Squaredy
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Coconut oil is an option - easily available in supermarket in solid form and heat a little to make it liquid to apply. And of course it is a food so is edible, but unlike veg oil will not go rancid.
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You are kidding I hope? Not.always in tune with your Scottish humour.....
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I have noticed that in recent years email delivery has become quite unreliable and with no clear pattern. As the OP said even from the same sender one minute they go into inbox the next into junk. Last year I submitted an email bid for logs to a forestry management company, and they rang me to say they had received no bids at all from me or anyone else. I told them I definitely had bid and suggested they look in Junk. It turned out they had received several bids and they all had gone into junk. Things like that could lead to very expensive errors.
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Yes I am sure other taxes will rise otherwise transport will become too cheap. Road charging has been talked about for years, and would have the advantage of being able to tweak it to reduce congestion etc. High prices for journeys at peak times on busy roads, low prices for off peak or quiet roads etc. Certainly the huge fuel duties currently raised will have to be replaced. As it is now, road users do not pay the full cost of road use - it is subsidised by general taxation despite the general myth that road users pay loads of tax.
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Well yes possibly one day, but fuel saving much more than saving one driver's wage. London Underground have had capability to run driverless trains for over 50 years, but politics has largely blocked it.
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I do think it may be a while before electric vans are practical for heavy towing. Most electric cars cannot tow at all....no idea why I must admit. When I say they cannot tow at all I mean legally. Tesla have previewed their electric full size HGV lorry, so it is improving fast all the time. Can you imagine doing 0 to 60 in 20 seconds with a full 35 ton load...? It looks awful mind, but cost in fuel around £0.30 per mile. This is the future, even without subsidy or any financial incentive. I think saving 70% of fuel cost will be very attractive to haulage firms, never mind lower maintenance costs.
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Beech may be a lot easier to obtain.
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Would beech or sycamore not be suitable? They both have very fine tight grain.
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It's an interesting shape, but I don't think it is a proper burr. It all depends what you plan to do with it but I would say £50 was a very generous offer.
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Very useful looking setup I must say.
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Very stable and beautiful timber Sycamore. Can spalt and marble, but often most sought after when kept clean which means drying in a good summer, or kilning. Not good outside of course, but perfect for endless indoor projects, kitchen worksurfaces, doors, all manner of furniture, mirror frames, indeed any indoor furniture you care to mention. Sycamore is of course a Maple which is used loads in USA/Canada, so very useful timber indeed. Certainly more suitable for furniture than Oak!
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Has the thread title always been REWOOD....? Can't believe I didn't notice earlier!
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The value of the trees as firewood will certainly be a lot less than the cost of felling.
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I had your furrows recently on Western Red Cedar. It was unseasoned pieces that were left by my woodburner so they went from fresh sawn to dry very quickly. So that does seem to be the answer. Drying too quick.
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Well it certainly isn't harming the rainforests... I hope we in the UK plant lots of Elm of the disease resistant varieties.....although I somehow doubt it.
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Very jealous Andy. I know I can get it shipped down to me for about a grand extra, but my business is all about local and sustainable, so I don't tend to buy in from foreign lands like Scotland...!
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Well yes it certainly is worth far more when converted to planks. You have to find multiple customers for it though and selling may take years. Depends what you want to spend your time doing!
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In fact I have just remembered that the load I am buying is Coastal Redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens) which is far superior timber so you could argue that Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is worth less.
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I recently did a deal to buy a load and price is £100 per ton delivered to my yard. Some people may pay more but it is not a tree the usual mills will want - it is a specialist niche tree.
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I bought a few cheap head torches a few years ago.....what a waste of money. I will make sure I spend £30 or more next time and get a good one - there is some rubbish out there.
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I have not bought any for a while (due to lack of availability in my area) but Elm sawlogs should be worth around the same as Ash, or maybe a bit more. So maybe from £70 per cubic metre up to around £120. A lot depends on what they are like - if hedgerow or street trees (as many will be) then this will make them likely to contain nails and wire. If with better provenance ie estate or forest grown then they are more desirable. If you want Elm sawlogs you may have to get them from Scotland.
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And thank you to all the people who have replied and enlightened me as to why chippers have become so normal.
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Glad to be of service! And well done for questioning yourself.
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Mmmm yes funny thing is you have reminded me I do use a chipper at home....but it is this one....about fifty years old and still perfect....
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Well Dan, the reason I asked the question is (as I said in my original post) I recently witnessed one being used right by me in what seemed to me a totally pointless way. It actually added an extra step for the workers and achieved nothing good, yet caused pollution and created a hell of a racket! I do get that on many occasions they are useful, but I wondered if there was some other compelling reason why one would be used, that I hadn't thought of.
