New Forest Firewood Co

Lowerforest How much m3 and what sort of material are you putting through the multipla? Per day and what are you doing per yr with it? Cheers

The woodline multipla is out of stock at fuelwood with more expected at end jan 2013. Apparently there will be a price increase post new yr. I'm seriously interested in the multipla and would have pretty much ordered one but I just thought its worth one quick ask about. Dan - what have you got running off your tractor?

Timber cutter - why isn't the multipla ring on end friendly? I guess you mean if you put a big ring on its side most of it falls off. Dan, you've been trying to sell your splitter on eBay a while. Why are you getting shot of it if you don't mind me asking? I haven't had any experience of that type of splitter but I have a feeling that working on the floor all the time would be bad on your back.

Hi all Looking for a splitter up to about £2k I've seen a few second hand verticals on a trailer where you split straight n the floor. Seems a bit odd bending over all the time and would be a strain on your back. Vertical with a table seems good but big rings may struggle to get them on the table as theyre heavy etc. I thn I fancy a woodline multipla 10t with a spare 4 way head. That way I can do any big rings in half or quarter on the floor then put it n horizontal mode and split down all the smaller stuff at a sensible working height. Anyone got any feedback n the multipla? How does it compare to the wl bull special etc at the same tonnage? Has anyone got the pto version? I was thinking of getting e Honda engine version but would the pto version be much quicker say on an old tractor like a major/ dexta? Look forward to some informed replies.... Also, any good alternatives?

I've had two complaints this winter... One of them tells me my logs are green and were oly cut yesterday as there are leaves on them ? In fact they're 3 yrs cut and seasoned in a stack... I go in his pub and they're happily raging away in the wood burner... The other one takes a delivery of a builders bag on what's possibly the wettest day of last yr. refuses to re-book his delivery. Dry logs loaded in the wet and driven 15 miles in a normal builders bag in the wet and then dropped in his nearly full garage still in the bag. I told him to make sure he gets them out of the bag ASAP and stacks them. A week later he rings and leaves a message that the logs are wet as he's just gone out and got one out of the bag to burn...! He wants me to call him to sort something out... I ignored him and he's called again yesterday... I almost don't have the patience to call him back as I'm sure I'll lose my rag. He wanted logs off me as he had previously been delivered some "wet" logs off another local supplier..... I should have known......

Try John McDermott Or Oliver cracknell - OCR timber haulage based in ring wood. Both based in the new forest area, both have 8 wheelers. I'll dig out their numbers if you can't google them.....

I was looking at a towable splitter on eBay from someone we all known here. I just thought that working scrabbling on the ground or bent overall day would be murder. I think I'm going to go for a woodline multipla 10wl with the Hondas engine. How are these compared to the wl10 bull with the swing out tables? Are the rams the same stroke/ speed etc? Anyone got any experience?

hi there - anyone got one of these rigged up on an ifor gd 85 trailer? (without ramp) looking to get one iof it's easy to install - nffco

I reckon if you're not using a husky (jonsered) or stihl and you haven't killed it yet you're not working hard enough...... The two companies above have spent the last 50 yrs making sure these things are robust, don't knock you about and are fast and cheap to run. They've both had little "issue" saws now and again but you go into the woods or a tree surgeons yard and you'll rarely find anything but models from the big H or S. they're just designed for hard work.

You can't go wrong with a 372 and a 20" bar with full chisel chain. Any bigger saw is just dead weight unless all you've got to cut up is monster timber... Stick a 15" bar on and it's mad quick on smaller stuff.

bump bump - any updates on this machine?

Thread resurrection.... Anyone got any updates on this?

I just don't get all this mulching of standing trees. Surely we out to be making better use of the timber. It doesn't take too long tout stuff like that through a harvester. Fair enough for mulching brash and scrub or gorse but that thingis a little ott for that.....

Light gauge deer fence tornado wire with chestnut stakes coming in at about £6.50/ m down here. Obviously depends on site and access by machine for post driver.

Chances are if it's only 15 yrs old it's deaths size (7cm dbh) that's licence able. Make sure you check that it's not still covered by a grant scheme or they might have to pa the grant back. There will hardly be any timber in it, mainly brash.... In forestry you don't even generally thin conifer plantations until they are 20 yrs old. Even then it's not really economic to do so but adds value long term to the crop.

The FC no lone working with a chainsaw is based on the fact that people do die using saws and felling trees and many deaths in forestry over the years could have been avoided if the deceased had been working with a buddy. Forestry is 4 times more dangerous than the construction industry and the use are getting on the case of forestry at the moment. I knew a long standing contractor who used to be a well known face about where I used to live who got clobbered by a falling branch whilst felling and died alone in the wood as nobody knew where he was until he didn't report home for dinner. I guess the FC should be leading the way in health and safety. A lot of industry standard practice/ gear that we all use everyday was probably first introduced on FC sites. Remember arguing with a beat forester years ago about wearing a helmet or chainsaw trousers anyone...? I support them and always have someone with me it just needs a bit of thinking and planning your work. In my experience around the country most beat foresters are human, are usually supportive and just want to get things done but they do have to work with FC rules and procedures which they themselves may not be that happy about. If you make an effort to understand what they have to deal with and be nice and communicate with them in my experience they'll help you as well as they can. Don't forget, they've all been through the mincer over the last few yrs and have bigger areas to cover, more paperwork and hassle just like the rest of us....

Without blowing my trumpet, I do know my onions.....

Why don't you rent some and try them out. Lots of companies do short term personal radio rental etc. just google them and try some out.

Basically you need to find someone who understands timber mensuration ( measuring volume of trees) and get an A4 tariff done on the standing trees. You're effectively then getting a timber industry standard method of assessing the volume of the trees standing and thus the potential value. Someone who knows what they're doing will then be able to do a product breakout and then give you a valuation based on current prices/ market trends. It's pretty easy to do 60 big trees like that even with an accurate sampling fraction. Then you have an idea what they're worth and whatyouvegot and you can set yourself a reserve price. If you don't get the price you need then you don't need to cut them. You can then offer them onto the market through a sale event such as the Rennies westonbirt auction at the end of November where they will also take quality conifer such as big DF. It might be that the big mills and companies like Euroforest or tilhill don't want them as they're all about volume ( generally) but some of the smaller niche mills might be looking for some big sawlogs for their orders. There will be some smaller timber buyers who do a lot of niche marketing who would be able to buy standing, get them felled and pay you a standing pricebasedon the a4 volume or felled volume. You decide. The key Is getting the volume measure done standing and thus knowing what you've got. Obviously you'll also need a felling licence or approval under a suitable FC grant scheme/ mgt plan before you fell them. Pm me if you need any more info.

What's the cost of a riko a11...? With petrol engine.

I'm in the same position. Want a petrol splitter to deal with 120t per yr of hardwood. Looked at woodline multiplayer and bgu hs80 b at apf both looked like good machines. I like the idea of something that'll split big rings and then also will split longer (1m) smaller diameter lengths into billets that I can cut in a saw horse. Will petrol driven splitters work all day or are there limitations due to overheating etc? Anyone experienced the bgu splitter?

freelander 1 with the bmw td4 engine. 40 mpg on my old one going easy. goes most places and easy to get unstuck if you do get stuck in. get a fsh one and more reliable than the older diesels or petrol (stay away from them) the van version is really useful as is the estate version when the seats are down its just like a van and easy to muck out. back window drops down so you can gte double ladders in through the pass side and rest on the dashboard....

Anyone got one of these/ had any experience of these with the Honda engine? Saw them at the APF yesterday and they seem good value with a 2 stage ram. I was also looking at the bgu hs80 2b as i like the idea of the ability to split a 1m length then saw it into 3 or 4 logs on an oregon easyhorse in a bundle. The woodline will do 600mm or so. Anyone got any idea of the relative merits of both...

Try leader funding. Funding from eu for rural businesses. Lots of firewood/ forestry guys down here have got funding for things like tractors and trailers to processors and barns. The finding is delivered by a local panel of industry/ business experts. For Scotland try here... LEADER You dohave to fillin some forms and have a business plan - the complexity of which depends on the amount you want. They will support up to 50% of the cost in most circumstances( at least down here for wood processing) You don't get anything for nothingso there's some effort required in the apps and you will need to find the other half of the cash but it can be free money..... Remember that.

What electric sharpeners are people using and are they any good?