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  1. wannabe logger
    Bought a chinese saw a few months ago on ebay and its a fantastic job, much prefer it to my old stihl 028. I can buy 2 chains and a bar for about £20 from the same seller. My question is are these chains worth sharpening, i've tried it a few times but they're never as good as when they were new, a new chain cuts for about 10 hours like a dream. Thanks in advance.
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    Lit my stove last night and was none to pleased to see alot of smoke coming into the room through the seam of the plate that seals the chimney whilst letting the flue pipe through. So removed stove today and swept chimney and barely collected a tiny bucketful of soot ( after 2 years burning ) so was a bit baffled about it all. Next stop was the roof to peer down the chimney...... then the problem became apparent. The bird cage had once allowed a few starlings to make their home inside the chimney so i wrapped expanded metal around it and was confident that no bird could ever get through that. Today however i saw that the cage was completely sealed up with soot, therefore forming an airtight cap on my chimney..... no wonder i was getting soot in the room.
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    Haha, there;s a decimal point in front of the 64 Rover !..... Sleeping the best face cord thanks :-) ...... For an urban dweller, face cord he would have saved alot instead of buying nets @£3.50, ten of my bags £300... equivalent price to 8.5 nets per my bulk bag, i really think he got value! IMO an artic load is approx 50 cm3, ie £24 per cm3, so if after i buy a load, store it, cut it, bag it and deliver it in a bag costing £3, i don't think it was outlandish, just think of the supermarket mark up compared to what the farmer gets for his produce. Thanks for the comments anyway, appreciated.
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    Had a call from my neighbour yesterday, he wanted some rings from my cord pile and wanted to split them himself. He bought ten .64cm3 bags at £30 each, he was delighted....... so was i !
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    Sorry no pics Steve, no it's a Multec splitter and the control handle springs back to neutral when released.
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    Hi all, thought i'd like to share this. I've often struggled with small diameter logs in a saw horse, they're often prone to moving and catching on the chainsaw, so had a brainwave today...... simply clamp them into the hydraulic log splitter behind the tractor and saw away, 100% safe.
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    Very sorry gentsteve about posting earlier on general chat about the "revelation" i discovered about starting the stove with the now redundant Christmas tree, no need for paper, firelighters or KINDLING! Promise i won't mention it again.
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    Ahh yes i'm with you, i'm sort of getting carried away here with my 2 door 12kw ( chinese ) model Must scour ebay to see the width of the smaller, yuppie models.
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    Definitely i find a draughty silage pit cannot be beaten, despite all the info that logs must season a full year, i find that once split softwood will season in a month or so in an exposed silage pit.
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    Would larger split, approx 10"x6"x6" logs be more suitable for woodburning stoves? Was thinking maybe the BMW, Audi brigade might go for them if they were told these are the "proper" logs for stoves !
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    Same story here, i along with another outfit supply a local coal merchant, both pine but mine are bone dry and the other guy's aren't, the owner says a few of his customers ask for the damp logs .
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    HAHA, will do Dave, i'll let you in early.....50% for a tenner !
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    Hi all, thought i'd share my latest brainwave. Last week i started using a small branch off the dying Christmas tree to light the stove. No firelighters or kindling needed, works every time. Looks like it will last a few months..... Sorry to all the kindling sellers !!
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    I've got 2 Multec splitters, they're for sale on ebay.... i find them faultless.
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    Thanks likeitorlumpit....... love your name. :-|
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    Dont know about the legality Ashes.... Haven't been arrested yet. :-)
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    Well i reckon the wood costs £1 and the net is 15p. It takes 1 and a half hours to cut into rings and the same to split, then another massive 4 hours to bag them (if only i could discover a quicker way), so thats about 60 quid in labour so thats £175 so far. It takes about 3 fuel fills of the chainsaw, whatever a tractor costs for ticking over for an hour and a half then a couple of gallons of derv for the pick up when i sell them, it adds up.... but i think there is definitely profit in it....... Anyway hazzygawa thanks for the comment and hope this answers your question. By the way, went out tonight with 60 nets and sold out in 3 hours.
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    No, just door to door in a large council estate, the estates seem much more readier to buy than the more "affluent" developments.
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    haha, thanks lads, if i can do it on Tues, then the rest of the week should be a doddle. Enjoying a large whiskey here...... dreaming of my first 100 grand. :-)
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    Hi all, just came in from spending 5 hours in the city. Brought 100 nets with me and sold them all.... £4 each or 3 for a tenner, brought home £338,,,, DELIGHTED !!!
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    Davetaz, absolutely genius, simple and guaranteed precise ! Well done you !
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    Well done normandy lj, very informative, thank you !
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    Anyone care to hazard a guess as to how many standard log nets could be filled from an artic load? Would 1000--1200 be anywhere close to the mark? Thanks:thumbup1:
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    Thanks for replies, i appreciate them. I spent 4 hours yesterday using my method and 3/4 filled 2 four tonne grain trailers, approx 10 cubic metres i think, it appears to be about 1/5 of a full artic load. Would that sound right, about 50 cubic metres of rings in an artic. So i reckon i could cut a load into rings in about 20 hours, so at an average wage i should be able to cut a full load for about 200 quid. This doesnt sound too bad albeit i still have to split the rounds, so maybe i'll stick with this method for a while before investing in a processor. Thanks again for the replies.
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    Hi all, was wondering would a firewood processor be way faster and less work than my rather slow way of doing things? IE, lifting approx 10 or 12 sixteen foot logs about a foot in diameter on the loader's pallet toes. Then cutting them into 10 inch lengths whilst still on the loader and finally splitting them individually on a vertical tractor splitter. Cheers in advance.

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