Woodworks

Interesting your view on hourly rates. Clearly from this thread it's not a popular way to charge. Never had any complaints but they may be biting their tongues. Surly paying for the exact amount of work done is the fairest rout and least likely way to leaving anyone hard done by? Might look at day rates but not going down job rate as that would require looking at jobs and quoting which sounds like a right ball ache for just cutting up logs.

Sorry should have said this for firewood processing not tree work as such. Often there is not a whole days work to be had. Other jobs are long way from home so worth working late to clear a pile to avoid a return trip. Maria don't you eat during the day? I would fall over without a good supply of sandwiches.

I would come around to the French way of thinking in no time

I am self employed and charge by the hour and only include hours worked and don't include any breaks when billing. Get the impression from customers they just expect to get billed from arrival to leaving but don't know for sure. Whats the norm?

Hi Charlie Down here I charge £27 per hour and 45 pence per mile plus Vat. Would expect to cut between 20-30 cube of logs in a day depending on the wood and efficiency of the helpers. Did a record for me yesterday cleared the guys 19 tonne load of oak and some more arb wast but this was perfect processor sized oak with and ex marine and another strong lad helping.

No but its very much wetter. We are talking about RH here and just to prove the point it's 99% RH outside at the moment. But this is beside the point as I don't doubt that a proper polly tunnel works very well in summer and fairly well in winter but Pete mentioned putting a clear tarp over his logs instead of a coloured one not making a polly tunnel. For UK polly drying there are lots of members on here that use it to dry their logs. Some good info in here http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/13064-polly-tunnel-storage.html Pete I think you have to use what you have. I guy just a few miles from me but down in a valley tried drying logs in IBCs with hats just the same as us but the logs went mouldy due to almost no wind in the valley and little sun in the winter months. We are on hill and very breezy so always got good air circulation. Some places are sunny some are windy. If lucky you get both. Don't think there is a one hat fits all solution.

Sunny in the winter months Not down this neck of the woods anyway unless we get a cold easterly and they are rare as hens teeth.

It's all about airflow as far as I can tell Pete. More the better while limiting rain ingress. Not going to get much heat into them whatever colour tarp you use over the winter months and doubt it make much difference in the summer either. Admit to not trying it though.

Would like to buy local if possible probably just one pallet to start with. PM or call Beau 01822 852933

Last lot of processor sized beech we got was £40 roadside but I did bite their arm off at that price.

Don't know how the size of the logs affects the equation plus stack alternating must reduce the amount of logs but did a stacked V loose in this thread http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/64099-stacked-v-loose-logs-conversion-rate.html

Got some oak constructional veneer. It's 2.6 mm thick

Looks bl00dy good to me mate. Where about is it?

Been considering it myself but not sure there is the demand in the SW. Talked to various people about it lately and all have said they did not think enough people would want the service. There are lots of mills around so you have to find the folk who don't know the chap around the corner who has one. Sorry for the negativity but just how I see it. I will add for me the SW is Devon and Cornwall and there maybe demand further afield.

Can't say I am tempted. It works very well and met too many people with digits missing due to mishaps with splitters to risk it. Think you have the a Thor with the leader system Rowan how do get on with it?

Yes the paw handle is great IMO. Before buying I was very dubious and liked the Thor Leader system but after a visit to a show thought paw would be OK. Now would not be without it. Did slightly adjust mine so it could grip close to the blade as for some reason it was set so it could only get within around 4" of the edge.

Hmm that might work. Think the winch is really designed for pulling in and uprighting billets but I have given up messing around with billets so could set this up just for rings. If I moved the winch so it was centred over to the left and did as you suggest and had a drop down flap it might do the trick. In reality that big ring was more to demonstrate what it can lift and pull. With slightly smaller rings it is a doddle getting rings onto the table as is. Food for thought though

Is it not down the difficult/expensive of them having to live in seawater? The marine environment is pretty unforgiving.

Welcome to come see our Krpan. Recon if I ran it at it's max PTO RPM it would as fast that woodline and much better made if memory serves me right.

Yes it's not a perfect set up but I have put a much larger than normal table on it. It would't need swinging out to get it over the normal table but wouldn't have space for rings of that size on the original table either. Might look into logged on's idea.

They look good. Tried some of the Ripeur 2 gloves but with such short cuffs my wrist got shredded.

Sounds bonkers to me but is provenance worth that much? Large Historic Oak Slab table top (board room table)

Thanks for the help on this. Not gone for the complication of fitting the jack into the machines leg and just gone for a removable leg. Works perfectly and fast

It was one of the main reasons I went for the Krpan. Other splitter winches are very expensive but the Krpan one is relatively cheap as it's low tech with just a clutch and rope to actuate it. None of this remote control hydraulic winch type affair that Posch offer. Mind you they look the bees knees.

Good to hear that a milling service can offer value to the client.