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20 years on our 18kw aarow. It's been slightly warped over the years from running too hot so it's probably time to start looking at new ones but it's hard to find decent sized ones these days... Edit: That's the only picture on my phone, don't worry it's from last year. ?
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Bag supplies are good quality and reasonably priced. They do a load of sizes on request. 45x60cm Leno Woven Net x1000 - Green | Bag Supplies WWW.BAGSUPPLIES.COM Internal Dimensions: 45x60cm Net type: Leno Woven Construction:...
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If you like your 560 I would get a 572. We've got both and the 572 feels like a bigger 560 to use. Ours runs nicely with a 24inch bar and and is light enough that I can use it for general work as well as stumping the big stuff that we bought it for.
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I would just sell the rest roadside for firewood assuming you have lorry access. You'll get £50-60 a ton depending on location. Might be the picture but they look a bit short. If you're selling for firewood you want to be 8-12ft, all the same length where possible. If you've already made a deal with the landowner I wouldn't bother numbering the trees. Just cut low for maximum wood and get as much as you can. Locally we've got someone who will chip brash for free then take the chip but I don't think that's a common thing.
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It might take more energy to chip it instead of leaving it to rot but if that chip is used to make heat or electric that should save more fossil fuels than you use.
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I'm not sure how big the processor is but that's not a huge amount I wouldn't say. If I have someone loading I aim to do 5-10cube an hour (with a large processor) depending on the wood and cut length. Obviously you lose a bit of time to issues but after you get used to a processing you shouldn't have many blockages and a chain should last half a day.
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I think he means with a processor.
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It's also going to depend on species - a ton of oak is physically smaller than a ton of ash, and how dry it is when buying in and weighing.
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If the original poster has straight logs I would definitely hire a processor in, there's another thread here about costs but as an example I recently cut 175 bags for someone in four days. That would have taken a lot of time and effort by hand. I think a processor is best long term and there are cheap processors out there but having more debts is never nice and then you have the worry of repairs etc so I can see where you're coming from. Maybe look at making/buying a sawbench and table at waist height so you can slide the logs through like a mini production line. If you can raise the splitter to the same height and have a bucket underneath it that will be one less job straight away.
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They seem like reasonable prices, it's probably a bit high for commercial rates in all honesty but I'm guessing that's not your target and for small jobs I can't see many arguing - it's got to be cheaper than buying in firewood for the customer. For what it's worth our 480 with tractor and labour is £50 plus VAT an hour. Transport included for a reasonable distance and we can supply a loader to speed things up.
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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.
