gdh
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Thanks. We've got another little old 2 way posch splitter we use to make them. It's got 2 rams one pushes and one pulls the wedge so you can do decent lengths. My dad used to do it with splitting wedges which is how we started selling wood 20+ years ago but we've just been making them for ourselves recently until we got a bit of interest from other people.
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We've only just started selling them again and just got an order for all we can make sorry. It's finding enough straight oak that's the problem. If anything changes I'll let you know.
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Thanks. Don't envy you cutting on your own but it is satisfying when you get a nice load done at the end of the day. To the other comments at our prices it will be anything between £1-5 a cube after all costs and a base wage for our labour. I tend to work off 2 cube per man hour including everything from 2 people loading to stacking boxes and sharpening chains.
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There's also the sherpa as940 for around 10k or 15 with a remote. It's amazing what it will go through and they're well built.
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Careful costings and large amounts. And a nice bank manager
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Been very busy on the logs this week, cutting firewood non stop and we made a few stakes. Also been splitting the oversized stuff,there's a quick video here. https://m.facebook.com/hormannsfirewood/?ref=bookmarks
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Have you thought about recycled plastic boards? They would be strong and have a bit of flex. I think there's some called ekoply.
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Still ticking over for us but only a third of peak sales. I'm happy to be honest as we're lambing at the same time so as long as we keep the orders at this level it will be a good year.
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If it was me I would try and get it fixed or at least not bill you. It's obviously your risk (and reward hopefully) as a machine owner but realistically you can't do much more than tell them to slow down and hope they learn,. If you fired everyone you weren't sure of without giving them a chance it would cause more problems so they should take some responsibility for getting things wrong, especially if they ignore you.
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Hopefully not for another month. Once I start it's another job to keep on top of. It struck me last year that planting a small patch of grass then mowing it repeatedly is a very strange that humans do. I'm not going to stop, just makes you think.
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Agreed. A lot of our customers rely on wood for heat, if we put our prices up to say £80 a cube they wouldn't be able to afford it anymore. The firewood market varies alot between a heat source and a luxury in other areas. Having said that, with rising oil prices and more efficient fires I expect that fuel costs are getting close to even. Chip and oil/gas are similar already.
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Really interesting thread this, thanks for posting. I'm betting on 15 being the peak.
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We're probably going to cross 2000cube this year so financially speaking it's better to improve the drying than find more shed space, it will also allow us to react to orders for different sizes faster. We are trying to cut the wood dryer by moving stacks to windy areas and sheeting them but improving the drying to save heat (and money) will be a bonus anyway. Currently we can dry about 160 cube in 3-4 weeks but that gets hard when the weather's colder. Our first thing to do is add more more insulation and radiators to make it hotter but that's a bit pointless if the air itself remains damp.
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Yeah, everything I looked at used way too much electric, I want to use natural condensation if I can but don't really want to waste heat by venting the shed.
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In an ideal world I would but we had to switch to a heated shed to keep up with demand during the winter. It works but I think it would be more efficient if we could pull the moisture out rather than letting it find its own way. Currently we use the front doors as condensers but we could do with speeding up the whole process and minimising heat loss.
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Looking for some advice on how to remove moisture from our log drying shed (which is basically a kiln). Has anyone had any experience with this or tried to make anything? My first thought was to use a dehumidifier but I reckon we need to remove 1600liters a day so there's nothing reasonable available. I don't mind spending a bit on installing a system but don't want to be spending too much on running costs. Any advice is appreciated.
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We don't import but we're always getting offers. The last lot we were offered was actually £85 a cube delivered for ash which is way more than we would charge for it although I expect that's a stacked cube. Obviously the exchange rate has had a big effect recently.
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Haha, I didn't notice that. It must've been fixed because it's alright in the next pictures though. 20 years later and there's still 6 cracked patches in our yard where they left that volvo full and idling over dinner.
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Was looking through old photos today and found some from when my dad started selling wood 20+ years ago. The photos are after we got a splitter, before that he made stakes by hammering in wedges and selling the off cuts. Luckily I was too young for that work. Found a few pictures of putting in tracks, our first 'processor', a forestry open day and our processor tractor when it used to leave the shed. Anyone else got any interesting photos?
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It's a shame that in this day and age people still can't tolerate that people have different beliefs and have to insult each other instead. Religion, like everything, has positives and negatives but in the end it's just a way of grouping people with similar beliefs together and if it helps people to be happier by being Christian, Atheist, Muslim or whatever then good for them, it certainly shouldn't be a reason to look down on them.
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It depends how big your trailer and fan are, we do 10cube in 20hours.
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Definitely worth it. You'll be able to fill 3 bags (probably 6 if you vary the speed) in one go and if you're filling a trailer it will save levelling a big heap. Off the top of my head I think it's 8-10ft of swing at the end.
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You need to force hot air through it, we use a trailer with a false vented floor with a fan/radiator connected. Make sure any chipper you get produces the right grade chip for any boilers you supply to.
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Have you looked at the Xperia z5? It runs android so you'll be used to it and it's waterproof and dustproof. You can also change the memory to whatever you want.
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£200 a ton for firewood? It's about £45 and that's only if it's cut into straight lengths and a reasonable diameter... I think someone's been exaggerating to you, if it's not cut up tidily there's plenty about for free.
