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  1. pembswoodrecycling
    I have an oxdale, its amazing, does everything you need it to, and about the cheapest available. also they guys at the factory are really friendly, its a proper British - made in a shed- job and I'm fairly sure they do alternatives to hydraulic (i.e. PTO etc). Bought ours four years ago, no problems as yet!
  2. pembswoodrecycling
    No deal yet, just a customers suggestion. Thanks SMG, could you PM me your number again, I can't remember where I found it when last we spoke.
  3. pembswoodrecycling
    did you know the client before hand?
  4. pembswoodrecycling
    this year the firewood business is taking off for me, more demand fr logs than I can cope with, just how I like it! I'm not into buying cordwood to process, I prefer to recover it myself. I was talking to one of my customers yesterday, who happened to be a arboriculturalist and he gave me a phone number of a man who he said was an agent who sells woods and forestry. He told me he thought his clients with small woodlands would be keen for someone to take out first thinnings and storm damage, because saw mills are not interested in small plots of land (five acres or less). I'm not sure what to think, would I actually be doing him and his clients a favour, or am I just phoning a stranger and asking for something for nothing?
  5. pembswoodrecycling
    it can if you take a hose pipe to it!
  6. pembswoodrecycling
    I like this guy, if you are the same price as others but provide a more caring service, who are they gonna choose? if you're a fiver dearer who are they gonna choose? or a tenner? People will pay a lot more for a little consideration, which you give for free, because you're nice people, it just so happens your logs are a wee bit dearer!
  7. pembswoodrecycling
    Do you sell any wholesale? To who? And are they keen on it? Sorry to be asking so many questions, just keen to learn! Thanks for your help.
  8. pembswoodrecycling
    How much do you sell them for philg? And how do you Market them? I really like the look of these machines, they've been playing on my mind. A valuable product, even just out of the hedge! Nice thought.
  9. pembswoodrecycling
    I'm just starting up, and I couldn't agree with you all more! We've been burning logs of all types for as long as I can remember and we've never bought a log! My dad made sure that I knew the difference between hard/soft, wet/dry, green/seasoned etc and I would never sell anyone anything that isn't up to a standard good enough to burn. I also make sure the customer knows exactly what they're getting from me so that they can make their own decision. Then I read in the paper ''hardwood logs for sale, £40 a cubic meter". I must be mad.
  10. pembswoodrecycling
    Sounds good, you could probably make it so that you could use it either way round. As long as you don't mind scratching that lovely new paint work! I havn't seen one of these used, do they vibrate much? Or could you get away without three point linkage all together and just connect the PTO when it's needed? Save knocking holes in your nice new machine. Or bolt the machine down to a steel frame or pallet with the cat I pins and even an A frame should you so wish. The gearbox sounds good if it already has splined shaft fittings. I've used the gearbox from flat belt pulleys in the past. Toppers have good ones as well. I hope this helps, I don't want to talk you into doing more work than you need to! Jamie
  11. pembswoodrecycling
    Just found out they weigh 603Kg, I'd lift it into position first with the loader, then attach to the three point linkage.
  12. pembswoodrecycling
    Do you do small bales on your smallholding? the lister type bale elevators are excellent for moving logs, and can pich them up for less than £100 most of the time this sort of thing bale elevator | eBay Is it an old or important building? for the sake of a new lintel you could perhaps widen the doorway and get the 135 in? Make a small crane for the 3-point linkage of the tractor? - plenty of power and as long as you like (obviously the longer it is the less you can lift) Mechanical wheelbarrow? you can hire them if you can't afford one? ordinary wheelbarrow? cheaper still. use your imagination. failing all that, move the processor up to the door using a crowbar and rollers and attach the tractor to the machine once in place. What do these processors weigh? could you lift it into position with the loader?
  13. pembswoodrecycling
    Plenty of forestry, cheap labour, cheap fuel, less tax, no health and safety concerns......etc:thumbup:
  14. pembswoodrecycling
    That would be solved quite quickly with a phone call or visit to each of his new customers to introduce himself.
  15. pembswoodrecycling
    Why not get more than one frame? Cheaper than buying a loader and will cut down on the number of times you need to change implements.
  16. pembswoodrecycling
    Up and running, take a look..... it's a good'un! Welcome to Facebook ? Log in, sign up or learn more
  17. pembswoodrecycling
    What about willow? seems to grow like wildfire with us.
  18. pembswoodrecycling
    Ah I didn't realise you meant a business page... How do you set up one of those?
  19. pembswoodrecycling
    thats a nice idea but I don't think any of my facebook friends are in my target market! going to go ahead and stock the briquettes though, I'm getting a special deal on them so I can sell them on for £4 a bag, from what I can tell I think thats very competitive, especially for round here. Now I just sit back and wait for the orders to roll in!
  20. pembswoodrecycling
    Its a nice idea but it would be better if it was a hydraulic splitter, I like the conveyor filling the truck without unhitching idea though
  21. pembswoodrecycling
    Pint of diesel and an old tyre! No right or wrong way really, I have a small set of bellows, that gets a stick or bark or moss or something going a treat, failing that just blow on it!
  22. pembswoodrecycling
    I prefer vertical, the logs don't roll off the side once you've split them. Also with a tractor mounted one I can lower it to the ground so I don't need to lift great heavy rings and break my back!
  23. pembswoodrecycling
    I've spoken to the very nice people at Thomas Joinery and I'm going to go and see them very soon. next step is to aproach my existing customers, though I have a feeling that selling briquettes may be easier than selling kindling...
  24. pembswoodrecycling
    minus 12?! what does that mean..... antiwater?!
  25. pembswoodrecycling
    I've had contact with them already actually, they've offered me the chance to sell their briquettes for them, it would be a bit cheeky of me to ask them "who do you sell your briquettes to, I want to compete with you?!" I could perhaps do with a chat with you WFWales, I'm only just starting up and the processing is no problem, but my marketing really lets me down, or at least I'm struggling to sell anything at the moment

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