New Forest Firewood Co

Rob I've tried to get hold of you regarding buying 4 x oregon 68 link 73lpx 3/8 chains for my husqy 372. No delivery needed as i can pick up from you locally. pm me asap pls. Ive tried to email off your site and got bounced back and left a message on your answerphone. Cheers Rich

Anyone got any idea of the price of a Thor mignon 10.5 t petrol engined splitter recently? Any alternatives considered. Must be petrol engined and movable. Looking for quick ish splitter for rings mainly although might billet smaller stuff and crosscut on Oregon easy saw horse type thing.

What's the tacho issue? I'm sure you don't need a tacho to pull a trailer of logs?

Bump bump, any updates on this?

I'm sure the value of a forum is that there's a discussion thread that's public... if you're marketing timber try woodlots to advertise your timber. it's quite a useful site. WoodLots

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/so-you-own-a-woodland.pdf/$file/so-you-own-a-woodland.pdf

in fact i'm so helpful the pdf copy is here to download.... http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/so-you-own-a-woodland.pdf/$file/so-you-own-a-woodland.pdf:thumbup:

the FC in the South East of England used to do a short booklet aimed at new woodland owners called "so you own a woodland" an no nonsense first steps guide aimed at beginners. theres some good books listed above but theres also a lot of stuff to take in that you just dont need to know as a beginner. there's also no rush. jo ellis wrote the book(let) google it... or email the forest services office at bucks horn oak, surrey. someone there may be able to help.

lyncombe climber... be interested in your graph too. enquiriesatnewforestfirewooddotcom cheers in hope...

great diagnosis. Thought as much. Thanks all.

whats the difference between 265's and the 31.00's? Anyone got any pics....

hi a lot of my ash has insect chambers/ holes between the bark and the wood. anyone know what this is?

the mk 2 is the best for towing. mk 3 was too highly geared for towing and there was a bit of a clutch issue that ford never really publicly acknowledged (allegedly). i think the mk 4 sorted that out.

weve got a ford ranger and need 4 new tyres. currently got 265/70/15s on there in mainly on rd pattern. want to put general grabber at's on there. was thinking same size. can i get away with something slightly taller? perhaps ?

Yep, he says his sankey trailer is 1.5m3 but he means 1.5m2. if it was 1.5m2 and 1m deep he'd be right.... Its prob more like 30cms deep minus wheelarches etc.

Did you get this sorted. PM me if not.

£45- 50/ hr assumes that you are a professional forester experienced in woodland management/ writing and delivering plans/ acting as forestry works manager etc

regarding the felling licence if the trees are over 7cm dbh they are licenceable if i remember.

You need a decent Forester/ Woodland Manager with a bit of experience. There's a number of things you need to take into account and it depends on what your management objectives are for the stand. As a guide with OK at that age/ height, assuming it's been managed reasonably actively or at least thinned a few times in the last 40 yrs you should be looking for a basal area/ ha of approx 24 after thinning. If it hasn't been managed properly or thinned before and has a massively high BA/ ha then you'll need to thin it little and often to get it down gradually to 24. Get a relascope and do some sweeps and get back on here. Whats the range of dbh (diameter at breast height) of the stand? is the range massive (not been thinned much) or are the trees all the same size (suggesting its been thinned)? You want to be removing the worst formed and the smaller diameter trees first. You dont need to do it all at once though. Remember you'll need a felling licence for felling over 5m3 in a calendar quarter...

Oh for a decent sized dry barn like that... forget parking the truck in it, that would have to take its chances outside.....

we get this in a local pub. did a couple of loads of super dry beech last yr as the regular bloke had a hernia. what wa sleft of his wood (soaked oak from a ditch) was outside in a puddle under a tarp. we put two loads in and the guy compined as ours didn't last as long as the usual guy. the usual guy still puts wood in there, stacked outside the pub against the wall in the rain. wetter than when it was split i reckon. i just cant enjoy my pint hearing a log hissing on the fire.....

Any other multipla owners then......?

Lower forest, fuelwood don't have any at the mo.... I'm right on the south coast so east berks isn't too far. Which town?

cheers for that lowerforest, very helpful update. whereabout's are you in the country? be interested in taking a look if im ever passing if that's ok?

Don't undersell yourself. Don't sell anyone any rubbish.Neither does any of us any good in the long term. Sort your costs out properly, research your local markets, find a niche nobody else is doing without needing to "go for it" just to survive. Go in for the long game, and do it properly, do our industry a favour. There's enough quick buck searching sharks out there annoying us and our customers until they don't get any re-orders and give up.