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  1. Mortimer Firewood
    Forestry is not my thing but TCD you just said exactly what I've been told getting 2 bays of 2.5 on the forwarder is why there is so much 2.5 firewood.
  2. Mortimer Firewood
    There a cartoon on here somewhere of a seller and buyer of black walnut which I think is spot on. Would you have got more as firewood?
  3. Mortimer Firewood
    Hi Frank yep two consecutive mild winter guys still selling stock from last year some are mixing it in with this years others just want rid so nice cord going at readable price.
  4. Mortimer Firewood
    The voice of reason again Barry.
  5. Mortimer Firewood
    Good to know
  6. Mortimer Firewood
    The way the wind is blowing the truck might be in your front garden by the morning on its roof
  7. Mortimer Firewood
    Now when you start ringing um up about joe blogs they will just think you have lost the plot. Pull yourself together stop winging about everything because it won't get you any where . If you did get rid of one two will pop up.
  8. Mortimer Firewood
    As I said above I'm just going on what I here day in day out from firms in the south and across the midlands I don't no of any cord that is over 2.5 I no why it's that I'm amazed some of you forestry guys have not stated why
  9. Mortimer Firewood
    Don't get it all the firewood I know of is been cut at 2.5one guy who supplies us has 20 crews cutting
  10. Mortimer Firewood
    All the cutters I know cut at 2.4 or 2.5 for firewood. If I ask transport firms what they want it cut to.. Yep you guessed it 2.4. Only going from personal experience
  11. Mortimer Firewood
    Deal with your own business not others I run a straight business as I don't want the hassle if I thought I could get away with not giving the tax man 25% of my earnings I would. Grassing , dobbing ,been a snake will get you no where. I for one am glad the cash in hand boys are there wanting a quick buck with there half cube of wet green oak for £80. When I turn up with a 1cube of ash beech and dead oak for£130asking for cheque or bacs payment it makes me look even better. Word spreads quickly that x is selling crap & y is selling the good stuff.
  12. Mortimer Firewood
    He is not nick picking he is in the firewood game in a big way and is surprised by your figures as I was. It takes a lot to grow a firewood business in to shifting 50 cube a week let alone 100. It's big volume. I completely understand where your at and I've been there myself I had got to the point where I could not keep up with demand. So I bought a farmi and then upgraded to a Tajfun. When looking at processors just remember it's better to have one that can cut a bigger diameter. Machines I would recommend in no particular order are H p 1x37 /farmi w p36 / tajfun 400 there's jappa or palax I've never used the last two but people on here say there good. Ring the dealers and get a demo set up.
  13. Mortimer Firewood
    The cats right the jippo stick as we call our 131 seem to suffer really bad with blocked oil pumps. £25 quid to sort out ours at dealer I thought was pretty cheep
  14. Mortimer Firewood
    most of the cord I'm buying is ash sycamore been down ages I'd like to see you get 26 tone on 3 bays. When a lorry comes in my yard I want to see 4 bays of 2.5 not 3 bays of 3meters there's more volume. If I'm paying out good money for transport I want as much as pos on there. As for quicker to process it makes no odds if your setup to do cord if there 2m or 5m there will be one piece if cord after another going through the machine back to back. Also if you could sell it 5 times over why not put your prices up in the south there's a glut and it's driving the price down sharply what ever happens in the south usually spreads north .
  15. Mortimer Firewood
    Suffolk mat I'm sure you had my tickets
  16. Mortimer Firewood
    Two artic loads a week is 2600 ton so equals 5200 cube . Find the source for your cord first not the machine seem so many lads round here buy a processor then can't get the timber to feed it. Both the suppliers I used when I started now only cut soft wood and chestnut things are changing in the firewood game the big boys like till hill euro forest have the cord but want 3 years accounts and want you to take large volumes regularly and pay in good time.
  17. Mortimer Firewood
    So your going from 12cube a week to 5200 a year That's over 150 k for cord with out the transport so by the time you found somewhere to store that volume payed for the bags payed the fuel it's going to be into 200k Am I missing something as I can only add a 40% to my volume per year?
  18. Mortimer Firewood
    How much does it hold???
  19. Mortimer Firewood
    Was that including installation costs?
  20. Mortimer Firewood
    If that's delivered and it good straight cord IE ash beech sycamore and not full of small stuff it's a good price. Plus 2.5 meters long not 3m if it's 3 you all only get 3 bays on on an artic
  21. Mortimer Firewood
    If you new what it was where it was somebody may be able to do a deal! Wanting. £56 and getting it in the currant climate is two different things but then there idiots out there paying £60 for green oak
  22. Mortimer Firewood
    ???? As above
  23. Mortimer Firewood
    Tyres
  24. Mortimer Firewood
    3 rd time lucky
  25. Mortimer Firewood
    It's an avridge hardwood vey light when dry so burns quick we mix it in at about 10% and don't get complaints. Drys prity quick and never had mold problems with it.

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