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Show me your firewood storage/shed/rack......please :-)
muttley9050 replied to Stihl4Life.DK's topic in Firewood forum
heres our shed. 18m x 8.5m. built it last year. Just trying to get round to finishing the 2500L rainwater collection for garden and greenhouse.Just needs guttering connecting. Will do it when the snow goes .
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Oh yes,im currently ploughing my way through the snow to make sure its mine, problem is its about 30 miles away and im not sure it will get me home. But on a serious note im just in comms with me dad to decide if we should put it in his barn and do up to sell? Thanks Peeps
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link no worky!
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Thanks guys, good advice. had new head gasket and skim 10000miles ago if that changes anything?
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Imho it would work fine if the clamps were good and tight,and some extra ropes wouldnt hurt. Inreality ithink u'd be better either doing it the german way: two circles of logs on outside of stack and chuck logs loose in middle. Top layer creates kind of shingles.we did this for 1year before we built our shed, stacked 40 tonne like it worked well, but when you start using u have to keep covered wiht tarp. Altenatively make a simple log shed to last afew years. fence posts paletts etc, maybe £100 for similar size as your suggesting.
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Surely if the estate keeps the lumber it should charge a peppercorn amount to cover transportation, seems to me that the estate is getting greedy. I wouldnt pay £360 for that ash once it was sawn!
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How much profit is there hauling timber?
muttley9050 replied to eggsarascal's topic in Firewood forum
Respect to Nick for working hard and putting meat on the table in these difficult times, farming and haulage will never be easy. Any body whos jealous, work harder, earn more but most importantly dont embarrass yourself and keep quiet. -
Thx lyncombe. Just spoke to him to confirm price and he will deliver it to me for £500. Thx Si
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HI peeps, My mate has had one of these in storage for a few years and now has to move it. No mot but not alot wrong with it when stored. He needs it gone and knows i was looking for a new vehicle, as a favour hes offered it me for a couple of hundred as is, would need to do light work, pull my trailer into my woodland when i buy it later in the year, move my mill and milled timber, the odd butt and cants maybe. What are peoples honest opinion of these, realistic mpg, capabilities working off road etc. I know it isnt the defender i wanted, but look at the price. Your honest opinions if u would. Thx James
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will repely to you later gotta go now.
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Marcus, i see your point and yes most plumbers are idiots. our boiler was partially grant aided and was also classed as commercial due to being owned by a housing co-op and the size of it, this left us with little choice over allowed installers and as you can guess are installers were idiots, its all plumbed in steel due to the bore of the pipe,and i think this is why they recommended inhibitor which was included in the £65000 cost. They were idiots,when they fitted the expansion to the 3 hot water tanksthey just bolted to floor, when they filled system and it got hot the rods they were onfell over,water everywhere, proper numptys. we put the angle up to hold em up ourselves.
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pics of boiler system
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I live in an intentional community, 17 adults and 10 kids in one big old house on an 18acre plot. The boiler consumes between 40-50tonnes a year depending on how bad the winter is. Have a 20kw gas backup only to top solar thermal up in spring and autumn.We've had it about 2.5 years. Our log shed was just completed last year and is 18mx8m Ill start a new thread with pics of that,im a builder so built it myself. Pics of boiler to follow, just transferring.
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So heres my question, if your getting your solder out and wiping the joint anyway, why bother spending twice the price on a yorkshire fitting when an end feed is absolutely fine, its a waste of money and if a plumber i employed was using them id lose all confidence. And on another note weve got 5000 liters of water in our thermal store and we still put corrosion inhibitor in, why would you not? Ill post some pics ofour system soon, its quite impressive. 100kw atmos boiler, 5000l in thermal store, 3 x 1000l in the hot water system for the solar collectors. Its rather large.
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What was wrongwith the logs supplied?
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Many thanks to you both:thumbup:
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I see the arb show is coming up in june, and have a few questions if you dont mind. As i have said im currently looking into buying a mill, iwill also need a chainsaw mill if i go down the bandsaw mill route and a powerful chainsaw, My question is if i wait till the show are there likely to be mills there i can see in use, will i get a better deal at the show on things like chainsaws and ppe etc, and finally anyone any idea what its likely to cost to get in. Thx for the help. James
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Small timer. Jr log arch v compact tractor
muttley9050 replied to Horatio's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Have a look for farm auctions near you, get some great deals on quads and all sorts oftractors at some ive been to. -
Thanks Treesuggs:thumbup:
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Me too, but dont be suprised if they do, id be tempted to leave in the round and make them in 3 years or so.
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Redmoose is right. Worth much more if you put some legs on it.
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But that figure may be hard to achieve, if i had a buyer id start at about 150 i think and go from there. Had a piece of luck a coupleof months ago when an aged gun stock maker decided to clear out his stock, mostly over 25 years old, but couldnt find a buyer. There were 3large black walnut boarsd like yours at 2" thick from a crotch fork several stock pieces of tropical including coco bolo, afromosia, paduak, brazilian rosewood, lignum vitae, olive, blackwood, ebony and loads more, He wantd rid coz it wasall over his dining room and missus was giving him grief. I had £250 inmy pocket and couldnt afford more, he accepted this and i was a happy man. I dont usually buy any lumber thats not native but made exception here. My wood store is now very healthy.
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I would suggest this board would be worth £100-150.
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thanks woodEd:thumbup:
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:thumbup:thanks Nick.
