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  1. Mortimer Firewood
    To be honest Barry the local JD dealer bought the new direct collect out to one of the sights we take care of and it's a good mower but it's no where near as good at cutting long wet grass as the Iseki. On paper it might out punch it but the reality is very different. None of the contractors locally have moved over to them yet.
  2. Mortimer Firewood
    Guy by me with same machine as mine charging £15 a bag to split with processor he does nothing elsa but contract firewood processing.
  3. Mortimer Firewood
    Ohhhh bloody auto correct. I'm cheery when it's going out the gate
  4. Mortimer Firewood
    J d are ok but they just copy market leaders like Iseki and Etesia look at there new direct collect mower it's exactly the same as the Iseki. We have a Etesia hydro 80 for sale if your interested will cut larger lawns with ease and still go through a garden gate.
  5. Mortimer Firewood
    Got mine on a 20 inch bar I reach for it over the 361 or 260 even when in smaller stuff.
  6. Mortimer Firewood
    Now if you could make it so they were spring loaded you would be on to a winner. One thing you need to take in to mind is these ???!!!! Thing they have a right to nick stuff and if you hurt them in the process they will target you even more. I've seen it happen in the end the guy took a JCB and destroyed there sight and served 3 years for it.
  7. Mortimer Firewood
    I want to make £200 a day before i even think about machine fuel & everything elsa . It does not play out like that all the time When I started out in this game I did not charge enough was happy to be working and earning a wage but things change and for a viable long term business you need to price accordingly. Plus firewood production is hard work I would want £275 for splitter and £375 for the processor they supply tractor for the latter.
  8. Mortimer Firewood
    I wander if Tony Martin was given that advice??
  9. Mortimer Firewood
    My findings are as follows for green Larch / scots pine 1 ton = 2.5cube Ash. 2.4 cube Beech 1.8 cube Sycamore 2cube Cheery 2.2 I don't no how long some of thesa species were at roadside before they were deliverd .
  10. Mortimer Firewood
    We have recently taken on a barn as we could not keep up with demand. We season in bags and keeping them dry prior to delivery was becoming a pain. As it's not at our yard we have had to invest in another forklift a little counterbalance, it's really surprised me how good it is.
  11. Mortimer Firewood
    Impressive bit of kit. What size pieces will it separate out.
  12. Mortimer Firewood
    Same here blowing a hooley
  13. Mortimer Firewood
    Woods more dense round a union put log on it's side and cut down through one end then the other. Your saw will need a dam good sharpen now:001_smile:
  14. Mortimer Firewood
    Pm on route
  15. Mortimer Firewood
    1m3 sat on pallets
  16. Mortimer Firewood
    It's doable but you would not want to keep that pace day in day out. If I'm on my own I can do 28 30 bags a day. Two of you in perfect size softwood could clear 50 bags.
  17. Mortimer Firewood
    I'm giving up logs where do I get an Xmas tree plantation
  18. Mortimer Firewood
    Your more likely to sell smaller loads and a 900 by 900 bag is a builders bag so 2or 3 on delivery and 4 /6 on trailer . We offer multiple loads but most new customers are going for 900 x 900 which suits us as we can sell them at £95
  19. Mortimer Firewood
    He will make more in 900 x 900 bags at a guess I would say he can get £90 each but not £180 for a 1.8 loose load
  20. Mortimer Firewood
    Yep to get kilned saves double handling
  21. Mortimer Firewood
    700 cube good luck it's going to get boring.
  22. Mortimer Firewood
    Heater matrix . Take a tub of Vaseline when you get a price
  23. Mortimer Firewood
    Second the birch bark seems to work better in the younger bark.
  24. Mortimer Firewood
    A 560 xp is a lot of money's worth of saw for the occasioned user. There are some good second hand saws out there with a few miles on the clock just take some finding.
  25. Mortimer Firewood
    My pal does 3000 cube and employs 1 he fills the bags from crates by hand. Never seen an automated system.

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