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Ooohhh yes that plastic grass is hideous I agree.

It is a little difficult to judge size from the photos, but that does not look like a very old tree to me. Either way the timber (in the UK) is worth very little in the round, and this is not a good forest grown straight tree so if you can get £50 per ton you will be doing well. I sometimes buy Yew logs for milling, and if you were to fell and deliver this one to me I would probably pay around £100, maybe £150 if it is more than I am estimating from the photos. Turners would make plenty of use out of the pieces, but it needs to be dried for years before it can really be sold to them. Realistically unless you have a use for the timber it is probably going to end up as firewood.

Wow, what a place.

As an eu member state, immigration from within other member states will be completely open. What chances a Brit has of moving there to work I don’t know. I seem to remember that big j and family had joint nationality (German maybe).

Way too much information.

Good for you, I hope you and the family enjoy and settle well. I would guess the schools knock spots off the average comprehensive in the uk! What are the house prices generally? I looked at the one you linked on Arbtalk - it looked amazing. Is this a typical price - I thought most of Western Europe would be pretty pricey these days?

Pine is 430kg and sycamore 1.45 tons.

Very nice anyway, and equally durable.

That oak is sweet chestnut if I am not mistaken. And your next post in this thread about posts.

Just to show what amazing trees Cypress can be. Lots of stunning ones on Tresco, Isles of Scilly. This one I especially loved. Also scilly is full of lovely mature elms which is such a pleasure to see. This cypress is a Macrocarpa.

It is certainly nicely rippled. Is it Sycamore?

I am actually a Brexiteer, but I do recognise that it has caused some increased costs. When you move house it costs a lot of money, but we still do move house when our existing house is no longer suitable for our needs...

And that is the risk - if our pay rises do not keep pace with inflation we lose out. To be fair we have had low inflation for most of the last thirty years and wage rises have in most sectors far outstripped inflation - now the reverse is likely to happen. Pensioners will be fine - they really will get a rise the same as inflation (well the state element anyway).

I explained to the original poster what inflation is not what causes it. I also explained the consequences of inflation, as clearly Mr Eggs wanted to understand that better. Printing extra money (Quantitative Easing) is not far short of legalised theft, and I agree is likely to create inflation eventually. Also current inflation is caused my Brexit, the Ukraine war, and other factors.

Inflation is basically the cost of everything (or at least lots of things) going up. The problem with inflation is mainly 1) if your income does not also go up you will be able to buy less and 2) anyone with savings will find the value of those savings drops (unless the savings are going up at least as much as inflation which is unlikely). BUT like everything "Tis an ill wind that blows no-one any good". So for people with debt inflation can be a very good thing. In fact in the long run it can be marvellous as the value of that debt reduces. Best example is if you bought a house and borrowed say £50,000; ten years later that debt has not increased with inflation - it will be £50,000 less the repayments. But your income will have risen (hopefully) due to wages keeping pace with inflation; so in real terms the £50,000 debt will be much less significant for you. So inflation is very bad for people on fixed incomes. Inflation is very good for governments who have just borrowed vast amounts of money to fund pandemic costs.

Assuming you mean uses not users then you have loads of options. The horse chestnut is of little use, but everything else you have is very usable. Oak and Sweet Chestnut are both durable outdoor timbers. Chestnut is superior generally though it depends on the use. Oak is stronger and tougher but usually has more faults. Chestnut as fencing needs no treatment. Cypress is an excellent timber (though often very knotty) and is durable and stable. Good for cladding, construction, almost anything where you don't need great strength or hardness. Ideal for lawn edging and raised beds. Beech is good for indoor use - no durability outdoors, but ideal for furniture, shelving etc. Similar comments regarding Sycamore, but more stable than beech and easier to work. Larch also an excellent timber for multiple uses - fairly durable so good for cladding, construction, but also good for indoor projects. Finally poplar is a very under-rated timber - not too durable - though I have heard it has been used successfully for cladding. But it is certainly very attractive for indoor cladding, kitchen cupboards and many other uses. Quite a soft timber, not the easiest to work but very beautiful grain (in a subtle way). Hope this helps.

Well worth milling for your own use, and worth a bit to the end user, but very time consuming to mill, dry, and then find lots of customers. Value as it is about £60 per ton. I pay more than that but unless you are near me and can deliver it won’t work.

Now this could be a great new thread…. Work out the garage location…. Who will start us off….?

Sounds very sensible - tea just goes stale if made up and stored. You guys must be so jealous of us fixed types who have a staff restaurant (well a kitchen and a few nice chairs) and a kettle and fridge….

Well if the average wage was £300 per year then I think we are better off now!

It is a 2 wheel drive Teleporter 227 very much like this:

Ah thanks for that, I was not aware of a link to David brown tractors, I will investigate. It is actually a stub axle that has snapped not a half shaft - my mistake. The engine and gearbox I am told is ford and has never given any trouble, but so far we have failed to match up this axle.

I tend to agree with everything you say, and none of my kit that works well is cheap. What has prompted me to look is that my Sanderson has just snapped a half shaft and it looks as if I won’t find a replacement. I very much believe in getting the best kit possible, but sometimes one gets tempted by a bargain.

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As you rightly say if you cut it to the customer's exact list you could end up with a lot of waste. With the green oak and elm I suggest working out what log lengths you will use, and then simply charging them for that full length. In other words, if they need pieces at 2.4m, 2.7m and 3.2m calculate the price for each one at 3.2m. Personally I would charge £30 per cubic foot for regular green oak and £35 for elm. If the customer demands a high grade or no sapwood or whatever I would charge more. Seasoned beech you simply have to price up every board they want and then if you are machining charge extra for your time. The risk here is if you choose the boards - might be better if you let the customer do this.