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  1. rovers90
    We get £30 for 5 builders dumpys bags and the guy comes and picks them up.
  2. rovers90
    How much per ton and what is average diameter (my processor can take up to 14").
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    As others have the said, its when you are in the middle ground where it is hard to make money. I get by but have the benefit of a friend with a cracking shed I can use and a tractor he lets me use and another who lets us use his loading shovel. Without these bits of kit it would be a lot more difficult. I looked at how much it would cost to increase turnover and decided I was not prepared to put that amount of money in to it. At the end of the day, you could have all the gear and all the dry split logs and along comes the warmest winter on record and sales nose dive. Buying in kiln dried would be more profitable as you can usually get a premium price. Good luck at whatever you decide to do.
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    Got a lot of birch last year for this winter. We are finding a lot of soil and grass in the pile and not sure if the wagon driver picked it up like that or the forwarder driver. Having to drop a grab full on to two larger logs to try and get the crap off. Where this has happened the logs are still wet on the outside. Once split, a lot of the sub 6 inch diameter stuff is under 20 odd %. Larger birch tends to be very wet. Must be fine line with birch as some of it is even rotting.
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    Processing

    rovers90 replied to Bird's topic in Firewood forum

    Depends how big you want to go and how much you want to spend. Might be worhtwhile buying in some roundwood and then hiring someone who does processing for a few days to split it for you and then test the market around you.
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    Very nice.
  7. rovers90
    Love the wood frame around the canopy on the back, nice touch.
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    And I'm just at Consett! Spoke to Ross last week and he has nothing at present nor do Scottish Woodlands. I bought two load off Scotts three years ago and still have quite a lot of "processor size" stems that are 20 inches plus in diameter when I stated I could only take up to 14 inch. Buyer beware.
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    Chainsaw type is fine Cessna, mine uses .325 so pretty standard. I have a Palax KS35 Ergo and in 6 years it has only needed two springs for the ram lever, two new studs for the bar and a bit welding. It doesn't run via belts either. Look at a large input feed, mine will do 14 inch diameter, some go higher. After 6 years I would certainly say it would be easier having all operating controls in front of you (mine has ram lever at the back, and height adjust for the splitting blade to the right). Also, now realise a reverse drive infeed conveyor would be useful but not sure if these are available. Be wary of what people tell you they can produce per hour etc. Log deck certainly handy (a lot of people place these behind, mine's in front - takes up less space and lot easier pulling logs towards you). If you narrow it down to a few brands, see if you can visit owners for a demo. Good luck!
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    I have a Palax with chainsaw blade and chain rarely nips. It can start to stick but that usually means it needs changing. It's just .325 chain so I think my last batch cost £15 each. I had a try of a Posch circular saw one and found it nipped every log I tried to cut, might just have been me.
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    It came with about 30 first place trophies Stubby and in its day used to spank Cobras!!! It has a Jerico racing gearbox which the garage are trying to revert back to standard as you have to be an extremely accomplished professional to use it. My mate is planning on doing hill climbs at Harewood near Leeds with it.
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    So whilst at the garage seeing my mates TVR (see my other thread) the owner showed us a Scarab. This was based on a Ford Ka and the company who built them thought it would be a modern cross between a Mini Moke and a beach buggy and they were aiming to sell them in the middle east and the Caribbean. They built three before going in to liquidation - this is chassis number one of the three!!! And could be yours for £2995!!
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    The windscreen is from a Consul Stubby and the door handles are Austin (I think!). Gutted cant download the video with the engine running as it sounds amazing.
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    Had the good fortune to visit the garage where my friend has his new aquisition stored whilst they do a few jobs on it. It's a TVR Griffith from the mid 60s, single seater with a Ford 302 cubic inch V8 or a 5 litre in our terms. The sound is fantastic but unfortunately the video file I took is too big to upload!
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    I think Harelaw Sawmill sell it or used to. My mate bought a couple of loads of slab wood a few years ago when he was doing woodchip.
  16. rovers90
    Ha ha, very good!
  17. rovers90
    Ha ha nothing wrong with that! I live near Westerhope but wood yard is at Consett.
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    Where are you based?
  19. rovers90
    As per title. Too far for me to travel but had a request from new customer in Seaham, a few miles outside of Sunderland.
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    Emigrating

    rovers90 replied to RC0's topic in General chat

    Having visited relatives on Vancouver Island a few times RCO, I can totally understand why you would never want to come back here!!!
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    That's because it wasn't a thread about the 101!!!
  22. rovers90
    A friends brother has recently bought a 2wd Sprinter and has been disappointed with mpg, lack of power and Im sure he said it was on Adblue and it drinks the stuff! Reckons it could easily use a sixth gear.
  23. rovers90
    I usually reckon my loose 1.1 cubic metre load gives a stacked volume of 0.7 of a cubic metre and this has been proved a number of times over the years with standard 10 inch logs and 500mm logs we do for log boilers. On that basis your stacked 10 cubic metres should equate to about 14 loose so you should be charging an extra £280.
  24. rovers90
    Think this would be interesting arb truck. Or I've just thought we could have a truck off with this and a Land Rover Centaur.
  25. rovers90
    Thanks for that. It does look like there is a piece missing off it.

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