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  1. gdh
    Can you get away with having a chain with an extra link?
  2. gdh
    Nice idea. Is that a bucket you've adapted into a log grab in the background?
  3. gdh
    Both of them will run on our 35hp massey but it won't lift, just drag them. The 400 is about 1200kg I think. Worth mentioning if you jam the splitter and don't lift the guard (which switches everything off) you'll probably stall the tractor but that shouldn't ever be an issue. They both need an electric connection, we had to adapt our old tractor to run it by putting an alternator in. I'm not sure how long they would run off a battery.
  4. gdh
    Yeah, I would recommend the 400, it's well built and still cheaper than others and it's a fast machine. The 480 isn't here yet but from what I can see it's just a bigger version of the 400 with a more powerful splitter and the auto splitter. The extra auto adjust etc should be an improvement and they can be turned off anyway. Pm if you want a rough price. :-) I used to cut smaller stuff with our old 1x37 and that was alright because you can slam a manual handle down then cut the last bit slowly whereas the joysticks are a set speed so it might as well be going through a big log. I'm hoping that the 12 way ring splitter on the 480 doesn't make too much kindling when the logs are slightly bigger than the ring.
  5. gdh
    We used to but they tend to go sideways or catch on the chain and we found that if you only cut bigger stuff then you ge a lot less rubbish in the wood. We've got a Tajfun 400, probably about to get a 480 plus though. It's a really good machine, done at least 2500 tons in the last 3 and a half years and no big problems.
  6. gdh
    Yes, I can imagine. I'm only joking, our woods pretty good in general,it's just that we usually have reasonably straight 8ft lengths. All of our 16 ft logs get cut in half to fit in the shed so we just cut them on the bend and the short stuff is only a problem trying to stack it on the trailer. Anything below 4 inch diameter we cut with a chainsaw and leave it round because it's quicker than putting small stuff through the processor.
  7. gdh
    I've reached the end of one of our stacks of good stuff so now we get a choice between bent 16ft and straight 7ft. I'm not sure which is worse...
  8. gdh
    No problem. Now I just need to find a use for our plastic ones.
  9. gdh
    Just a thought, if you used the cardboard tubes that come in the middle of sillage wrap you could them to and there's alot lying around at farms who wrap bales.
  10. gdh
    The split wood is for another customer but we have a 199kw chip boiler.
  11. gdh
    It's 4ft, most the cost is in the ram and we only want to split 3-4 ft pieces for biomass boilers so we thought we'd save a few thousand and go for a short one. Ryetec build to any spec you want.
  12. gdh
    It's a Ryetec. We had to make a few changes to the log table because it bent when it flipped up during splitting but other than that it's a really well built machine.
  13. gdh
    We looked at both a couple of years and went with a splitter. The main reason was we don't have a 360 and a cone splitter big enough to split 3ft diameter plus needs a very high oil flow which we couldn't get from either of our loaders. Also our 40 ton splitter goes 8 ways and you just keep pushing more through whereas a cone splitter takes multiple pushes just to split in half. Of course if you have a 360 then you can get a cone splitter for 4K but a standard splitter with a few extras like ours is more like 16K and a cone splitter would probably be better for bent stuff and could do longer logs.
  14. gdh
    Same here, even the sheds are soaked because it's going sideways.
  15. gdh
    Click reply then go to advanced and scroll down until you see manage attachments then add the pic,click upload, click close window and they will appear when you post your reply.
  16. gdh
    Thanks, it is . It still lifts the front end not the processor anyway, and it's on extra large tyres to get the pto at less of an angle. Still it's nice to have a proper tractor around.
  17. gdh
    It's a Ryetec 40 ton, takes up to 4ft lengths for biomass.
  18. gdh
    A few pictures of our last few weeks, we're flat out cutting at the moment which is nice. The big logs on the trailer are to be split into lengths .
  19. gdh
    Obviously we're not losing money, that's the going rate around here, not just us. I would like more money, everyone would, but it's just about making sensible decisions. There's people around who sell for more and there's people who sell for less - it all depends on the area and the individual business.
  20. gdh
    There's very little profit in it to be honest but we break even and it keeps us in work. We were up to paying £55 a ton for the last few artic loads. £90 is before delivery so it still leaves £35 to pay for cutting and everything that goes with it.
  21. gdh
    Yes if it's collected, all oak and ash at the moment. Too much competition to put prices up. :-)
  22. gdh
    It's a tajfun 400 joy. Feel free to pm me if you want to know anything about them.
  23. gdh
    At the moment we're £90 for 1.8 cube which is about a ton, could probably knock a bit off for a large amount fresh. Seasoning would be an issue because it will go moldy in a heap. A shallow stack on pallets with plenty of airflow is the best way to season.
  24. gdh
    We would normally do around 5 cube an hour of 9 inch but doing 18 inch out of straight 12inch diameter we could do , and have, 10-12 cube per hour. Obviously it's very rare to get perfect wood, especially with hardwood.
  25. gdh

    Tons to cu meters

    gdh replied to Hoss's topic in Firewood forum

    Same for us - we get 1.8 out of 1 ton but it does go up a bit if you cut longer logs.

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