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Hooray I am not alone on this. Mind you I am a grumpy old bu@@er tonight and going to disagree with you about ash . I find that ash lasts remarkably well in the stack in spite of it being a non durable timber. Doing a job for someone on Saturday where the the wood was at least 2 years in the stack. The beech was on the turn and birch well we all know what birch is like and could have got the saw through it even if hadn't been running but the ash was pretty much perfect. Oh and the chestnut was still sopping wet.
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Nice sized timber. Wish you were closer
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We always dry it hence me grizzling about how long it takes. No way is at as heavy as oak when dry or do you mean kWh per kg? Handbook of hardwoods has the dry weight of Sweet chestnut at 540kg/m3 and oak at 670kg/m3.
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No idea how much they are cutting. Wont be available until next summer as wont be able to get a lorry in until the ground dries out. All presuming the ground does dry out in the summer If that still sounds of interest will ask for you.
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I will give it 4 out of 5 from that list. In all seriousness is there any way what we have had could be different from your guys , summer/winter cut maybe? I realise summer cut would take longer to dry but might it burn differently? I have burnt some at home and it goes but gives off little heat. Reckon you boys must be growing so talking it up
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Really? Honest to god it's the worst wood IME and dread it turning up on a load. Euro charge £10 less a tonne so it cant be that great. Only times we have had complaints is when the customers have had chestnut and thats after we have dried it for 2 years. "dont bring me any more of that yellow muck" was one of the responses. I dry it separately as it takes so long and then only put a bit in any load and even then only for customer I am prepared to lose. Anything straight I now put aside for fence posts as is at least good for that
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For firewood?
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Anyone further afield just to give me a rough idea? Got a haulage price now so roadside price would be great.
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I would start by calling Euroforest
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Think your oak is sweet chestnut Dead easy to process as cuts and splits brilliantly. Now the bad bit. Hellish heavy when wet and very slow to dry. Light when dried and had mutterings from customer about it as it burns with little flame and does not give off much heat. If you got a lot of it in the load and you have paid proper hardwood money for it have a mutter in the suppliers ear as its £10 a tonne cheaper than hardwood around here and thats too much IMO. Had a fight once with Euro about a whole pile of it in a load but managed to get a part refund.
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Can probably track someone local down for you. I process for some people in Umberligh and they get a chap in with tractor and forwarding trailer to move their timber once a year. Let me know if you want me to get some details. -
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A friend is cutting larch this winter and I could do with a load and be nice to get it from him. Not talked price yet and would like to know what a fair price is roadside or delivered as not had any softwood for some time. This is in the South West where prices tend to be on the steeper side. Thanks
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Been using various ones for years. Hope was the most powerful but on the heavy side and too much power for sorting things out around the yard. Current model is Olight which is lovely and light and powerful enough for most little jobs. Just got but not yet used an Ebay one which comes highly recommended by the local running club and at just a tenner got to try it. No such thing as too many head torches in my world Had a couple of Petzl's and they are good but you get a lot more power for less money elsewhere IMO
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
Woodworks replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
Hi James Yes it is shame and it's clear to see the damage it has caused to Arbtalk. So many good members like yourself have gone or rarely post. The ignore members and post does help though. I only saw this as looking up something from my Ipad thats not logged in and get to see everything. Why Steve lets this stuff run is beyond me as surly any money Arbtalk makes is through advertising and advertisers want more members but hay what do I know. Just seems odd to put so many people off to please a few who must all now know each others views just like to keep banging on about it. Hope life is good with you All the best Beau -
Stupid mistakes you've made doing tree work
Woodworks replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
Bare in mind I am not a proper tee man and just a lowly log cutter but I still fell a few trees on the family farms hedges. A large beech needed felling. Had to get a 20" bar for my 346 and even then had to cut the centre out through the gob. It had a lean so after a bit reading did a dog tooth cut. All going well until I was nearly through the back cut and then realise as it went that the tree was in fact two with an inclusion down to hedge level as the two stems went off at 100 degrees to each other. Only bit I had done right was my planed escape route which was hastily used. Time for a sit down and some trembling -
You are very cheap presuming the logs are dried and Centre Parks are making a bob or two
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The Helio ladders have a good adjustable foot and are well made IMO. Just got one for use at home and it's by far the best ladder I have used also the heaviest.
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Good that somethings never change
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I just picked up a SH 395 with 36" bar. Cant compare it with the 661 as not tried one but very impressed when ringing up this large beech as it went through it like a hot knife through butter. Also want to do some milling and the advise on here was 395 all the way.
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I thought he just sold logs not roundwood? How is he doing anyway
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If we are talking about digging with a bucket on the front I would avoid the smaller Mulitone/Avant Went to a demo of the Multione and it's very versatile and nimble but did not have a lot of push IMO. Probably not a problem if scrapping sand or wood chip of a concrete yard but digging a hole in the ground would of been hard going IMO. Our compact tractor that cost about half the price has a lot more push. I should add it was a short demo and only had forks on the front. Picking up a large lump of wood had all wheels spinning to get the forks underneath it. Once in it picked it up OK and had plenty of lifting power. Not getting one myself as it was no tractor replacement. 21K for something covered in fragile glass fibre panels that will get broken as soon as they see a log or stone seemed daft.
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I admire your drive and determination Stefan but this saying popped into my head reading this thread
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Thats how I see it to. Lots of cuts in the video so guessing sorting out problems or logs falling before splitting. Look at the length of them logs as well. I have just taken orders for around 15m3 in the last couple of days and everyone of them is for 9" logs not 16" plus like in the video. Looks great on Youtube but in the real world?
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Yes I have always thought the same Matt. Considered having a go myself but had a chat with a local tree surgeon we both know and I told him the prices some on here charge per hour for grinding and he fell about laughing. Dont think the rates locally match with what they can get up the line. Also not a great deal of demand as us Devon folk dont seem to care about having an old stump rotting in the garden
