Crazy Cutter
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Thankyou rover well said.
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Then you hear stories of people paying £25 ton standing??? You can make money if you see the job through from cutting standing timber to delivering a load of logs to the customer. I appreciate this is not possible for everyone but might be the way to go if you cant afford to by in cord. I'm paying 20.00 per cube standing for mainly hardwood with some nurse spruce etc. Its the going rate here now if you still want decent stuff?
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straight fell along leyland hedge. tie butt to stump first to stop roll.
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Coppice we have been there before. Decent cutters? there aren't many around here who can fell without smashing up what you are trying to save. Extraction machinery has become too big as well adding to the look of destruction. Roadside prices are still around 50 p/t here at present. lots of pine going for biomass but oak sitting about unsold too big for a processor. Firewood has turned into a bandwagon by consultants but this year joe publics cheque book ran out and the bank won't send a new one!!
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Are logs a sideline or a full time business ?
Crazy Cutter replied to Dave Martin's topic in Firewood forum
Full time business for me. i fell for firewood and usually sell loads every month of the year. -
Ford 4610 no back window, door etc, the wife never let them in the woods! You can't beat the old tractors like landrovers always go somehow!
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Chris impressed by your photo what size trailer and how many tonnes? My tractor would struggle with that load on.
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Timber weight and m3
Crazy Cutter replied to Ben Ballard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
And someone using the 50% ratio like me not 30% like some consultants try! My faith is restored twice in one evening! -
Timber weight and m3
Crazy Cutter replied to Ben Ballard's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
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if a single butt roadside felled, normally get anything from 50 to 100 quid for an 8 foot 30 inch though did get 200 last year for something a bit bigger. most won't touch road fieldside trees metal etc is always the excuse. plank it yourself turn it regularly and sell next year!
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i mean't wheeled chipper.
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Started today felling and splitting the larch/doug/pine/spruce wood i had refused cos it didn't seem economical! at least it will be ready for the feb rush if last year is anything to go by? and yes larch does give a rash!
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Cheap and that's saying something coming from me!
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Just been reading through all the threads. i was working nearby that day there was a gale that afternoon and it rained heavily. why did the teacher take the children through woodland with those conditions? i don't see how the trust can be blamed for a tragic accident.
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400 tonne felled by myself, expecting to shift 600 this season(april to april).
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My cord stack measured 32 cube but only produced 28 cube split this week? all was oak and chestnut 2 inch up to 12 inch i guess its time to call it a day! at least the forestry manager has earn't his wage.
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Been felling all day its been bugging me! wish i had not stated this thread. Simply can't increase prices just like that people won't stomach it. we live in difficult times the second recession will be worst than the first and people quite frankly will take the cheapest but expect the best! lost 3 customers this week solely on price not quantity. Yes i may run out but there will become a time when those who are pricey will have wood left at the end of winter!!!
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I might be wrong but beech is heavier than oak and elm more than those?
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It also depends how tight you stack, bendy wood and size of logs within the cord? what would you say on weight to volume? my stacks are worked out on 50/50 air/wood and weighted at 1.5 tonne per cube.
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you have hit the nail on the head. People will still find 600.00 for oil though some people still see logs as non-essential and that we get it for free!! that is starting to change this year more than last. a lot more customers are getting prepared bigger loads etc.
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I must apologise to farmer ben. Norfolk is full of big estates that can only/will only operate with a government grant. firewood is being used as something to fill the mens time which ain't very helpfull to those who have been doing woodland work for some time, have a mortgage to pay but don't have the turnover to qualify for grants. again i'm sorry for my generalisation.
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An axe and two wedges. split four lengths as i fall it leave it for a few months and then extract it. seasons quicker that way and zero overheads. i'm in debt to no one, no grant no loan. i extract about 6 tonne a day by hand and i enjoy it. i am having a spitter built though front mounted on the tractor which will do 4 four lengths without getting out of the cab. diesel is going one way up!!!!!!!!!! i don't know how the estates/farmers make money on firewood here? it must just be the grant that my taxes have paid for.
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At least i don't clean the toilet and i make sure we have vindaloo every night.
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Nearly but no!!!!!!! thats melton park firewood. its like cluedo this you know! what about you? My truck is green and i'm a faller!
