windfall

Sold 10 bags of it today, its not even landed in my yard yet!

I've hit my weekly target already, really enjoying it!

On the Isle of Man we have 65miles of water between us and the mainland uk and the products that we are able to 'import' are limited. Which is why I am constantly trying to find new and interesting products for the growing market over here Local forestry is all softwood, we do have hardwood trees of course but not in a quantity that can supply/sustain the demand. A huge number of my clients do not want softwood, one of them went so far to say "I would rather burn coal that put that from the government saw mill on my fire". Yes there are also a large number of "oh yes daaahling" clients here too. I have always been anti kiln dried wood, I still struggle to see the point, however, it sells over here like you would not believe.

The product is selling well in the UK, weekly sales are superb by all accounts. We are not all fortunate enough to have large quantities of quality firewood on our doorstep.

Glad it wasn't just me staring at them!

Hi All, Just wondering if any of you guys have any experience of the Sun Dried African Firewood thats available in the UK now? I have bitten the bullet and bought a pallet load to see what its like and most importantly sells! Any comments? I took this from the companies website I bought my pallet from. "Kameeldooring Sun Dried African Firewood 20kg Sack Kameeldoring firewood has the lowest moisture content of any of our firewood and possibly any firewood in the world. It is baked by the African sun to between 0 to 1 % moisture content!!(compare this to domestic air dried woods at around 30% and domestic kiln dried wood at around 18 - 20%!) The wood starts with ultra low moisture content due to the lack of water in it's habitat and the job is finished off by the unforgiving African sun! Packed in clean, easy to handle 20kg (approximately) large polypropylene sacks. Benefits of this ultra low moisture content, ultra dense, ultra beautiful African firewood include: Amazing long burn times, virtually zero smoke production, no wasted energy burning off extra moisture and the very best return in calorific value terms that money can buy - the 20kg bag is roughly equivalent to 3 or 4 large nets of seasoned domestic firewood due to it's density, heat output and longevity! The common name Camel Thorn is loosely translated from the Afrikaans name “Kameeldoring”, coming from kameelperd (giraffe). Early South African settlers gave the tree the moniker of Kameeldoring (giraffe thorn). Giraffe are this trees best friends, they have adapted to cope with the trees many thorns and choose it as one of their favourite foods. Our Kameeldooring firewood is responsibly cropped with governmental co-operation with local landowners and farmers. Our firewood is taken from the brances that fall from the trees due to their exceptional weight. Axes must be seriously sharp to split this firewood! Kameeldoring burns with minimal flame, a musky aromatic fragrance and creates serious amounts of charcoal This is a superb cooking wood, is perfect for fire pits and chimneas and has exceptionally long burn time! Due to the desert like climatic conditions kameeldoring has a moisture content of almost zero – you are therefore buying almost no moisture - only super dry, super dense firewood! Beautiful African firewood now available in the UK! Time to light the braai!"

I have found that a single pallet wrapped with stock fence and topped with a bit of tarp works very well. I made one with 3 pallets as the base and double fence high, this one was not good in the middle.

Sorry didn't read your post Marka, I was taking the piss, are you serious? Lol --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.217735,-4.421334

We could all write our names and addresses on our logs.... lol

Nope did not know them prior to delivering a couple of cube to them. He just does not have the time to maintain the site

Bus w@nkers!!!!! lol

2 months ago i secured a deal to go in and thin and remove windfall from a private 7 acre forest, its all softwood but I recon i am onto a winner! The client wants enough for next winter and i get the rest. I hope to make a start in April, or before if the ground dries out, I am really looking forward to it! I recon you should dial the number and see what they propose.

lol very true

You dont have to have the maximum 15inch bar to do the CS30/31, your MS171 with a 13inch bar would be absolutely fine.

Yeah it doesnt seem to take in water, if the fire was lit I would just throw it on when i got back and away it went. Must have been in the sea for the best part of 60/70 years?!

I would think that most people would only convert it back to single handed operation though! The cutting table looks a bit small to me, there will be lots of bending down involved unless the deck is extended. Bigger the better in my experience! Looks good other wise! How many ton is the ram and how much for the finished product?

We get large chunks of coal when we dive a particular site for Scallops, there used to be loads of steam ships etc in and out of our port back in the day. The coal is excellent quality as are the Scallops!

Spud, My MS390 is running sweetly, it seems to have bedded in well now its idle is perfect and it revs sweetly. Annnd it doesnt dump oil all over the storage shelf! Thanks very much. I am treating myself to a 346XP-G, just waiting for FR Jones to reopen and call me to take my money! Going to go for a 15inch bar, from what i read they struggle a bit with a 18inch? Have you tried an 18 on yours?

I charge £25 per hour all in for splitting at a clients house, but there has to be at least a mornings work before ill load up the splitter and powerpack. Recently i have had some jobs by just leaving a couple of vented bags and getting the client to load the rings into the bags for me to collect, split and return. Have a found a cube generally ends up costing the client £25.

Its a great wood to burn, love the smell when its warming by my stove. Suspect its the Ecualiptus Oil that causes the sparking. Whole trees litterally explode in Australian bush fires, I am pretty sure this is down to the high oil content of the Ecualiptus.

Could be good for me, have pmed asking for full address so i can get a quote for the collection of pallets from you. Cheers

Fiz! --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.217189,-4.421071

Did you not have stringy bits with some of yours? It really slowed me up! Think it's when there's a knot

Do you think? Certainly doesnt split like Ash! bloody stuff, only thing in its favour is the rings are not heavy! lol

I processed 10 cube of lime this year, its a weird wood no doubt about it! Once dry it catches and burns like a good un, quite like softwood. The way it split and acted when worked reminded me of Balsa wood, which is a hardwood, just really light weight/soft.