gdh
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I'm not sure where you're getting that idea from. I switched to Milwaukee tools 8 years ago I think it was and all my tools are still going. There's 3 years warranty as well. They lead the market in a lot of areas, especially impact wrenches and I think they're the only ones to do 9 and 14inch grinders.
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I've always been impressed with my Milwaukee drills but for hardwood drilling I also use an impact wrench to replace petrol drills which are quicker and no risk of hurting your wrist MOV_6654.mp4
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There's loads of foxes here in mid Wales, too many really, a few hare and rabbits as well. We're all livestock farming in a this area though so there will be more wildlife than arable land.
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Our Valta T174 Vario with Fao Far trailer. 14.4tons of wood, my aim is to hit the maximum 15 but I've still never managed it.
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Best thing I ever did was switching to only 2 sizes of chain. 24inch/84 link on the 572s and firewood processor and 15inch on the 550s and 560s. Rotatech do 10% off if you buy over 10 so I get 10 of each and they last at least a year. When I get down to a couple left I buy another 10 of each.
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I think Northern Arb was the original then started making Pyranha chains which they rebranded as rotatech and are now concentrating on instead of general sales. As long as they keep making chains I'm happy.
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No, I think the other quote was very cheap. I've seen it going for over £100 a ton in England
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Average price for fresh ash delivered in mid Wales is 2k plus vat but it's going for a lot more sometimes.
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How much is Ash cordwood roadside where you operate?
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
That's a great deal. I've seen seasoned stuff going at £90+ so it's good to know there's still some out there that's cheap. -
How much is Ash cordwood roadside where you operate?
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
I'm assuming that's waste wood not lengths? South Wales is averaging £65 plus vat roadside but a lot of people trying for more. -
How much a day should I charge for the hire of my firewood processor ?
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
Depends what the processor is although I would be hesitant to hire one out unless it was to someone with experience. It only takes one log sideways in the splitting chamber to do a lot of damage. -
I'm with you now. There's two different versions of the 15inch. The more expensive one has a conveyor infeed and strengthening to be fed more safely with a crane although I think the main drum is the same on both models.
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That's with a crane I assume? Decent used one of ours should be 30-40. Less for 12inch.
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The heizohack chippers don't need a lot of horse power. We run a 15inch chipper from our 140hp Deutz. I don't much contracting but we charge £100 an hour plus vat and travel. No crane on ours though.
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We're between £85 and £97 a cube with our smallest load being 1.8 cube. Probably going to put it up £5 in the new year to cover the increased purchase costs. I like to sell at the same price we're buying in to avoid big price increases. At the moment we have enough stored luckily (although we're paying a fortune) drying is our biggest issue.
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What I've found with ash dieback is essentially it's accelerated death and rotting. They usually rot from the center out so dry faster at first because they can contain so much deadwood but after a certain point the rotten parts start absorbing water so there can be a big variation in one tree
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Talk to Clarkes, they do the fully automatic ones but they are a few thousand.
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If you use an electric saw and splitter I can't see a problem. Avoid circular saws because the sound from them carries a long way.
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The 550mk2 is a really good saw and an improvement on the mark 1 but it has gone up £150 in the last month.
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Standard boxes are 1.7-1.8cube depending how much you fill them.
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We use potato boxes as they're bigger and safer to stack. We kiln dry so I can't compare to outside but it dries fine in them, we just make sure to test the center of the box. Old boxes are cheap enough and you can repair them easily but they're about £100 new
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I did the same while making ours, I think we just played around with it for ages but you could just put a square on it and make it straight both ways then hopefully just use the other side to perfect it. For what it's worth I rarely adjust it again between blades and to check I just spin it a few times then run my fingers round to make sure all the blade is flush with the back of the wheel. Torque isn't that important either. Just reasonably tight by hand as if you're doing a lock nut. We have the standard 130.
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Is it only when the wind is one direction? That could help work out where it's coming from. Only thing I can think of is if wind is getting better slates and roof felt somewhere, we had that once. I can't think of anything on a livestock farm that would run constantly like that.
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I've tried loads of different stuff but always end up with the chainsaw in a vice and a file guide. 5 strokes one way and 4 the other. I rarely touch the depth guages because we're always on firewood. Having said that, after sharpening thousands of chains the novelties worn off and I have a fully automatic sharpener on order so fingers crossed that goes well.
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We have been using a ryetec 1.2m 40ton splitter for the really big stuff and stumping the rest to drop through a 12 way splitter but it's a lot of manual labour and the metre lengths don't make the tidiest firewood. We're in the process of upgrading to a 3m ryetec splitter to hopefully just quarter the oversize and put it through like normal logs. Also looked at cone splitters but they take time and do a messier job.
