer, weigh it and then offer to buy it off the farmer per ton. Any comments would be great and I would be very interested in reading them, thanks

your pick up with 3 dumpies worth of wood on must literally be spilling wood everywhere!! My old brava (slightly bigger buck to a hilux) held 1.2cube (2 dumpies) and that was heaped right up!! No way could I get 3 on my l200 now. I take 1.8cube out with my 8x5 tipping ifor and thats heaped to buggery!! There is easier ways to make £75 quid my friend.

Im gonna struggle mate i tell ya! normally have 3 cups in the evening and at least a good brew before work!

Yeah dentist did say no alcohol, which isnt a probloem. but he also said no hot drinks for 24hrs, now I dont no how the hell im gonna cope with no tea for 24hrs!

All the best with that my friend, there'll knock you out for an operation of that size surely?