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    that's a good point, iam considering covering them on top with a big tarp now they are dry and before the weather turns
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    thanks, it's not all my work, more of s team effort, iam waiting on some more timber to arrive, so will be interesting to see how it goes
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    Yes Gdh i must say i don't miss changing knives, the hydraulic raise / lower is great, i can also cut the blanks for the kindle machine, was having s sensible discussion the other day with someone on down time during a day, all these little things like swapping knifes or grading timber to minimise knife changes still take time, some things there is no getting away from but if we can minimise the down time then gotta be a good thing, did u see that picture of all that straight timber ? i don't know where they source that from but it puts my stuff in the shadow
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    some more pics at the various stages of mods, it's working well, and gives more uniform logs
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    I saw an 8 way knife an the fuelwood open day it looked super, Fuelwood have helped me out, i had an old knife than was to be destined to be the donor for an 8 way, i cut the middle out and Fuelwood very kindly welded the knives in place, i have done a slight tweek to the lower part just to get it to do even 4 way splits, the little shark fin on the bottom is working really well, i have included a pic of the old 6 way for ref, the logs that come off the 8 way are great, a bit smaller than the 6 way once over about 10 inch, the 8 way goes down to about 8 inch which is better in 4, so i can cover all diameters with one knife and iam finding i can avoid the bigger logs that i used to resplit, also Fuelwood modified the pin to be removable, this makes switching the knife out a real sinch, not that i can see me needing to change it
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    i find if iam steady i can pic up both at the same time with the fork lift, i can imagine it's one of those jobs than if you gave to staff they would be having them go over every 5 mins, i have had two bags topple in four years of using this system, one in the kiln and the other while drying in the block
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    Hi William, where iam if the weather is good they come down to about 25% in 3 -4months all except oak which i find is best bust up and left for a year at least, logs cut to 10 inch and decent size none of these midi logs which i see a few people doing now, i think they have worked out they dry faster and burn quicker, to avoid mouldy you are best to fill the bags when you have a good bit of weather my gut feel is that if you put 40% logs in, then they sit in damp with low temps and no cover, that you have tipped the scales too far the other way, they need a bit of a head start to help to avoid mouldy but it is possible to do, did i see you gone all posh ? how you getting on with it ?, and who's was all that nice straight timber ? will get a pic of the bags 2 high when i get 5
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    yes swinny only cubic metre, not a prob for me as i don't sell by the bag i just dry them i deliver in a pick up i do notice that some bags fill the back almost full and others need to be topped up by another third of s bag, they hold more than a metre as they do stretch and bulge, but variations could be an issue for some
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    I use bag supplies full mosquito mesh, don't bother with the 26 stripe ones they are all no good imo, have tried lots of different ones, iam on my fourth year with bag supplies full mosquito, they are filled straight off the transaw, no mouldy issues, and they dry well, one bag per pallet and stack two high outside in full sun, have gone 4 heigh but it's a bit dodge as they move as they dry, 2 high is better, then to load just put the pallet on back of pick up leaving about 4 inch overhang over the tail gate , tip the bag up off the pallet, move pallet away then lift a tipping loop with fork, close tailgate, i can do this without having to get off the fork lift about 9 times out of 10, i don't have a rotator or the outlay for boxes, don't get me wrong i think boxes rotator etc etc is better but i can make this work and outlay is less and i have space back as stock reduces
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    I think you have raised a valid point will, handling them once gives you a quality control, i have managed to get my process down to just touching the wood once when i unload, the only other way i can see that would allow you to deliver quality would be to invest in proper log cleaner / grader and use rotator to load a tipper .... which is plenty of till, still if you had the volume then manually handling the wood is a no go
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    Ash
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    Thanks Matthew, how many of the smaller bags do you do with two people in an hour ? cheers
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    That's good to know, what diameter can you process ? do u do logs or kindling and bulk bags or nets ? cheers
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    Have to say i love the look of the s3 my tractor is about 70 hp so not sure, also i think an s3 is going to be a lot more than a branch logger which i have seen u can pick up pretty cheap
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    dave, i tried to pm you but could not get the new website to work, let me know him much u are looking for and i will have a count up, cheers
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    That would be great like u say for charcoal
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    Iam looking to tidy up some hedges which have grown out, iam thinking maybe a branch logger would be a good tool and may also be able to sell the nets, either that or possibly a Bilke s3, but i appreciate they are different machines, has anyone used or seen these used to produce low grade cheap firewood. either that or just hire in a forestry mulch head on a 360 and flatten the lot, possibly seems a shame though
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    Iam looking to purchase and have pretty much got it down to Trak Met or Forester, still debating / trying to justify the hydraulics as it's only really going to be for weekend use, if u search on here for some past posts then there is some good points covered by people who actually use the different bits of kit, be interested to see where u end up with it
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    How do you get on weight wise ? i have thought about these for doing the kindling net deliveries but i think for the mean time i will have to stick with the trailer, do you load in bags or just loose ? cheers
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    Yes i have seen those three powered roller decks they look good, i have also seen one of the tajfun's dooing a demo, it did look good think it was the 400 at the apf, how many tones do you do between chain sharpens ? i get on really well with my processor but always in search decent straight hardwood, 3500 tons is a good amount i reckon mines done only about 2200 cube so prob about 1000 ton, i have got to get a covered area sorted for it so its not exposed to the elements, too much to do and never enough time, log orders starting to come in now, so thats good.
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    Starting to get the hang of it now, using in compressed mode is better and att pics is easier than old site, thanks for all your work
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    Yes mostly iam on my own so iam hopefull it will work better, only things i can see that maybe a prob is bendy bits ! but they always have potential to cause problems, and those spirals which used to rotate then tilt and twist then drop through the gap won't be able to do it anymore, however iam sure there will be another set of issues with it set up like this, how do you get on with the Tajfun ?
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    I have been trying some different layouts for my japa 2 chain log deck, ended up removing the non driven rollers and moving it tight to the machine, i have run a few lengths through and it seems ok, has anyone tried this ? or different layouts, ? i know it's only a basic deck but it works well
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    Slightly different but installing a limited slip diff into a gearbox, i was able to zip tie all three shafts together and lift out all the gears as one, just leaving the diff, i installed new bearings and bolts and set the preload, took just under an hour on the bench.
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    they fold down like this

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