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The difference between contract and home cutting, did 175 bags for someone and it wasn't fun.
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£30 an hour is what I used to pay before we got one and sounds about right. I would just put transport on top so it doesn't matter how many hours you do and obviously charge for blades that get damaged.
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Earth mounds in paddock mystery... (help me look smart!)
gdh replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Picture Forum
Look like anthills to me, we've had them on ungrazed land between saplings, they normally crush easily. Put your hands in and find out. -
Husqvarna 550xp sounds good for you - cuts 15inch nicely, light to handle and revs up fast. They can be hard to start occasionally but are usually fine. They're £5-600 including VAT depending where you buy.
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As above, if they're cleaned up and tidy stumps they can be worth a bit. Usually by driveways in big gardens.
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560 on a 15inch bar is a good all rounder, it's usually the first one I pick up.
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Not the best photos but this ours. First picture is the heated shed/kiln then when they're dry we put them in another shed wherever we can fit them.
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That must take some patience, they look very tidy logs though. I think you need to slot a log into that gap in the middle, it would drive me mad.
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Presumably you could just lift the boom and get all the height you need. It looks fairly stable.
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No, it gets turned off most the time. Average journey will be half an hour to an hour with around a ton of logs on narrow hilly roads with occasional main roads then back to do a few odd jobs and out again an hour later. It's only in peak sales it would go all day so I'm not sure what causes the issue. I would be interested to know what percentage of vehicles have the problem although there's no chance Isuzu would release that information. It's one of those things where it could be a few hundred people who all complain on the internet (not trying to say that's a bad thing, I would do the same) or a major issue that they're covering up the worst of.
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No ad blue on either thankfully, we get through enough of that with the tractors. Yes, we're nearly all short drives with heavy loads, I hadn't heard anything bad about them until reading your posts then having a quick Google. In all honesty it would probably have put me off one a bit reading all that but having experienced them I would still go with another at the moment. I think it's easy to be swayed by one bad point (although a major one for some users by the sound of it) and forget that people very rarely post when things are going well so information is normally skewed in favour of negative reviews.
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Your prices sound about right to me. Like you say, it varies, but around £100 is average for a single cube load of dry hardwood.
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Really we need some pictures but if it's trees from a managed woodland I would be suprised to see 2ton. A 12inch diameter tree will be lucky to be a ton when I would think but it depends how tall. Roadside £50 is easily achievable, up to £60-65 if you're lucky and it's straight enough for firewood. Woodchip value has increased a lot but it should still be worth more as firewood.
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Sorry I never replied in the last thread, I completely forgot. I did find the prices for when we got it 18months ago. Not including VAT the single cab 4x4 was 19k, converting it to a 4cube tipper with air suspension for 1400kg was another 6k. We've had no issues with it at 20,000 miles or the old one with 80,000 and there's 5year warranty anyway. Be aware that if you buy them ready converted the warranty is sometimes 3 years because the 5 years only comes direct from Isuzu.
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How many hours a day do you fire your stove?
gdh replied to BowlandStoves's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
A few hours in the evening on damp days this time of year and all day with just enough embers to relight in the morning in the winter. Apart from a bit of excess from our rayburn that heats the water it's our only source of heat and the house is very old so gets damp without it. -
Renovating tractors/machines, original colour or not?
gdh replied to drinksloe's topic in Large equipment
It's nice to see things stay original where possible but if vandalism is an issue that has to take priority. Can you just spray the main body work so it could be redone if you ever wanted to sell it. -
I've only skim read this thread so might have missed something but in terms of pickups Isuzu have done well for us (80 and 25k miles on them at the moment and no out of the ordinary issues). The 2018 model which is manual tows well, has enough space for my dad and me who are both 6'3 and averages about 29mpg delivering firewood on bad roads. It also has 5year warranty and is obviously tax deductible. Our ones aren't high spec interiors but they're comfortable enough and there's plenty of options. Never seen a Ssangyong pickup but we're happy with our rexton which we went for after seeing the price of a new discovery...
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Those measurements would be if it held completely square. By the time they're heaped and stretched you get more in.
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The problem with softwood is with current prices it can't be sold much cheaper than hardwood and while it's fine to burn, and I love processing it, it's getting harder to recommend something that doesn't last as long when the price gap keeps closing.
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That's a reasonable price, especially for a single load and about what we're paying in mid Wales. The wood price has been increasing steadily for the past 10 years and demand means it's very unlikely to drop regardless of Brexit. I work on 1.8cube per ton but depending on species, log length etc it can be a bit either way. It's the equivalent of 2 90x90x90 builders bags.
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We usually have someone else operating it when the shears on to be honest but it's fine to use for most stuff, it's not very heavy for what it is, just the bigger trees you have to be careful with but a bigger machine would just cause more access issues so I think it's the right balance.
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It's a Geith quickhitch/tilt so it works with any attachment but can't be removed if you don't want it on for something like digging rock. We bought it with the digger so I'm not sure on cost or dealers. I think it's this one : Tilting Quick Coupler | Geith Excavator Attachments WWW.GEITH.COM Tilt your Excavator Bucket or any Excavator Attachment up to 180°...
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We've got a tmk 300 on our 8ton takeuchi with tilt which works well. I've got a friend with an omef on a 13tonner which he had a couple of issues with (due to heavy use) but all fixed and he's happy with it.
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Another vote for blademaster from me. He has a good range and decent prices and does sharpening to, although I haven't tried that yet.
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We never had it until recently when we bought some ripper37 blades and couldn't work out the problem. Just gave them a quick wipe with a rag and they were fine after. It's possible they just overdid the oil on that batch.
