Danny Boy

Nice buckets mate [emoji106] Next on my to get list. How do they hold out to life with logs?

It's a MK4 Hilux I have btw

I used to have heavy duty TJM leafs on the back. I decided to renew them after 12 years of good solid service cause I burst a shackle & bought some "heavy duty" ones from Midland Road Springs. What an utter load of shite they turned out to be ... To give them their dues they did offer a full refund but who's gonna go to all that trouble? I ended up getting some air bag suspension from Milner to aid the leafs & they pretty much take up the rest of the slack.

My ARB trucks a single cab Hilux too with a dropside flatbed. I can get a 3m³ load on.

Well that was a long & interesting read read start to finish! I dabbled with selling firewood 10+ years ago but found I was competing with so many numpties with so many interpretations of a load that I stopped. Just process enough for myself now. Toying with the idea of selling some of the ARB waste again & using IBC's. I'm up in Scotland so we don't have Woodsure regs here but I was also wondering if the 2m³ is loose or stacked?

Simple setup. 2 bays, one for clean chip, one for logs. No mixed loads or brash please, 24hr CCTV in use. Please be aware this is a horsey farm. There are a few horses (& owners) who get spooked easily, so please be courteous.

Interesting setup. Not quite sure what to make if it. Portable Universal Track Chainsaw Mill Coin Lumber Planking Boards Milling, WWW.EBAY.CO.UK One man operation no need for heavy plant. Perfect for planking and coins. Logs can also be secured vertically, allowing them to be sawn into coins. CHAINSAW NOT SUPPLIED. The Universal Woodworking Station can also be used as a sawhorse.

Your primary source if heat is the wood burner. I wouldn't worry about what you're losing from a few foot of flue. Any flue going thru ceilings or roofs etc has do be twin walled & I'm not sure if strictly speaking you can get away with having the length between the top of the stove & the approach to the ceiling as single flue. Either way having a twin walled flue all the way up improves the draw so I'd say everything seems ok.

Good idea. The one thing I'd say for any sliding doors outside would be either suspend them with the roller on top or have a raised channel with grooved wheels on the bottom. Just incase the channels fill with debris or water & freeze in the winter. Had to look into all this recently when thinking about a sliding gate at home.

Sliding doors! That's the great thing about forums. There's always an obvious simpler easier solution just round the corner [emoji1] Personally RT, I'd go for wind over sun if I had to choose. In an ideal world both would be great. Its probably most important to keep rain off to avoid mold.

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Maybe keeping noise levels down too? Not sure how much attention you'd want to attract living out on your own.

You're right, huge doors like that would be a bit trickier especially with windy days. On that case if you're quite happy that the weather conditions you mentioned are pretty stable for you then have the entire walled section at the back where the logs are kept (facing the wind) louvered & just leave the front open. [emoji1]

Here's photos of my customers woods store. Gives a better idea.

I think having pairs of doors to each bay is a very versatile option as Mrblue says. As off-putting as a bit more complication sounds don't let it put you off what's gonna work best for you. When I mentioned louvered sides I meant as walls but no reason they can't be used as doors. The extra timber will make them heavier though so might be best to get softwood slats or ranch boards or feather edge boards from a timber supplier. You could use something similar to the Outer String on a staircase to fix the louvres onto.