Squaredy
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Hi Muttley, I am impressed with your results. 4 minutes for a 4m slab 4ft wide is very good. Have you replaced the Kohler engine with a V8? Or maybe you don't know your own strength?
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Thank you very much Big J for the details. That gives me another option to look into.
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Can't really help with your question, but would be interested in why don't rate the lucas slabber. Is it just the kerf or something else? Sorry I forgot to quote you. Please see my reply above.
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Sorry I forgot to quote you. Please see my reply above.
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And in response re the Lucas Mill slabber, my problem with it is firstly speed, secondly exhaustive effort of pushing for anything more than a few minutes, maintaining the sharpness of the chain (and of course fettling the bar), time it takes to swap over from the blade and back again and lastly kerf. It has its place I know but I currently have maybe 18 or 20 logs in my yard of 1m diameter or more which need milling as slabs....the thought of slabbing these with the Lucas Mill makes me feel old!
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Thank you Big J that is very interesting. What model Trak Met is that? And how would you rate it? And yes I agree in principle with you about wide slabs, but there are species of course that are more stable and work well as a wide slab. On the occasions I have used my slabbing attachment for my Lucas Mill to produce slabs of 1.2m or so I find customers almost fight over them, and I usuaully end up selling them unseasoned for a good price.
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I did indeed have a chat with the guys at Loglogic this afternoon. The Autotrek is even more than I thought (£60,000 or so) and the other one they used to make (Trekkasaw) they haven't done for years and the guy said he didn't think they would be likely to make any more as the safety specs have moved on a lot since they made them. He suggested I might be better off trying to find a second hand one. So, anyone selling their Trekkasaw???
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Thanks for the suggestion. I am aware of the Trak Met range, but as far as I can see they do not have a very wide cut. I already have a Norwood with a 710mm cut, and I really need a 1.2M cut. The largest Trak Met seems to be only about a 900mm wide cut.
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Thanks Mark. I am aware of Loglogic, and I know the Autotrek is £30,000 plus, and isn't wide enough. But I had overlooked the Trekkasaw, which their website says cuts 1.4m wide. I will have to find out the price. Thank you. When I get one I will be selling my Lucas mill cheapish if you are interested!
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Has anyone got experience or knowledge of these sawmills? Scott and Sargeant in Sussex sell them and they seem good value. I am in need of a wide bandmill (4ft width milling capacity) and even a 40 year old machine of this type can cost £12,000+. They currently have a basic 4ft capacity mill brand new for £15,942 (plus VAT I guess). They are made in the Czech republic, but I won't let that put me off. My last major purchase was Canadian built (Norwood sawmill) and the quality of that was very disappointing. I do not need log handling, loading and turning capabilities, I just need to be able to slab wide logs. I currently use a Lucas mill which converts the logs fine, but of course it doesn't slab. Well, I do have the slabbing attachment for it but I do not rate that for professional milling. Anyone got any useful thoughts?
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You didn't mention what area you are in. I could recommend someone in my neck of the woods (South East Wales).
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No idea about the slime sorry, but if you are near South East Wales I could maybe buy the stem from you...if it is for sale.... Always after Elm and not so much of it around sadly.
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I agree I don't think they care. I have also reported loads of stuff to them. Sometimes they get taken down, but you are right nothing really changes. If the criminals are in a developing country where poor policing and illegal activity are rife I guess there is not much they can do, but if the perpetrator is in the UK, or Europe surely the details should be passed to the police and action should be taken. There must be people getting robbed every day, and it just goes on and on. In fact in the UK I think I heard that cyber crime now exceeds bricks and mortar crime.
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Yes I did wonder. Hey what do you know - I didn't even bid and yet the seller has now emailed me saying the winning bidder is a timewaster and offering it to me at a reduced price with his email address. Funny he didn't respond to my question whilst the auction was running, when I asked if he was OK with cash on collection.....
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I was very curious about the mobile dimension saw which ended on ebay this afternoon. I would have bid, but I believe it was probably a scam. I am interested to know if anyone on Arbtalk knows the answer. If it does exist someone has got themselves a bargain, and good luck to them. If it is a scam, I hope the winning bidder is being cautious. Is everyone aware how awash with scams ebay is at the moment? Come to think of it this has been the case in my experience for at least 5 years. Luckily they are usually really easy to spot.
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Most bulk bags are 800mm X 800mm X 800mm, so without bulging they hold half a cubic metre. An IBC cage is 1.2 cubic metre. So taking into account the bulging of the bag two bags will fill one cage. But remember there are lots of different size bags available.
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The most prolific firewood seller in the UK is Certainly Wood. They probably have more customers than all the firewood sellers on here put together and they don't do it by being the cheapest.
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1990 Ford F250 pickup 7.3 V8 diesel automatic. 14mpg short runs, 22 mpg on a cruise (actual consumption figures not on-board computer).
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Ooooohhhhh that is a lot of firewood you burn. Maybe you should try some of my top quality kiln dried firewood when you move down this way....
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I can send you some more details if you are interested Richard. Feel free to PM me. My system does depend on having a site which is manned of course, so customers can just turn up during opening hours.
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To answer the questions no I am not VAT registered - my business is not big so is under the threshold to register. And I am quite fussy about species, and logs are well kilned so I do pick up a lot of customers who have had bad experiences with logs not really as dry as they want. And I bag it up differently from most people so customers come to me and go away with anything from 1 to 10 small bags. There is some effort and time in bagging, but it makes it a really easy product for customers to collect. Even a Smart car can fit two bags, and a medium hatchback with rear seats down can fit about 8. The point is the customer can buy as much or as little as they want, when they want. There are just over twelve bags in an IBC cage in case you are wondering.
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Good thread. We have all been on courses highlighting risks and dangers and safe practises to avoid accidents, but sometimes it is silly things like your incident where no training course would help. I had a very silly incident last week. I needed to syphon diesel from my backup diesel tank to my main one and to cut a long story short after racking my brain I tried sucking. I got a mouthful of diesel (didn't swallow any) and it didn't work anyway. It was at least 36 hours before the taste of diesel was gone, and trust me if you have never done this - it was disgusting. I sometimes get a meal repeating on me but red diesel repeating on you is something else. On reading up on it if you do swallow, and especially if any gets in your lungs it can be serious. The moral of the story....have one of those syphon bulbs handy. I own one but it is so rarely used I couldn't find it.
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I charge £144 for 1.2 cu m hardwood (kiln dried) and it is collection only. And I cannot even come close to keeping up with demand.
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I needed a new carburettor for my Lucas MIll just before Christmas 2016. I phoned the local agent for the Kohler engine and they said they couldn't even order it until the second week in Jan. I rang a company in America and a very helpful man identified exactly the right part on the shelf, and he shipped it the same day. It took a day or two to cross America, and was flown to the UK on Christmas Day. It was in the UK within three days. Then sadly Parcel Force faffed over the import duty, but even with their delay it arrived a week quicker and was about £90 cheaper (even with shipping costs and import duty) than the local UK agent would have been. I also order occasionally ebay items from the USA - normally really quick.
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Ah yes sorry I pictured lovely straight clean stems being turned into firewood...!! I am a dipstick.
