Woodworks
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Haha no. Not having a digger and going for the Gehl as long as it lifts what the guy claims.
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Where on the moor is that as out interest? You did well getting it out with your digger. That side of thing could have gone worse
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Environmentally friendly packaging - good idea or just looks bad.
Woodworks replied to Rob D's topic in Chainsawbars
Will wood chips do the job? If it's to stop the mills moving around I would have thought any lose material like chip will get displaced with an impact. Think I would be happy with chip as a packing material as long as long as it did the job and was not dusty. I always liked that corn starch packing that looks like Wotsits -
Your average bulk bag is around 0.6 cube and you IBC will hold a around 1.3 cube. As said they all hold a tonne
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Poor Matt. That looks like a bad day at the office
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Might pass on a trip up onto the higher moors then haha
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What are the roads like up there Matt?
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Tried one a year ago on my MS 460. It was rough as rats when new and the sharpening angles were poor and inconstant so gave up on them. Having since met a few guys who were happy enough with them thought I would give one a go on the processor. Again they were rough when new but after a hand sharpen they are now cutting very well. Only had it a short while but seems to hold it's edge longer than the Oregon I was using! Will try a few more loops before buying a whole roll for the processor. Also the one on my MS 460 was fine once it had been sharpened a few times. Just seem poorly sharpened in the factory being overly aggressive and the depth stops set too low.
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Cant say I am fussed. Make less through firelighter sales in a year than on just one cube of logs, it's more about offering a service. If there was someone selling much the same for a lot less it would have been nice but looks that's not the case unless large orders are involved.
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Thanks all. Due to the quantities required (ie the lack of them) I think I will just get some more CW flamers in this time around
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Sounds like concrete or back to hand balling. Got a rotator on the current forklift. The rotator is ace and nought wrong with the forklift if we had a massive concrete yard but the G machine will be far more versatile with what we have. Yes your sister keeps coming back so I guess they are happy with what we sell.
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One more question while we are at it. How much push does a loader have to have to load a bucket with logs? Do you need a lots of HP or can a smallish loader pickup a 1m3 bucket of logs? No concrete floor so will have to skim over the bottom layer of logs
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I cant see why not and feel stupid for not thinking of that. Thanks very much for a much better plan
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Now that's sensible talk Sam.
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I can live with some discolouration but fur is a no no
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Yes that's instead of the forklift. May have tracked down a SH one so shouldn't break the bank
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Is that inside a building? 2 panels on each side. Is that overlapping for strength or a very big cube?
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Yes shame about the mould. Dont really want that but might be liveable with. Looking to relieve the tractor of heavy loader work due the problems we have had.
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Yes that's the plan with the slats on the inner face of the barn. The uprights are 6" so there would be the outer metal cladding then a 6" gap then the slats.
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No man handling planed. The idea is to fill the barn in the quiet times in the summer so all the crates will be filled and the barn. Come the winter time I struggle for time to keep all the crates filled. Planing to fit the prospective Gehl pivot steer with a 1m3 bucket to reload the crates quickly with the partly dried barn logs so they should be dry for back end of the winter. And no I dont know what species the go mouldy as we have never had a problem with mould to date.
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Yes empty IBC's are becoming a pain. Tried stacking them up but they blow over when we get any gales.
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So I am looking at ways to up production without buying loads more IBCs. We have a barn that could be cleared out to take lose logs. My thought is to chuck some pallets on the floor and some slats around the edges of the barn to allow air to circulate and load up inside with lose logs. I doubt they will dry that well in there but the idea was to then load them into IBC's when they become free as the first logs start going out. Will the logs in the middle go mouldy or should they be OK? Presuming it maybe species dependant as well so what is best? Thanks
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Yes 800 would be just a tad too many for our logs business. Thinking along the lines of 50 maybe 100 boxes of 50.
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We dont sell many firelighters but it's nice to be able to offer customers some. We have just finished our stores of flamers and wondered if there are any other similar firelighters out there that might be a bit cheaper. Thanks
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Guess we have very different customers. Never had a complaint about the logs being too small but occasionally asked to make sure there are plenty of small ones in the load. Suits us as the small logs dry faster and go further ie less kg or roundwood per m3 of logs.
