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Finally got round to buying a first aid kit for the truck. Thought I'd treat myself! I'll get my coat...
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Look on "firewood/log processors and related uk" group on Facebook always a few for sale on there. Mines on at the moment.
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Advice for processing, marketing and selling kindling
andy cobb replied to Barnaby89's topic in Firewood forum
24 acres is a large plot to fell and process in 1 go. Can you not split it in to maybe 3 plots, fell the most dangerous or road side trees first, get a guy in with a processor to cut your rounds and hire a kindlett for a while to see if its viable. Then you could move on to the other plots in further years and re plant the first. Lots of things stack up on paper, it's the little things that balls it up, the things you don't find out about until your knacker deep. -
Although we're very much small scale compared to many outfits weve got more work booked in this year than ever before, mainly due to estates not shooting so no deadline in place for when birds go down, also estates that arnt shooting round us have given the gamekeepers saws and sent them into the woods.
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At a point where I could really do with upgrading my processor (palax 600) , the issue is approx 50% of the timber I fell is mature hardwood so 400mm plus, because a big machine like a tajfun 480 is beyond my budget right now I'm always going to have to billet some timber before processing. My wondering is whether it's better to buy an 8 way splitter for the billet splitter then buy a drum saw for all the billets or upgrade to a processor that may take up to 350mm and still have to billet and process 40 ton of oversize every year. Billets are a pain to process as they don't fall well In to the chamber when cut, but I'm worried the extra time taken to get billets down to the right size maybe just as annoying. Has anybody gone down the drum saw route and can give me an idea of how productive it is? Thanks- andy
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Maybe the UK should plant more....
andy cobb replied to Squaredy's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
You would think with the poor longevity of treated fence posts that sweet chestnut would be booming. I see a few individual specimens here in north Yorkshire but no large plantations, maybe in the future with a warming climate? -
I keep meaning to have a go at carving, just never seem to find the time. My plan was to start by carving the first letter of each of the kids names, thinking it would be fairly straight forward with straight lines etc and scale not to important. Also thinking the clients, being only 4 and 7 wouldn't be too critical of the resultant dogs dinner.
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Would a battery saw with a couple of decent size batteries not be suitable? Not being knelt next to an exhaust all day or having to pull start a saw every 5 mins
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Could you make a saw horse up with a chainsaw on a pivot and a backstop to keep all the logs at the same length, with a pivot arm to clamp log while cutting, maybe operated by a foot pedal.
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All I use is 3x 205 ltr plastic drums, allows me get bulk deliveries and I can pressure wash them out anually. Use a cheap Chinese rotary hand pump for filling machines, just fit battery drill to pump shaft.
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Where in North Yorkshire and do you want it to go in one lot or happy to sell a load of two roadside? Have pm'd you bud
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Evening all. Just on with a larch, s/p thinning job at moment and wondering if anybody had contact details for a biomass company in north Yorkshire. Probably only around 100 ton at moment with about 150 ton to possibly follow Thanks in advance - Andy
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The 1 I use is only about 1 ton pull and was only about 30 quid so I think your looking at a much better product. To be fair our little winch has always coped even if we've had to bore the stem and put the long felling lever in then put the winch on the end of the felling lever. Maybe wouldn't pass h/s but it gets the job done!
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We use a cheap Draper winch when we're doing line thinning. Its light enough to carry from tree to tree and strong enough to roll a hung up tree if you wrap a strap round. You need to carry a few lightweight straps though as cable is only about 10 ft long
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I saw that 1, if you check on sellers other items I'm sure there was a jumper or something and it gave a different location for collection.
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I got done by vosa about 10 years ago for being over on 1 axle on an artic, literally just left farm 500 yards away with 28 ton of osr so well under on gross but 180 kg over on 1 axle, if I'd jabbed brakes at farm gate would have been fine. Twats still did me for best part of 100 quid!
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What type a trousers do you all recommend for summer? Looking for a pair with zips or some other way of getting a bit of fresh air round the legs and knackers. Will be used for forestry so no climbing, budget of around 150. What summer wardrobe are you all sporting?
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Environment bill 2020
andy cobb replied to Matt Fitzpatrick's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
What happens to all the people that have multi fuel stoves fitted with the medium grade liners that aren't suitable for the higher temperatures of smokeless fuel? Probably 95% of owners won't even question the quality of their liner after its fitted, and with the change to smokeless looming, will we see issues with chimney fires caused by burnt out liners? -
I think a chat with local authority building control is your best bet. They should have a series of charts showing species, soil type, height of tree etc that they can refer to and hopefully offer a course of action to eliminate damage to footings etc
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Last year I tried the big potato seed bags, they're vented on all sides and carry about 2 cube if completely full. The logs that went in were already down to about 25% so drying wasnt an issue. The easiest way to empty them I found was to lift them above the truck and just cut the bottom out. The bags then have to go to recycling, but that's where they were heading anyway before my use.
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how much is 5 cubic meters ?
andy cobb replied to david lawrence's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I always took 5 mtr3 to be approximately the same as 37 mature hardwood trees. Especially when you get them on the grab trailer! They always loose at least 40 % of mass when they hit the floor then a further 15% when you cut to length. Honest guv -
I've found that if you do work for 1 landowner and do a tidy job with no big ruts or massive piles of brash left at Woodside they are more than happy to recommend you to their friends if you ask them to. Same as any industry it's easy to get good name, and even easier to get a bad name.
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After the current season is finished a local estate want light thin of decent sized larch and sp within a pen. We did some last year to allow the fencing contractor to get round and knock the posts in so the keeper is reluctant to alter or remove any fencing. I'm pretty sure I could get the major with double drum through the small gate. The question is, for about 25 ton of timber is it worth hiring a mill or a mobile mill contractor to convert to fencing products. Or does anybody rent or want to sell a auto feed peeler pointer in north Yorkshire? Keepers current plan is to fell to waste which seems a shame for 10"+ larch Thanks- Andy P.s merry xmas
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We buy standing, fell, winch and extract our timber. It's not our main business so we only do about 150 ton hardwood per year and maybe 200 softwood for mill or chip. Depending on the weather we usually get this done in about 4-6 weeks. Its would probably be more economic to get outside contractors to fell and extract but it gives me a nice break from building work and the estates we buy from like our low impact (old fashioned) methods. We then process and billet on wet days and at weekends through the year, although never seem to be quite as prepared as we should be when winter comes. Deliveries are a ball ache for me aswell, somehow seems harder work than actually producing it.
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I think fishing fleets and the like are still on non fame fuel, I also heard 1 refineries ery( I think in scotland) has lowered the % of bio in response to the issues we've been having recently
