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  1. cessna
    Very Impressive,but setting out to emulate some one elses, so say success, is not neccessarily a short cut ,to becoming successful at the same thing one's self.And remember, for every business success story, there a lot more bussiness failures which we do not here about. I bet they have scary cash flow,which must be secured against what the farm, or what. All that glitters is not gold.
  2. cessna
    I need a log splitter that will split extremely hard, knotty beech and oak EASILY,I say again EASILY,I do not want to have to break the last strands of wood manually like have to with my HY Crack screw splitter very tedious .Max length of knotty pieces will be a 12" long by 18" Diameter.I just want a very basic machine with plenty of ram force at a realistic price. Suggestions please .
  3. cessna
    I would like to hear from anyone who has any experience of using a Caterpillar D4or D6( fitted with winch on the back H,D brush fork on front) for timber extraction, on extremely steep banks consisting of clay soil with the odd spring flowing.4 w.d Tractor useless after the ground gets skiddy.
  4. cessna
    I have just read an article in the sunday paper saying quote "Wood is the new gold-and thanks to save th planet"!!!!!!!! It goes on to say how price of firewood has gone up from £30 to £50 over the last five years.What is so crazy is it seems sudsidies are being given to energy companies to burn wood,if they all come on stream they will need 41million tonnes of wood a year,BUT the total U.K harvest last year was only 10million tonnes as qouted from article. It seems a crazy world or am I showing my age!!! By the way used to buy "News of the World " as well ,much more light hearted articles!!!
  5. cessna
    Are many of you starting to charge £95 for Nissan/toyata single cab pickup load of logs slightly heaped up.
  6. cessna
    Very few that diameter,but they are the ones that cause the most WORK, problems.e.g sawing them up smaller,as you may well know,especially on the side of a bank you can hardly stand up on, with mosquitos bugging one!! Cheers.
  7. cessna
    I am considering piurchasing a timber winch to go on my 4wd MF 390 tractor. I will be using the winch to pull timber "UP VERY STEEP" banks,as no access at bottom of woodland.What make and capacity winch do you suggest,some beech trees up to 3ft diameter.Any advice suggestions welcome,for dealing with timber extraction on steep terrain.
  8. cessna
    I would like to know if many of you offer a chimney sweeping service,to compliment your log supplying business,is it a good service to offer.Do you get much demand for chimney sweeping.
  9. cessna
    With the price of cord wood rising at an alarming rate ,has anyone imported firewood ready cut /split from any Eastern European Countries and has it proved economically viable,a company called Biofuelz has a website which shows their logs crated up Wood pellets, briquettes, firewood from Lithuania - Biofuelz.com. I realise their is one hell of lot of research, that has to be done on this, especially if one does not want to be ripped of big time,but one has to look out of the box,even if nothing comes of it.
  10. cessna
    I entirely agree with you ,I really do not know how some of you guys charging below £85,for a similar size load are making any money,however you get you timber unless it is stolen. PEOPLE may think us woodies are second class citizens,dont let us prove them right by working for peanuts,as you end up with monkies!!!!
  11. cessna
    I am trying to get some idea of what other fire wood suppliers are going to be charging this coming Autumn/Winter 2011/2012. I will be aiming for £100 for my pickup load,using bought in cordwood £48 cu,very little money in it at £100.Look forward to your comments.
  12. cessna

    beech

    cessna replied to the villan's topic in Firewood forum

    I have the same problem.I am sure beech needs splitting or logging to dry out,especially with wood over 8" diameter, but it all takes time and double handling.O.k if you are highly mechanised.
  13. cessna
    I completely agree with the above.For the reasons mentioned, I suggest you purchase hydraulic splitter as suggested by other guys.I am lumbered with my screw splitter,but will change to high tonnage hydraulic one, when finances allow,fed up with it not splitting strinngy grained wood.It does split really Knotty wood which my Japa Processor can not deal with.

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