zeroluke

I have my ranger day cab insured for business use ( own goods ) 10,000 miles a year. Its 1200 or so quid fully comp with gladiator. I am 24 now and come 25 I expect a big drop or I'll be p'd off. What I am annoyed with is they will only insure you for 1 profession, which is kind of difficult considering I might want to do other things besides gardening.. What do you put down as your profession?

for 1250 quid you could buy a small tractor off ebay and not only power it, but move the heavy thing around to.

first I looked at a diesel engine with a PTO or hydraulic pump for a log splitter but they are about 700 quid each..Would a little 20hp mitsubishi tractor and PTO/hydraulic splitter do it as well, for roughly the same amount? I've seen a few little tractors for sale on ebay and other plant sites and plenty of tractor'd log splitters. I'd have to be careful on what I bought weight wise becuase post 1997 driving licenses are f- all useful unless you work in a bank or factory. At the moment I am using an axe. However my garden is almost hollow underneath thanks to moles. I have lost one big round log in the soil thanks to this.

That sounds good are you near yorkshire?

Maybe I'd wish for more correct change in my pockets. For that land that might be available one day. Bit boring I suppose. No actually i'd wish for better eye sight, as mine is failing. Yep thats the one. Money and land is doable with a decade of work, but better eye sight looks to be difficult to get

I know nothing much about this, but surely if it burns you should be selling it in some form or another rather than burning it. maybe keep 2 inch branches to cut up for fire starter bundles etc..

I've been collecting little branches for some time and cut them up. I have a few plastic bread trays ( the big blue ones from the back of bread shops) I'm not really sure what to sell them for yet, but a quid or 2 sounds reasonable for a bundle.

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How many of you use these? Firewood moisture meter - woodburning stove fire wood moisture checker UK Do you think they are any good for the price?

You should get a twich type alarm they were on about on here. It is silent and sends a message to your phone if the device feels movement in itself, or a trip wire. Ones I've seen are key fob activated. For the amount of it, and the 20 quid simcard I'd say its worth it

Thats a good question to ask. I suppose you could argue that leaving the keys in the chipper wasn't the cleverest thing, knowing his history in the time you've had him.

I had some willow I found in the woods. Left it for a year to dry and burned it and other than flash and spark a lot I didn't think it was that good.

One of them model aircraft engines ( big one ) they use on strimmers in fuel depots might do the trick. You use a glow plug, and a cord to start it and just let it run on tickover all day. Most have an engine that will sing all the way upto 17,000 RPM and the bigger ones are quite powerful.

The more I look into firewood buying to sell the more i wonder if its worth doing. I've seen people quote good prices on deals of buying to sell. But where I live in doncaster all the suppliers are charging nearly £3.50 for a bag or 40 quid for 12 jumbo bags ( 12kg or so each ) for 45 quid. They say it offers a good markup for shops but I don't see how it does, making maybe 2 quid on each little bag and the same percentage on bigger bags. It might be that doncaster, and surrounding area is the too high a price I think it is and the only people who make much money is either the suppliers or, people who do it small time from tree work and that.

Put a little oil burner under the tank for a few minutes like they do in russia

Actually maybe not, looking at the large picture. I've been looking at buying to sell of suppliers of shops n that but there doesn't look to be many good deals around where i live I'll start another thread on it.

logs for open fire or woodburner on eBay (end time 19-Dec-10 14:56:57 GMT) That look any good? Not sure I'd buy them to sell on, but looks to be a decent amount there for 21 quid

I am 24 and my ford ranger is insured for commerical/own use ( carriage of own goods ) and its 1200 quid fully comp. If I sell my car and put the no claims over onto it then it'll drop a few hundred quid. I think the insurance industry is disgraceful in general and in the fact they will only insure you for 1 profession ( gardening type stuff ). In this day and age no-one can afford to do just the one thing. So if i wanted to do removals or something else when its quiet then I don't know how I'd go about it. What does everyone else think? And As for you Egs you are one of the luckiest people living. I could not insure my car for less than 1400 quid when I was 21 and 1 years bonus, let alone a transit tipper at 19. Good going

My god its expensive ( to me ). If that land was for sale where I live in south yorkshire there would be many a house wopped up on that land in no time. I hope its not the same in wigan though. I wish I had 10 thou and was nearer wigan, as compared to other plots around here near doncaster its fairly cheap. Do you use it for anything? I take it its not for residential developement? Every wood, field and waste land is here.

I removed what i thought was loads of that with hand tools and a winch with BTCV when I did my NVQ with them. The assessor said it doesn't really burn for long, might be good for starting fires but thats it - it rages like mad and then you've got to throw loads more on. We could not burn it where we were working as we were working along side the top dam at Lady Bower in derbyshire. I'd think twice before starting a fire on moorlands. The hill was like / so it took some doing. It was fun I would do it again. Would be better still if i was paid for it

It could do with a cage to catch them, and maybe a plate to hold the next log to be split. I love it, and the pickup in the back ground. I doubt its as easy to make stuff like that in england, not as many parts shops for all the fittings and steel you would need.

Haa are you one of them "Say no to EU" farmers that nails said signs on to fence posts every mile to bridlington on the a614? You could be on to something about the EU. I think england is a bit small for such an expensive thing.

Hi. Have any of you come across a canadian gripo log splitter? I watched the youtube video not long since I am quite impressed with its speed and effortlessness. Almost looks good enough for some commercial work ( what i am aiming at ) but I'm no expert though at judging these splitters I haven't used one. So far, to split wood I have used my nazi chainsaw, my spear and jackson axe, wedges and heavy object, a hatchet and dropping wood off a demolished railway bridge next to my pickup when collecting it. I would not really recommend the last one, one split and went in all directions. It just saved walking Here is the spec sheet ESF Gripo Log Splitters All that said I've just seen a price on that site, a bit expensive and I may be able to make something myself ( they might be charging well over, gripo haven't said how much they are...) One thing I would like to know is how much better do they burn if split, rather than cut along the length with a chainsaw with a long bar and chain? Luke