nooie

Thanks for the replies. Our local builders yard on Uist is selling 6x2s at £35 or possibly more now. I've been treating the timber I use myself with Boron and so far it seems to be ok. It's only sprayed on though. We burn all the off cuts ourselves and if theres too much I can easily sell it. My wife has horses so the sawdust gets used up no problem. Horse shit and saw dust makes great compost for the garden.

Hello all, I'm wondering how you price your timber? I'm milling mainly Sitka Spruce and Greenheart for a house, but I'd also like to make a bit of cash selling rough sawn timber. How do you guys price your timber? I could take a punt and just sell it cheaper than the builders yard I guess.

Sorry I missed all the messages. I've gone ahead now and ordered a Peterson 10" WPF due for delivery in May.

One fine day I hope to be able to show some pics of the house.

They will be used for a timber framed house.

I've been using Stelite blades I was getting from Germany, but quite pricey. Today I was using a Ripper 37 Bi-metal blade, which is going through it very well. Will see on Monday how long a blade will last. Just taken the battered outside of a 6.6m length today and will start taking it down to 200x200 on Monday.

Aye, they were 3 tonnes at 7m when they were first lifted onto my trailer. Luckily I have a telehandler to move them about.

Hello, would anyone have a Lucas mill they'd be interested in selling? A 10-30 or an 8-30 would be perfect. Nooie

Some of the Greenheart I’ve been milling over the last few months. Been taking them down to 200x200 mm. Not the easiest to mill for sure. Anyone selling a Lucas mill?

No, I don't have one, but I told him a shredder seems the way to go.

Yeah, there are loads round here. You can ask the recycling guy for as much as you like. He gets paid to take it away so if anyone wants some, it saves him shipping it away.

I don't know about that.

Or worse still, the fish eat the feed with microplastics, which is then eaten by humans (plastic has been found in the meat). We don't eat it and I don't know many fishfarm workers that do. i used to work on fishfarms and after seeing what went into fish, I wouldn't eat it.

Aye, I'm thinking a day's hire isn't worth the hassle of possibly an expensive fix later..

It gets thin where there's bends, but most of it is still pretty thick. Our poly tunnel has just stood up to 80mph winds no problem.