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Hi all, like Markus i was thinking of buying a processor but was slightly concerned about the maintenance and there possibly could be alot to go wrong if you were unlucky enough to get a bad machine. I have a 14t Multec hydraulic splitter, how would it compare with a processor if i got another Multec and ran the two together (tractor has two spool valves ). I currently use pallet toes on the tractor to remove around a dozen full logs from the lorry load and saw them into 9 inch lengths from the tractor loader, and then deal with the 4 foot lengths in the middle later. The sawn 9 inch lengths have to be tossed onto a trailer manually. Do you think this system could be as cost effective as a processor? Thanks in advance.
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Lovely job Sharkbait, very impressive, hope you don't mind me stealing your patent !
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Thanks Best firewood, good advice, sounds like my £2 per net delivered half a mile isn't too bad then! I think a transit and trailer and 2 student lads at the weekend and selling them at 3 for a tenner would be hard to beat.... would hopefully gross a grand on a Sat. Best wishes for 2013
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Cheers Hodge, thanks for the reply, will get the calculator out and start from there, hope you have a good 2013 !
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Hi all, making my first post here, i must say i really enjoyed looking at the site this past few weeks. I have a barn full of really dry pine logs and a local merchant is taking 200 45x70 nets off me every week. Hes giving me £2 and selling them for £3 or 4 for a tenner. His main business is coal deliveries but the customers always want a few logs as well. With an artic load costing £1100 now do you think £2 per net is enough? Or should i be asking himto up the price by 50p? I could understand him for not wanting to as the local filling stations are selling them for £3 though the supermarkets are about 4 quid. Was also thinking of getting a couple of school lads on Saturdays and hit the large housing estates in the city and try selling them at 3 for a tenner, that would be alot more profitable i think. Any comments greatly appreciated, thanks:thumbup:
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<p>Hi folks, new to this site and posting for the first time, really enjoyed visiting here this past few weeks. As a part time farmer i had a barn full of really dry pine logs stored for a year, by chance a local coal delivery centre complained that the logs he was being supplied with were soaking wet, so i jokingly said i had lots and could sell him some, straight away he agreed. I pack them into 45 x70 nets and he gives me £2 and sells them for £3 or 4 for a tenner. Do you think i am getting enough or should we look at rising the price by about 50p. Local filling stations are selling nets for £3 however the local small supermarkets are £3.99 Was even thinking of putting a van on the road and get a couple of students on Saturdays and just call door to door in the city's large estates and maybe charge 3 for a tenner, this would definitely be the more profitable route i think. Any thoughts greatly appreciated, thanks!<img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/001_smile.gif.85de4dbf571682c521c1f17809dcc557.gif" alt=":001_smile:" /></p>
