Wood wasp

Yes too cheap. And yes too that everyone seems very touchy at moment! Be like Jon, relax and get on the cizzer

Well I didn't want to comment on the ass dragging on ground bit! Not sure what payloads on pickup are anyway

Bugs that bite as above, left wing socialist politicians. Hopkins is a piece of work although I think a lot of what she says is constructed purely as a vehicle to earn money. She's rentaquote if a producer wants cheap PR

£65 is good price for bulk bag kiln dried.

Strong and fit. I don't get sound when watching video in Arbtalk app, sound wasn't required for that clip though

If it's big timber and a particularly ugly, knotty piece then split it with single knife first

I personally wouldn't report someone for tax evasion as I feel the govt takes and wastes more than enough of our money already. I can see where Logsnstuff is coming from though given he has invested in his business. However, firewood is an easily sourced, low skilled product so will also be viewed as sideline product by many. The fact so many tree surgeons view arb waste as a nuisance to be got rid of anyway possible highlights this perfectly. Any business dealing firewood just has to accept that is the market situation. It's interesting this obsession in UK that all firewood must be sold dry. Travelling around continental Europe it seems the onus is very much on the house owner to season their timber as the houses are surrounded by stacks of wood, not this 6 to 10 inch nonsense we have either. Of course it's not such an urban society over there and you see families out at weekend gathering up wood in old harvesting sites.

Well said GK, plus the nuance of conversation is lost in electronic format. Ideally a moderator should delete all the nonsense/mudslinging posts back to where thread started to go off the rails.

Depends what you're splitting for, if doing lot of volume then you need big splitter to break down lengths for processor - the less handling the better.

I've got some stuff from Guyana, not a big brand at all, can't remember the name but it's lovely. Very, very drinkable.

At slight tangent but drinking bunderburg rum just now and it's awful stuff, there are some great rums out there but this one isn't among them.

Although not British greenheart and ekki is heaviest stuff I've worked with, hard as nails too

I like Jon's chat but that is funny

Softwood is cut various lengths for sawmills, pallet, pulp and chipwood. Hardwood for firewood I'd cut whatever length customer wanted.

Slower cutting it whether by machine or hand, slower loading/unloading for forwarder. Likewise for lorry

Each to their own but why someone would want to cut or handle short lengths doesn't really make sense to me, for firewood ideally I'd want 5m lengths as works well on our log deck. Sellers want to move timber quickly with most sales are by the ton and weight is weight obviously. All the lorries is use have integrated weighing systems so easy to check what's on them. Edit: I don't actually know any timber lorries that don't have weigh systems as they want each and every load to be 100% full

Reflecting on it I think the artic that lifts from me actually runs with 4 bolsters of 3m, I know it's 3x3.7m and 2x6.2m but can't actually remember the other configurations for sure. Not that it's really important as can only run up to their weight limit anyway

Fair enough if timber been down for a while, most people I know (including myself) want it moved on ASAP as it starts to disappear if left at roadside. I will put price up for next batch, not massively though as want to build long term relationships Of course it's more productive to process longer stuff than short.

The longer the better as quicker to process with less handling, lorry will run out of weight before it runs out of space. I put roadside hw on market at £40, could sell everything I have 5 times over.

Ok thanks. Craigslist is in UK now also, think it's Craigslist.co.uk

http://www.gumtree.com/p/plant-tractors/sanderson-all-terrain-forklift-toyota-isuzu-hyster-/1095442268

Thanks Acacia. It's lovely wood, just case of wondering best way to keep it as purple as possible as can fade in sunlight. Steve has worked with it before so had some tips.

Get him one of these [ame] [/ame] *courtesy of forestmachineoperatorjobs

4.5 might be bit young, we were always rough and tumble youngsters but thankfully at that age you seem to bend and bounce rather than break.. Though that did happen too! Anyway my point is by time we were 11 onwards we'd been around machinery and stuff for good few years so had healthy respect for how easily things can go wrong. Due to number of machines and cutters in woods in those days (plus far less h&s) accidents and fatalities were fairly regular occurrences. If he's really keen things like bagging kindlers, loading small bits into car etc will keep him involved. Get him to help you map out what you're going to do etc

Different generation but I had a little Sachs dolmar when I was eleven and used to cut with it, think it was 33cc but might be wrong. Was great getting involved with the wood. Edit, started driving farm tractors and the county skidder when I was 12ish