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Advice urgantly needed
pembswoodrecycling replied to pembswoodrecycling's topic in Training & education
I climbed a tree to get away from them once.... never looked back! I picked the best one to move in with, no regrets there. I'm not saying I don't want a degree, but I might be better suited to getting an HND first whilst working and then doing the top up course or something. I dont doubt that I'll regret all this in the future. but at the moment its hard to see past tomorrow. -
Cord is worth what you can sell the logs for minus the cost of processing, storage, transport and wages. If you can make your profit on it then its worth it. alway try and beat them down though
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Advice urgantly needed
pembswoodrecycling replied to pembswoodrecycling's topic in Training & education
Hah I'm actually okay for "poon-tang" at the moment, I'm living with some! I sought similar advice in my first year and I stuck with it. I'm now at my whit's end. At the moment I feel that I'm better off starting again with something I enjoy before I'm too old. I appreciate the support though guys... -
I'm 21 and I'm a second year Mechanical Engineering student at Cardiff University. I hate it. After a year of it affecting my health I have been diagnosed with severe Depression and Anxiety. I made a mistake by going to university, I need and love to work outside. I can't face sitting any more exams, but with little accreditation for my work so far I need to do something else. Can anyone on here reccommend a route into tree work that might suit me? A day release course or an apprenticeship perhaps. I'm a quick learner and all my grades were good, I just need to not be in university, but following a career path that I want. Also I'm no stranger to woodland, brought up on a farm (its that that im missing) this last year I've been selling logs, kindling and briquettes and doing quite well, but its not a business I could make a living from. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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I'm 21 and I'm a second year Mechanical Engineering student at Cardiff University. I hate it. After a year of it affecting my health I have been diagnosed with severe Depression and Anxiety. I made a mistake by going to university, I need and love to work outside. I can't face sitting any more exams, but with little accreditation for my work so far I need to do something else. Can anyone on here reccommend a route into tree work that might suit me? A day release course or an apprenticeship perhaps. I'm a quick learner and all my grades were good, I just need to not be in university, but following a career path that I want. Also I'm no stranger to woodland, brought up on a farm (its that that im missing) this last year I've been selling logs, kindling and briquettes and doing quite well, but its not a business I could make a living from. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Okay so the log sales have all but dried up with the better weather. I've been thinking about how to generate some more sales.... is it worth approaching coal merchants with kindling? is anyone likely to buy at this time of year?
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Nick channer is probably the bloke you want on here, no doubt he'll see this soon.
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unicorn log splitter versus hydraulic
pembswoodrecycling replied to maxdouglas's topic in Firewood forum
Hi welcome to the forum. Might be worth having a search on the forum because I'm sure we discusses exactly this quite recently. In my experience I've found the screw type splitters to be dangerous and unreliable, forever bending shafts. Hydraulic splitters are much more civilised! Certainly don't get rid of a hydraulic splitter for a screw type. -
Wish I'd get offers like this in west Wales!
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The market is largely consumer-led. demand and therefore price can vary hugely depending on quality of the product and the service provided. Competition in local supply can also have a large impact on price, or rather whether or not the product will sell at that price. Also there are other factors like the affluence of an area, people with more spair cash are more likely to buy logs. Weather is a factor - even if logs are over-priced most of the year, one good cold snap will inevitably sell more, again because of changes in demand.
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What is the price of charcoal? Is it worth making?
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I've heard similar stories, which I think is rediculous. An auger can be used to move just about anything as long as it's designed properly. If you do go down the chip route be sure to buy from an engineering company rather than just some stockist, and look for the company with the most years experience and best after sales service. Make sure you get references and follow as many of them up as you can. Any engineer worth his salt will stand by a machine he designed.
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I'll be interested in the outcome of this. I would have thought that the automated system would be the way forward, especially if you want the "turnkey" benefits of on demand heating. Are they holiday cottages? With logs you may find yourself working day and night to keep the boiler going just for someone else's benefit. Takes a lot of logs to maintain 100kw. Although both systems are a cost (chip more than logs) remember you will be able to claim the RHI which you can't whilst on fuel oil. With my mechanical engineering hat on, it's much more reliable to have a big system running at a low output than it is to have a small system running at capacity. Just my thoughts....
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25x0.45=36.25???? business is going well is it?! Think you mean 1.45 haha
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Builders bags tend to be 80x80x80 which is about half a meter cube (0.512) 90x90x90 is more like three quarters of a cube (0.729) I can't help with prices, but its worth thinking about what size they are so you know what to charge.
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I'd jump at that for a fiver a cube. do you ever get any of that sort of stuff slack? cheap is always welcome
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Give that man a coconut!
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Thanks guys that's helpful. Don't think I'll be able to fill artics any time soon, but I'll definitely look into garden centres etc especially since I already supply a couple with lit's. Sorry about how I first worded the question, I'll spend a few more hours pouring over it next time!!
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Thanks tommer that's really useful. Basically a chipper will pay for itself eventually, and although not a fortune it could generate some form of income from what was previously waste, can't lose! [Thumb up:]
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Is that a trade secret?
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In his defence the news says arctic is getting smaller!
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Okay fair enough, what about smaller outlets? is there much call for chip at garden centres etc?
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In the past we've hired a chipper but just used the chip around the farm, gateways etc, applying for the D7 exemption would be the next step (not burnt anything to date), but we may not need to bother with that if we were to chip all our waste. For biomass is just a pile outside sufficient? we have hard standing, not concrete though. is there a time limit? the chip must start to rot eventually? also how would you get in touch with some such company?
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thats's neither helpful nor relevant. Clearly I'm asking for advice and suggestions. Still setting up and finding my feet. considering all options, I would say is inherrantly not stupid. Do you, PhilBeech, know everything about everything in the world ever?.........clearly not. "Learning is only the progressive realisation of our own ignorance" - Albert Einstein A stupid question it may be, but could someone please put forward something useful?
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Anyone have any thoughts on how and where its best to sell wood chip to? I don't have a chipper at the moment, but it seems such a waste setting fire to all that brash.
