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Very roughly how many cu mtrs of firewood do you sell per year.
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
It's about 90% retail in loads from 1.8 to 4 cube and a couple of hundred cube in 10 cube loads to local biomass boilers. We only do trade in the summer and that's £70 a cube plus vat collected, we don't have the drying capacity to do any more this time of year. At the moment our 1.8cube tipped load is £150 and the 4 is £310. -
Very roughly how many cu mtrs of firewood do you sell per year.
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Haha, every year around this time the bank account looks good then we start buying in wood and repairing machinery and wonder where it's all gone. We work on very tight margins so we have to sell that much to keep on top of bills but it seems to be expanding every year which is nice. The novelties definitely worn off 7 day weeks at the moment though. I've never known a month this busy. -
Very roughly how many cu mtrs of firewood do you sell per year.
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
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Yes very true. It's more a matter of effeciency in time and space with kiln drying. Obviously you can get it much drier with a kiln but if you have enough sheds/covered space you should be able to get it fine for burning with air drying.
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It depends on the boiler, some are designed to take wetter wood. Even then it's better to burn it there than on a traditional log burner because they have systems like turbulators to return the exhaust gases.
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Generally kilns need to be fuelled with dry wood and the emmisions from those boilers are far lower than domestic log burners because they're so efficient in comparison so very few. It looks like the rules are only going to apply to England for now but it's surprising how many people haven't heard of them. They're certainly not being advertised very well and the only people I can see listening to them are those who are doing a good job anyway. I can't see the police pulling over random tree surgeons and pickups to test logs day to day.
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It's a hard time to start doing firewood with new regulations and a shortage of wood but it's possible to make it work. I would say that you either want to invest in a lot of wood and machinery or stay small with cheap arb waste or similar. Trying to be in the middle is hard work. It's also basically two businesses. The sourcing, processing and drying is completely separate to the marketing and delivery so you need to concentrate on both which is easier said than done. The two hardest things, I think, are buying in timber and drying. If you can solve those it's only the customers to worry about. 😉
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Best trea Shear for a 7.5t digger?
gdh replied to Woodwanter's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We use the TMK on our 8 ton and it's been very reliable and works well. Doesn't get a huge amount of work but it spends most of it's time in hardwood and our record was 70 ton in hedgerows in a day. Having it on a tilting hitch will be an improvement in every way and reduce the risk of twisting it. -
Tajfun make a 16way as well, our 12 way has always held up to any hardwood we put through and the 16 is a similar design so should be good if you can get it to fit.
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If you're adding an extra ring it's probably worth splaying it out. If you add it square to the rest of the splitter you'll be trying to compress the log into a hole rather than splitting it. Hopefully you can see what I mean in the picture.
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I've always wanted to do a test like this, we use 50 chains a year but I'm never organised enough, it's nice to see someone with the patience to do it properly. Pretty sure Rotatech only make their own chains. I think they're the only UK manufacturer of chains. For what it's worth the complaints I saw were more about their deliveries, or lack of, for a while. I've always liked their chains and only use them now and I see them on Facebook all the time. Also a lot more shops selling them but it's obviously cheaper to buy direct. Edit: Sorry, didn't mean to quote Rough Hewn and I can't delete it.
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We've got a mitox for blowing off machinery and it's pretty good. I normally go with husqvarna but it was cheaper, more powerful and a longer warranty so an easy choice.
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Green hardwood I work off getting 1.8 cube from a ton.
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I thought a double bunded tank was a legal requirement since last year, I know we had a letter from the suppliers we use. I would go for at least a 1200 litre so you can get a discount on ordering 1000+ without worrying about draining it completely.
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As long as it's not in a public place people should be allowed to do what they want. It's annoying watching someone do a job badly but if they want to do it or don't want to wear PPE that's their choice. The last thing we need is more regulations in our lives. Freedom to make our own choices and take risks is much more important even if it doesn't always work out well.
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We've only got an 8tonner for smaller jobs but I would say if you haven't already got a tilting hitch or similar it will give you a lot more maneuverability on branches and save twisting the tree shear long term. A grab for stacking is the obvious other thing and possibly a mulcher if you have the work for it.
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As above, it depends what you want. There's different manufacturers that specialise in different sizes and specifications of trailer.
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I think the last concrete we had in bulk was £90 a cube so at 8inch thick (to be on the safe side) and £15 for laying and prep I would say £30k plus vat.
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I use cyberlink power director for videos, it was £80 and took a few hours to get the hang of but it supports all file types and resolutions and does everything. Windows movie maker is actually very good and easy to use but it doesn't work properly with windows 10 or some stuff off GoPros for example.
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One of these. https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-zirconium-flap-disc-115mm-40-grit/4300G?tc=HA8&ds_kid=92700055262507123&ds_rl=1244066&gclid=CjwKCAiAtK79BRAIEiwA4OskBhr1k9gO60b-ciVWdoWZZ2MFs5wwy7on2YtWWaTrKr1L8vKP7bM2lxoCrqgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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I just use a flap disc on a cordless grinder which is pretty quick.
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Yeah, it's more aimed at construction sites and does include vat but a petrol ones going to be cheaper for a while. The new batteries are impressive though, they were using a microwave to demo them and a TV.
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They've balanced it out with newer technology. My battery Milwaukee feels slightly lighter than my old corded makitas.
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Milwaukee do a 9inch grinder, even with 12ah batteries they don't last long on heavy cutting but there's plenty of power and much nicer to use than a corded one. They've just released a 14inch with their new generation of batteries as well if you have £1500 ?
