gdh
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Does it need to be an xpg? As I far as I know that's only heated handles on top of the xp.
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You can normally get a bit off the bigger stuff. Especially if the dealers are next to each other. Interestingly I've had a few emails saying that prices would go up at the start of this month because of the pound dropping. I wouldn't be surprised if the show prices end up just being the current one. Although that's still a saving.
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We're starting to cut a bit more now as orders are picking up. Had some fun yesterday with a rare bit of softwood. With 15-18ich diameter wood I was doing 10cube+ an hour of 9inch on my own although you could hear the little tractor struggling occasionally. Unfortunately we only sell a few tons of softwood a year so it's back to hardwood now with 2 of us doing the work. [ame] [/ame]
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Agreed. It's nice to see an old tractor in the woods and there's something satisfying about doing logs by hand. With a chainsaw of course.
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There's occasionaly young entrants grants and rural development funds for small businesses that could be worth a look but alot of grants are up to 40% and just run until the money's gone so it can be hard to find one when you need it. It's worth having a look around, we got help with a chipper from the European regional development fund but there's also a lot of conditions attached.
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No problem, I like seeing other setups so it's only fair to put some of ours up.
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I only tend to do it once a month but I'll try and film some next time.
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Seems like he's doing a reasonable job. No ppe but that's just personal choice.
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We're picking up slightly but it's been a very slow summer this year. Hopefully we get a cold winter.
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I chose work over going out most the time but that's farming so I don't usually have a choice. I don't think the wedding is the important thing but that you were asked so unless you tried to get out of work and couldn't I would be really nice to her but what do I know. :-)
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Good idea doing Log splitter hire/ log splitter and man hire
gdh replied to Lukey boy1's topic in Firewood forum
Do you mean a small splitter or one for over size timber? Assuming you mean a small one you could get a bit of work if you've got a chainsaw and can turn a tree into firewood for someone. Bigger ones I think would be hard to pay off unless you get a long one then you could try and make oak stakes if you could get suitable wood and there could be some money in that. -
I was looking at big processors at the apf before and other than big logs there's not a big speed increase. You'd be better off with a second normal processor and a worker if anything. Having said that, it doesn't mean I don't want one of those.
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Sorry I don't know anyone in your area and it would be too expensive for us to do I would think. Hopefully there's someone else who can help on here.
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Good of you to share, looks like it spun slightly on the stump. that always seems to happen when you're near something important... I'm guessing you also need to up the idle speed on the saw.
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Been splitting oversized oak and ash for biomass today. 15 tons up to 3ft diameter and only one blockage so a nice day.
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<p>Hi. Sorry for the delay, I've been away. Either me or my dad will give you a ring or you can email <a href="mailto:" rel="">[email protected]</a> and I'll give you all our prices. It depends on the size of bags you use as we usually sell loose .</p>
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Delivered locally is £120 or £100 for 1.8cube or we do bigger loads by tipping another part box in. We normally sell hardwood, softwood is a bit of an experiment to see if it will sell.
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This is how we do it; cut into boxes, put them in our drying shed, stack them and tip into the pickup if it gives you any ideas.
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Check the fuel pipe hasn't perished. I had a tiny hole in mine which caused the same thing.
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Thanks for the reply. We're in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. It's processed firewood I was looking at selling. Hard or soft (60 or 50 a cube). If someone else handles delivery I don't mind where it go but I think it's 2+ hours to Oswestry.
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It's more personal preference I think. Ibcs are cheaper and a bit smaller. Potato boxes are a bit bigger and can be broken (but rarely - our 160 have had a couple of thousand tons in them and I've only replaced about 5 planks). We went with potato boxes because they can be stacked up to 7 high if needed and they're more stable in general. Nothing wrong with ibcs though and there's some good deals on them.
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Yeah I'm not a fan of bags. We paid £60 for our boxes but that was new with double bottoms. You can get used ones cheap or ibcs much cheaper but we thought the boxes were safer to stack and they're bigger. If you want a box rotator to tip boxes you'll need a decent sized loader because they are heavy.
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We cut into potato boxes then use a box rotator to tip into the pickup for delivery. It works well for us but it depends how much you want to invest. Alternatively you could cut directly into vented bags.
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Pretty sure ryetec do them as an option on their splitters. We looked at one but couldn't justify the cost.
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Are you looking for processed wood or are you going to cut it yourself? Shame I'm in mid Wales, I've been trying to sell some softwood firewood in bulk.
