Big J
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Mill it for cladding. It's a stunning timber and quite durable if above the ground. A friend built his workshop/garage doors with it and untreated as it is, it's at least as attractive as oak.
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My neighbour constructs and lays stunning quality Victorian pitch pine parquet flooring for around £65 a square metre. It has a uniquely shimmering character and if I weren't renting, I'd have my whole house parqueted!
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Not in the same league, but a couple from today (and not so far north either - only Beecraigs Country Park in West Lothian!) Nice stand of well thinned Spruce with feature tumbling burn: Idiot dog disapproving of the unseasonably mild temperatures cooling off in conveniently placed mud bath: Jonathan
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I would just melt in the heat! It's blinking 13 degrees here in Edinburgh and I'm sitting here praying for frost! Good luck with finding someone - I'm sure that it's a dream job for quite a few.
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Incredible photos there mate - only one I recognise is Loch Morlich (4th pic). Keep them coming!
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On predominantly cherry at the moment - lovely stuff. Seems to give a higher moisture reading than it's burning quality would suggest. Currently at about 28-30% but burning beautifully.
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I'm assured that it's a stand that's been thinning before, so shouldn't hang too badly! The beauty of the bigger trees IMO is that you just can't stack them, so you actually end up lifting less. We'll see what happens in the New Year..... Sorry for the derailment of your thread Chris!
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One tonne plus trees, all of them
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I'm trying to get onto a large Sitka spruce thinning job in West Lothian at the moment, but everything is grinding to a halt with Christmas. Would felling large spruce on tonnage rate appeal? I would expect the quickest cutters to be dropping 20 tonne a day in this woodland. Nothing is going to happen until January, but if it is something you would consider, I'll keep you in mind!
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That's really very nice! There seems to be a certain yew-like quality to it with the strong separation between sap and heart wood. Jonathan
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I had a funny situation this evening towing a 4 cube load home from the workshop to stack at the house. I pulled over to meet someone at their workshop only for a brand spanking new Range Rover to pull in too (white, private registration). He asked me if I sold logs, I said no, private supply. He asked where I got them from, I explained it's a by product of my business, but he could call the estate for a load (£143 delivered, about 2 cubic metres). He thought that was most reasonable! It's funny that people will often haggle you for your last penny on logs, yet will chase you down in the street to get your number! Jonathan
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Approx 15 Tonne Beech & 5 Tonne Birch Available
Big J replied to Jonny Burch's topic in Firewood forum
If you have quite a few suppliers in your area, perhaps it is best to try keep it for yourself. Very poignant quote from Tom D the other day: "Firewood - selling the unprofitable to the ungrateful" Very true indeed! Get the birch cut, split and under cover with good airflow otherwise it will just rot. Jonathan -
Approx 15 Tonne Beech & 5 Tonne Birch Available
Big J replied to Jonny Burch's topic in Firewood forum
I don't - both pretty equal in my eyes. I do however rate nice straight cord wood over mahoosive great discs! -
Approx 15 Tonne Beech & 5 Tonne Birch Available
Big J replied to Jonny Burch's topic in Firewood forum
I reckon the birch is worth more than the beech - the big discs are difficult to handle. I'd gun for £40 for the birch and maybe £30 for the beech. Jonathan -
I don't know if your Husky bar would fit, but I would say go for the 7901 rather than the lower powered models. It's the same weight, not much more expensive, cuts quicker and I've not found it heavy on fuel at all. Try running a Stihl 088 milling - you have to tank up every 15 minutes!
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His only mistake was throwing him on the platform rather than in front of the train. Can't bear obnoxious little oiks like that - the world is better off without them!
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I did mine with Chris too - highly recommended!
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Bigger logs are the answer I think. Wet logs are just a bad idea full stop.
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Very little damage over all when you think how strong the winds were. We've been so battered by gales this year I think almost anything that was going to come down has. I say that and the massive Thuya outside the house will land on us this week!
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Impressive! A friend reminded me about moving the truck away from the house and trees to avoid slates and branches falling on it. A good idea I think!
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There is no hard and fast rule for wood store construction. All mine are pallet stores (4 pallets - one bottom, one each side, one top, screwed/nailed together with felt on top - holds 0.9 cubic metres and takes 10 minutes to erect) but are well sheltered under a huge Thuya, so don't get wet. If your's is out in the open build it with hefty overhangs to stop rain reaching it. A simple sloping roof is easiest, and build is very strong and compartmentalise it. The weight of the wood in a store that size could easily blow the sides out! Jonathan
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If it were me, and taking into account that you are in Cumbria (not ideal for sweet chestnut), I would be planting Birch. It requires the least maintenance, self seeds constantly, burns beautifully, is in my opinion the most beautiful tree and I think best suited to your Northern west coast climate. We possibly have a job coming up next year clearing birch out of a sitka plantation because it is outgrowing the sitka. Jonathan
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That will be 11ft 2 inches circumference then....!
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Great resource that Rob - very interesting to cut through the branding babble to see what the chains actually do.
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Bugger and damnation! I already lost a day yesterday, and I don't need to lose more!
