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Thanks for all the replies. it looks like I can conclude that Dartmoor is the worst place in country to dry logs. I have just had a proper check just now and a 3 year air dried piece of ash on top of the stack in the avatar was at 22%. On the upside I am only competing with log dealers in this area and they undoubtedly have the same problems.
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For a Pro drill with a top quality battery that sounds like a good price. Happy drilling and screwing
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Winter 2012-13: weather prediction
Woodworks replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in General chat
I don't know about the long range forecast but we have had the odd wintry shower here every day since Thursday and Mendips Logs has reported 50mm of snow today! If it's like this now and the weather patterns stay the same I see no reason to doubt a prediction for a cold winter. Reporting from a bleak Dartmoor. -
Some people don't rate steel stoves (like the burley) compared to cast iron (like the handol), as they say they don't last as long dunno its thats true or not etc? I have seen no evidence of this being true. I know of several older Woodwarm and Clearviews that show no signs of corrosion. I am seriously thinking of replacing our cast iron Saey Scope with one of these Burley stoves but can't decide what size model to look at. The Saey is rated at 12kw max but frankly is to powerful for our house unless it's -10, I was thinking of the 8kw version but Stubby's comment about how much heat they give out has got wondering if we could go down to 5kw Thanks for this thread it's good to read about new stoves and how good/bad they are
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Thanks chaps Ashes can I ask what splitter you are using?
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I gave up on Bosch because of the price they charge for replacement batteries. This is something I would look at closely if intending to use any cordless tools professionally.
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Still no times to do a m3 with a machine. It is not a competition (I would say that as it turns out I am very sloooow) but I would honestly like to know how long it takes with a hydraulic splitter as I may get one sooner or later, the speed will give me a guide to whether it should be sooner or later. Right I am off to find some nice rings to improve my time and I will break a sweat this time
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A drill driver is more versatile as it is much better when drilling, the impact driver is aimed at putting multiple and large screws in quickly. The Dewalt drill driver I have can drive large screws (4"-6") in when needed.
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I know you speak the truth but I am going to enjoy it while it lasts
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An impact driver works very differently. When the load is light it spins fast but when the load increases it works by giving very short burst of power. This stops the screw bit camming out of the screw head and puts almost no twisting load onto your wrist. I also have a 55NM Dewalt cordless and I have hurt my wrist with the torq it transmits to your arm. By comparison the impact driver I have is 155NM so 3 times more torq but so easy to use and much lighter.
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Smelly,noisy,saves on gym membership ,uses fuel and sometimes scares the cr@p out of me.
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OK I am very impressed with Jim and Goaty, 1m3 in 20mins is mighty quick. I don't have any excuse I also use the X27 the rings were averaging about 1' round and split into 6 without sweat but seriously impressed with 1m3 in 20 mins. We do have a Hyycrack but I now only use it on the difficult stuff.
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OK a slightly over the top title but I am interested how long you take to process a pile of rings to 1m3 of sensible sized logs 10"-12" long. I realise it depends a lot on the sort of wood you are dealing with but a ball park figure in time for normal reasonable to split wood with a few knots. What got me thinking about this is I have just done 1m3 of admittedly pretty easy sycamore in about an hour with an axe and wondered if a hydraulic splitter would have saved me much time.
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I use one of the Dewalt 18V lithium jobs like this. Dewalt DCF885L2 18v Lithium Ion XR Impact Driver DCF885 - 2x 3.0ah XR Batteries, Charger & Dewalt Toolbag - LIMITED OFFER! - DCF885L2 - £225.00 available at BuyaParcel.com My Dewalt is excellent but I know many who recommend the Makita equivalent but I think both are pretty good. I have found the step from a cordless screwdriver to an impact driver is like the step from an old fashioned screwdriver to a cordless screwdriver.
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Are you looking to stack buy hand or are you loading palletised logs with tracktor/forklift. We are looking into them as well and thought the sheep poly tunnels might be good as more ventilation is provided. I know one person on here has very long tunnels and gets good results.
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"Also hope to get brackets sorted for simple fixing to flatbed trailers" I will send you the pictures today as the brackets are working fine.
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Exactly as per the title. If you leave your logs for many years how dry can you get them and were abouts in the country are you. I read on here of people air drying down to 13%, for me on Dartmoor this is completely unachievable without a kiln or poly tunnel but am I in a minority or do others struggle to get their logs as dry as they would like. 20% on average for me on a West facing hill on Dartmoor (at the moment 95% humidity outside )
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I think this is whats being discussed. Products for the category: 12 volt grinders
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I have heard this time and time again. I think it is partly down to the fact that people will judge how good you are by how much you charge so the more you charge the better you must be (within reason). We have been charging top whack for our logs and have no problems selling them but we don't have much to sell each year so less risk.
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Crazy Cutter I don't know your situation but can you just sit tight and wait for the new sellers to run out. You only have too sell out March, April time. I hope you don't get pushed out as I understand about logs being "personal". Good Luck this season.
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They are small wooden battens that are placed between planks during the drying process to enable air to circulate all around the planks.
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We are running a small firewood business probably doing the same as you 100m3 we started off with a semi pro saw Husqvarna 340 but now have a 346XP. I have never regretted buying a pro saw and the 340 never leaves the shed even though it works perfectly. So what my advice is spend as much as you can on a quality saw that's a pleasure to use.
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Very helpful. Good price. Fast delivery. Top Work Rob
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Be fair, I was not advocating this to anyone else and you don't have to stack your wood, you just need a ratio of loose logs to stacked logs and in following this thread I will probably change the way I describe our loads to loose volume anyway.
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"Process your uk logs, wack them in a barn for 12-18 months and you should have 16% or less" This depends were you live. I am also a furniture maker but I have not heated my workshop for some time I tested some wood in there that's been there for years and it was only 18% so no chance of getting our logs down to 16%. Sadly Dartmoor is a very soggy place.
