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Haha, that to.
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I think it depends on a huge amount of variables - type of file/chain, length of chain, strokes per tooth (I do 5) etc
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I aim to get 2-3 chains sharpened with each oregon file on 84 link chains, even on shorter chains I tend to change after 3. Obviously if I have to file a damaged chain it takes more time and file but that's rare and usually comes from friends and neighbours asking me to do theirs that they've hit metal with. :-)
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I can't see not sharpening being worth the cost. The cheapest, decent, 84 link chain I can get is an £11 rotatech. I can sharpen one to pretty much good as new in the workshop in 10 minutes and get 3 chains from 1 file so that's £1.50 of time and 33 pence of file which is nowhere near a new chains cost.
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It's one of the last consistently funny shows I think but it's all subjective. Father Ted is very good to though.
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Not going out.
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1. In or out Here's some random things I've kept bottled up 2. Kiln dried vs air dried Husqvarna vs stihl 3. I've made a small spelling mistake 10 pages of puns 4. How much should I earn? Run you fool 5. Which chainsaw should I buy? Anything but those useless Husqvarnas, Stihl, Echos... 6. Here's a fun thread Anyone else bored on a day off?
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Saw this a couple of weeks back, took me a while to see how the second part worked.
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I was watching some horses at one of the Princes estates a couple of years ago, it's good to see them working. I bet the poor man stacking by hand there would have appreciated a crane. Out of curiosity does it have brakes you can apply on hills or are the horses able to hold it from running away?
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Yes it's a very clever way of them basically changing the RHI scheme by regulating the fuel. To be honest we sell enough to spread the cost of membership but the paper work in addition is getting ridiculous now.
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It's extremely irritating that they can change the terms without you being able to do much about it. Unfortunately we have no choice but to stay on since we supply ourselves and 2 of our bigger customers but instead of selling everything as BSL we'll just do the bare minimum and carry on as before.
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Rates for Self Employed Handcutters
gdh replied to MattyBuist's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I think this is one of those threads where there is no definitive answer. Around here £100 a day is good money, there's not a huge amount of cost to come out of it and it's above average wage. Whereas other areas it's not enough especially when compared to 'easier' jobs. -
Cover them all with one sheet and tie it to the base of the ibcs. Best value cover is silage sheeting. 25mx4m is only £50-60 and that will cover alot of containers. When you're tying, if you haven't used it before, pull the side into a long bundle, tie round it then fold it back on itself and tie the same string around the whole thing then you can pull as hard as you want. Heavy Duty Black Polythene Plastic Sheeting 4M Wide DPM Rolls 300Mu,1200 Gauge | eBay
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That is slow but there's plenty of people in rural areas who are the same or worse. It should be fine for general browsing and usable for videos but you'll want 5+ for watching HD TV. We're on 12mb up and down from wireless broadband which is good for everything, the only reasons you would need more are 4k TV, big downloads like games or multiple users.
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Anyone use vented bags for seasoning, storage and delivery?
gdh replied to farmer_ben's topic in Firewood forum
If you want to take it out the easiest thing is just a grid at the end of the conveyor but the only way to get it all is to rebag by hand before delivery because you get a lot falling off during the drying process . We don't take anything out because we found you just got different customers complaining that they have to buy kindling then. What we do now is just avoid cutting anything under 5 and then you get better quality wood. -
Can't help with the kindling but can probably get you a good deal on logs. Especially if you want to bag yourself. We're based near Llandovery.
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There's a woodland mills one which is 5k but less extras such as an infeed conveyor by the look of it. They make a big difference. I've no experience with them, just something I've seen around. https://woodlandmills.eu/uk/product/fp160-firewood-processor/
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Anyone use vented bags for seasoning, storage and delivery?
gdh replied to farmer_ben's topic in Firewood forum
Yes, after first use the 90x90x90 bags actually hold about a cube. I've tipped a box into them and surprising just how much they stretch. -
It depends on the wood you want processing. Is it straight roundwood or arbwaste and how much of it is a decent diameter? I would want £55 an hour for ours with an operator which will take up to 18inch diameter. If you were loading or preferably we brought a loader and operator for another 25 we should do 4tons an hour plus on tidy wood. More if you're cutting longer than 9inch.
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Rates for Self Employed Handcutters
gdh replied to MattyBuist's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
We get cutters in occasionally when we can't do the work ourselves. We're paying one £130 a day at the moment which is top end for around here but it's only a a few weeks and we know him. For regular work (but still self employed) the people I know vary from 80-120 and some higher if they're doing power lines, footpaths etc. -
Never had a problem with husqvarna bars myself. Ironically I got a sugihara at the apf and one of the rails bent within a few days, not sure why but it's making a nice gutter cleaner now. Should just say the other sugi bar I've got on a saw is going fine, with little wear.
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I found stihl cut/lasted slightly better but use oregon (or rotatech) because stihl costs more than any improvement I could see.
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The problem with satellite is, as said above, that your ping (response time) is higher than normal broadband because the information has to travel so much further. Unless you game it shouldn't be a problem as it's only a. 8 second delay on average from memory. We use wireless broadband which means installing a box outside the house but has no ping issues. Ours comes from resq but you would have to find someone closer, as a comparison ours was 1k to install but covered by the grant and costs £24pm for 12mbps unlimited although there's faster, more expensive packages.
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If you could get it a consistent 2.5-3m and reasonably straight it's worth something. Probably about £30 a ton to us roadside. I would run it through a big splitter 4 or 8 ways then it's worth almost the same as normal processor wood (assuming it's straight enough).
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After a really busy few weeks it looks like we're caught up with orders and they're going to be slower over Christmas. Hopefully I can go a few days without cutting over Christmas now.
