Woodworks
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Yep filled it in. Two major points firstly as I am always banging on about 20% is too low for those of us in the wetter humid regions of the UK. Secondly the you can sell wet logs if larger quantities than 2m3. The snag with this is 2m3 of fresh wet logs is around 1 tonne so above the payload of most pickups.
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Looks like there is a way around this if sell more than 2 cube at a time. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734636/domestic-burning-consultation-document.pdf
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If your right it's back to the furniture making......kin hell. Not going to go down the kilning route and cant guarantee below 20% in a Dartmoor winter regardless of how dry it is in the Autumn. Might of course be ways around this ie sell "part dried below 25% for you to season"
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And the market is. Government offers subsidies for biomass as it will lower long term CO2 output presuming the wood is replanted. I dont think the argument about fuel used in shipping stands up. I saw figures showing that a container coming from China used less fuel per tonne to get it to Felixstowe than was used to get it from Felixstowe to Liverpool on a lorry! Dont get me wrong it all sounds bats to me but that's how the market is working at present.
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If it's all you are going to be doing with the polly tunnel from now maybe put something over the ground with the crates on top. Been using old sheets of corugated. Stops the grass and takes the crate out of contact with the ground which stops the wooden ones rotting
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Thing is it's easy for us to bitch about Drax and other large biomass consumers but how do we want to power this country? FF are the enemy of global warming so it's renewables. The general public appear sick of on land wind and solar. We dont want to go to the expense of insulating our older housing stock but want our homes toasty warm and the lights to stay on. Not suggesting large scale biomass is the answer but we have to except something
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Is this not a general trait? Not used the two brands for as long as some on here but the Stihl's seem to have a bit more torque but run a bit slower. Husky's great for cutting within bar length and snedding while the Stihl's have that low end grunt for keeping going with the tip buried.
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Wow! presuming thats with VAT but even so £80 ex vat a tonne delivered is one heck of a lot. Mind you if you work on the fact your price has doubled thats £20 price increase per cube for the raw material. Adding £20 per cube doesn't sound so bad but not easy I am sure. Try putting the prices up as if you are going to pack it in otherwise you have nothing to lose. Dont think anyone would chose logs if they want to get rich quick or have an easy life. Not surprised driving a van would be more profitable per hour as I doubt I earn more that a tenner an hour if all the hours worked are taken into account. Good luck and hope you can find a way to make it pay.
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White liner on the truck floor. Makes it extra slippery for use with the Loadhandler.
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Doing a delivery yesterday and was winding the logs out on the Loadhandler. Noticed a pong in the air and thought there must be something dead laying around in the wild garden. Then noticed a desiccated rat in the load of logs! Fortunately the customer was out and just chucked it back into the truck. Thats one of the downsides to tipping loads in instead of being hand sorted.
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Oregon Yukons here. Last me years of part time use. Not too hot and tough enough for some hedge laying. Weakest point is the pockets which detach themselves at will. Met plenty of groundies using the same
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Considering increasing our Firewood prices
Woodworks replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
Yep I think we will give it a go. Not experienced the price hike in wood yet as we bought in early but sounds like the next lot will be costing more. Any recommends for nice tidy numbers to round up to? Been at £100 for 1m3 plus vat at 5% which is all very tidy. -
I did catch sight of one briefly. Not a hornet but it was dumpy and black. Almost looked scruffy if that makes any sense. Might try and catch one this evening as Liz has a butterfly net somewhere. Looked up pictures of flying stag beetles and that could well be it. Quite a lot of them about last night that's for sure.
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Mate of mine has the Gransfors and I have the Fiskers. He had a go with the Fiskers and thought it the better tool. Only one of them could be displayed in the sitting room as a work of art though haha
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Yep http://four-ashes.com/product/ax-pro-loader/#product_tabs
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Husqvarna saws are sweet enough already ?
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Its how I do our own garden hedge. Dont even bother blowing the bits into the hedge. They are slightly visible after one mowing and gone by the next. Got an old Stiga Multicut Pro mower and it blitzes them with ease. It's only a small hornbeam hedge at a bit over a meter so would be one helava lot more clippings to mulch if you had a 4m hedge.
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Now £200 is more like it! Is it bulky as there not a vast amount of spare space on a mobile processor
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Just had an enquiry from a chap in Weymouth but it's to far for us and not got the time anyway. Sounds like it's several days work if not more. PM me and I can put you in touch
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Got a new one on the way so lets hope that is the cause of the problem. £750 for the oil cooler so that's not going to happen. Never overheats when working on my own as the loading time gives the machine a few moments to cool. Normally just a problem on a few jobs in the summer with the right wood and a good helper.
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Dont use a greenhouse for planks as it will cook them and they will split badly. When planks are kilned the humidity is closely controlled to avoid overly rapid drying which will cause damage. Best planks are air dried and then finished off in a kiln for the last bit.
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Not changed it but took it off and gave it a visual inspection. Looks like new but did talk to Riko who said give it a clean with some petrol but they did not think that would be the cause.
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No it was cutting and splitting some fresh ash, chestnut, alder mix. Lovely easy stuff to cut and split. Yours was less prone to getting too hot than this one.
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My little Farmi has taken to getting a little too hot when running. Handbook says to stop if the hydraulic oil gets to 80c. Had this happen on occasion in hot weather in the past but today was cool, overcast with a breezy and we still had to stop a few times to let it cool down. What could cause the overheating? Thanks
