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Obviously not processed. This is for roundwood which is what the original post implied.

26 ton load of mixed hardwood timber - £45-50 per ton plus VAT at 20%. Although it does vary nationally, cheaper down south from what I gather going by previous threads.

I run a Palax KS35 with a chainsaw and yes, it does create more waste but I sell the sawdust to one of my customers who has horses. When you stop operating the chainsaw it stops straight away whereas I was told the blades slow down before s topping which means you cannot open the guard over the splitting bay to reposition log untils it stops - dont know how true this is. I find I can get two days cutting dry hardwood out of a chain before it needs sharpening and to change it takes 5 minutes. Its the same with everything - if there are two versions of the same product you will get good and bad views on both, boils down to personal preference.

Are the smaller JCB Fastracs like the 1135 (I think!) any good?

You might struggle finding a Dodge Charger as a General Lee as they wrecked nearly 90 making the series! If you're not all careful, I'll starting singing the theme tune to "BJ and the Bear"!!

I know! Keep going back to look at it. My friend who is not as tall as me said if he drove it he would have to move the bench so far forward, if I was a passenger I would have to put my feet in my pockets!!

I must have watched too many episodes of The Fall Guy at an impressionable age as I would love this sat on my driveway....in fact a driveway big enough to park it on would be good as well!!! 1978 CHEVROLET K20 4X4 REGULAR CAB PICKUP 6.6 LITRE AUTOMATIC | eBay

Looks well made but as you're the one using it I would have thought only you could answer the question. Where did you buy the rollers as I could do with a couple extra on my deck?

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What grant are you applying for? I am putting in for one under the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme and no business plan is required which saves a load of headaches!

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John, there have been two firewood auctions in the north east in the last twelve months. The first,last October, was organised by Northwoods, our local RDPE and had lots ranging from nets of kindling to cordwood. Whilst I was told afterwards there were more than 300 registered buyers I would have said they were about 80 following the auctioneer around and a lot of the people I spoke to were "trade" - tree surgeons, foresters, landscape gardeners and farmers looking to see what prices were being achieved. The second was in January and was run by the mart in a different part of the county. Whilst I was not there,I was told most of the lots were put in by farmers and had just been cut up. A firewood producer I know achieved 60% of his regular price for one cubic metre bags of kiln dried timber. I think people attending were looking for a real bargain. I dont think I would hurry back to attend one, especially as the mart were charging 20% sellers commission. Regards

As usual the grants are not available for equipment you could use else where, so as Charlie says (wasn't that on an advert many moons ago??) you cannot purchase a tractor or something else useful like a chainsaw. Up to 40% is available against the purchase of forwarders, tractor mounted forestry grabs, forestry trailers, tractor mounted chippers, self propelled chippers, tractor mounted firewood processors, associated processing equipment, mobile saw bench, firewood splitters and winches. However, you must demonstrate you have the capital to purchase the item yourself, pay for it and then claim back the 40%. As far as I am aware they are administered by the RDPE and its the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme but as I said earlier entries close on 17 July (and at the present speed its taken people to send quotes/return phone calls I might miss the deadline!).

If you're still interested in doing this, grants are available but applications have to be submitted before 17 July 2012

Surprised they could advertise this...wonder if the Cat Protection League knows:001_tongue:

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Ok, so leaving the theft angle out of it, you have an accident with a pedestrian/other vehicle/whatever and the assessor says we never knew about this winch/accessory/modification you had fitted so your insurance is null and void. The injured parties insurance company I would imagine would pursue you personally for every last penny they could get. At the end of the day no insurance company I have been with has made sufficiently increased premiums to cover accessories/modifications I have made to vehicles. Far better to be open and honest from the start.

I think the way insurance companies look at it is have you added anything to the vehicle to change it any way shape or form from a bog standard vehicle. I am sure if you had a winch stolen and had your claim refused because you had not informed the insurers you would not be very happy.

My friend supplies woodchip and buys timber in which is then stacked on bearers to keep it off the ground. He usually has to leave it for 12 months to dry out to a suitable moisture content and then hires in a chipper for the day. There are many chippers that will process whole trees but they cost the proverbial arm and leg, think £100,000 for one with its own engine rather than pto driven!

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Yes, great service from Rob. He even responded to an email I sent via the "contact us" page of his web site - the only person to do so out of the last 7 I have contacted via this method!! No wonder these's a bloomin recession on:confused1:

Depends who you are intending on supplying with chip. My friend is the largest contractor for supplying chip in the north east and he does not buy it in, it is all produced from virgin timber which is stipulated in the contracts he has with the end user. He has approached a number of companies about supplying walking floor trailers of chip but they can either not guarantee its virgin timber, cannot guarantee supply or the most popular one... they simply do not return phone calls or e-mails!

It is really quite a long and complex method to determine moisture content of chip Dean. Most boilers under 500KW will require fuel of 35% moisture and below and the best way to test it is to use your oven at home! Take a known quantity of chip (by weighing it) and place it on a tray or in a steel container and put it in the oven. Leave it for 12 hours at 105C. Re weigh the sample and perform the following sum: MC% = (Ws - Wo)divided by Ws times by 100 Ws is the weight of the sample before drying and Wo is the weight after drying. You can use a microwave as well: 1.microwave on high for 10min - stir 2.microwave on high for 10min - stir 3.microwave on medium for 10 mins -stir 4.microwave on low for 5mins -reweigh 5.repeat step 4 until consistent weights are obtained and then perform the above calculation Hope this helps!

It was up for sale last summer with a price tag of £12,000 and there were no takers

Save your money on buying a splitter Chris, and your bad back, and just give log orders to me and I'll deliver dry, well seasoned logs to your punters