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Haha. I'm busy lambing actually but at least that's indoors. In all honesty everything has been different this year and we ended up not sheeting because we had such a good summer then ran out of time (and almost wood). I'm hoping to get back on top of it this year because I doubt we'll get lucky with weather twice. Most effective way I found was making sure it's on good bearers, and stacked out in the open in as much wind as possible. Avoid under trees, they make a huge difference. For the covers we use silage sheets for the best value, something like this (only an example not the best price or anything) https://www.allplas.co.uk/acatalog/4metre-wide-125mu--Heavy-duty-500gauge--Black--784.html#SID=547 I try to use 2 or 3 of us and have a morning to cover everything - 2 people holding the plastic and one on the log trailer putting a layer of logs dotted over top. I don't bother tying the sides, just leave them flapping about 2ft so you can unroll with the log crane when it comes to getting it in a hurry. We can get stuff down to 15-20% in a good summer, the issue is it goes back up 25+ by the time we're cutting it in the winter.

No exact figures but our mf35x (probably around 40hp now) won't run our 40ton ryetec properly. I only tried it for half an hour and never again. It runs easily on our 120deutz though so I would think less would be fine. Weirdly the most fuel efficient is our deutz 6215 on tickover at 1000economy but that's expensive in other ways.

Personally I would buy it all, leaving some can work but it's easy to fall out on amounts and who gets the tidy or rubbish bits. Supplying with logs is tempting but I wouldn't want to be stuck with a vague arrangement for years to come. You can get a tidy used log trailer for around 6k but if possible I would just hire one in for a couple of weeks. We hire our old 12ton for £200 a week but I have no idea what's normally charged.

I would pay up to £20 a ton depending on access and ease of felling. I look at current prices as £20 standing, £35 extraction and £15 haulage. Hopefully saving on some areas but that's a rough division.

More than it cost you to make ;). We're £140 for 1.8 tipped loose ranging to £280 for 4. Mid Wales. I don't sell individual bags but locally they range (ignoring the cheap fresh stuff from tree surgery) from £80-120.

Yes, both of ours are protech. We put in a lot of 12inch oak posts is why we went so heavy. I'm not sure about smaller ones, it's just a trade of between performance and reach with any size though.

300kg, we wanted the same as our tractor one. On levelish ground the digger can use it at full reach.

We've been doing a fair bit recently, mostly at home using our own oak stakes but occasionally have to give up and buy creosote stakes.

I've only got limited experience with a tree shear but I don't think you'll find anything lighter because they're so simple. If you get a tilt hitch on the digger it's relatively easy to reach up and take down branches and stems. If you're looking second hand it's much easier to get hold of a 13tonner if you have the access. Here's ours: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=405178583218215&id=260687344334007

An 8tonner will usually only take a 30cm tree shear which will be down to 25cm cutting hardwood. You can get bigger ones but you would need 13ton plus to take the weight.

I agree, everything is quicker on a smart phone and my Sony is water and dust proof so no issues there. Only problem is I can't escape emails anymore

They re-released the Nokia 3310 which I think has everything you want and is cheap. For a decent camera you'll probably need a smartphone though. Or maybe a jcb phone if you want something tougher. I have no experience of either unfortunately, just ideas.

We're a bit slow on sales but we're still cutting plenty. Was just about getting up the hill in the snow yesterday. ? On a side note we just finished cutting 175 ton of smaller diameter (average 10inch) beech and ash and it made 310cube when dry if that's of interest to anyone.

As said, if it's value for money you're better off hiring a processor. If you enjoy cutting your own wood it will make things much faster on straight logs but you're probably better off investing in a nice axe or hydraulic splitter as opposed to spending a few thousand on a processor.

We often fill up 3 or four cans in our local garage for chainsaws and quadbikes. No issues with them and as we only use diesel for vehicles which we have our own tank for I don't see a way around it other picking up 5 litres every day of the week.

Star Wars Rumble in the Bronx Any other Jackie chan film.

To be honest I just use a cheap stihl, it's just a rebadged generic one though, I don't think they make their own. I prefer the older, more square one but they all measure the same way as far as know so the only truly accurate way is by weight. There are very expensive hammer in ones but you get a good enough idea from experience and the cheap ones.

I would cut it a bit shorter as well, 70% of our sales are 9inch compared to longer sizes.

Yes, we put a radiator on the infeed of a pressure fan.

We've put a vented floor in an old trailer and push hot air through it. Basically a grain drying floor on a very small scale.

From that angle it looks like they were doing everything they could to line up with the house.

We use a cleanwell diesel which performs well.

Simplest way is roadside, chipwood is around £50 a ton now from the last quote I got and it's worth sorting the nicer logs for milling to get a bit more. Off topic: This is the last place I expected to see a kyle katarn reference.

Flail does the better job and will get through smaller gorse etc if required but as said needs a bit more power. 8ft on our 120hp tractor is a reasonable match although that is front mounted so I can't remember if you lose some power anyway. Anything's possible if you go slow enough though.

Apart from the boilers that burn waste sawdust etc most need sub 20% moisture to work properly. We dry our woodchip which we use for our kiln to less than 15. You just use a small percentage of what you've dried for the next lot. Biomass boilers are also much more efficient than any log burner so emissions would be much less.