Ilnumero
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Answer to the op's question.... Go to Land Registry online, do an index search for the land in question by using their maps. This will give all the details they hold on the land and the title numbers. You may then need to get a copy of the title, once you have the title number, to get the land owner details. This is all done online and costs £2 per search and you get the results immediately. Done it many times myself. Just one warning, please make sure you are on the genuine Land Registry site as there are many almost similar sites that charge much more than £2 and send you the results during office hours, after doing their own search on the LR site.
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If you have loading machinery, ie telehandler, Eddie Stobart will take it for biomass.
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Help needed sourcing a couple 20ftish cupressus macrocarpa
Ilnumero replied to Tree Man Tom's topic in General chat
Coblands in Sevenoaks? -
Give me a number I can call you on and I'll have a chat about the price. That quantity is no problem, and can do a much better price
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Could probably take them, please let me have some details. Only 3 miles away.
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Details please, am interested.
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Just milled some for a customer yesterday. Mill looks like its been sprayed with pva glue, sap is so plentiful and sticky! Cleaned it all up with some industrial alcohol but took a while to do, wouldn't be desperate to do more anytime soon. Timber was good, though, some very nice knot patterns on some boards. I would leave the stem for a good while to let the sap ooze out next time. Good for turning - my friend has some for that and he likes it.
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Possibly have kiln space in Sevenoaks, may be too far, though?
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Not to do with having an MOT, just look on the bottom of the V5, first page, it will say 'Not transferrable'. Generally applies to all ag vehicles and some cars too. I've seen it on several motors I have been through (used to be a van dealer)
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Try Glendale, may take it for a fee, or the council tip across the road from them. Again, not sure of the cost but they take green waste.
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Just as a comparison, I carted 6 tons of oversize beech for a tree surgeon. He was happy to see it go off site for nothing as he didn't have to deal with it. Gave him £30 for loading it. Good firewood for me - I have time to process it at my leisure but wouldn't be viable for a log-seller.
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Harvester wanted to cut 500T near Battle
Ilnumero replied to Dave177's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
South East Forestry? -
I think he's looking for a copy of 'Out of Stock' I hear it's a good read.
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I hate brambles. So invasive and they seem grow some enormous stems before your very eyes. I like to keep them under control either by digging them up (if practical) or by mowing. They don't seem to like regular mowing and mine die back if kept down. I had 2/3 acre of brambles 8' high. Took them down with a brushcutter, horrible job, then mowed the weeds that came up. It took two years but there's now a lovely lawn and the brambles have disappeared. I come across knobbly bits of dead root from time to time where the plant has died.
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Tree removal & heave advice
Ilnumero replied to alexsmith's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
I would go with this, looks a fine specimen. Enjoy it. -
You could try here for starters Building regulations for fireplaces. Fitting a wood burning stove? | The Stove Fitter's Manual Part J of the Building Regs covers chimneys and I think that things like wall thickness and distance from combustibles is the same whether it's an internal or external flue.
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I run a shed project and do supply timber there, normally softwoods, and at a discount. The timber merchant work is the result of exactly the points you make, and a lot of gentle persuasion over some time. I'm happy with the work I get for the mill as it's pocket money really, but it's always nice to make a hobby pay its way and the mill has probably paid for itself by now.
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Agree with that too! My first post was just how it is for me in Kent, and just for the record, I have an extremely positive attitude, but this doesn't always translate into sales. I have a friend with two sawmills, one a real beast, and he has the same issues trying to drum up sales. We are both fortunate that milling is not our core business so we are not relying on milling for an income. Update - since my first post, I have been approached by a local timber merchant and am now supplying all their hardwood timbers that they sell. Just goes to show that you never know what's round the corner.
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Any Interest in Shingle and Featheredge Attachments
Ilnumero replied to Wendelspanswick's topic in Milling Forum
I am just finishing off building a shingle jig of my own design. I have had a career in engineering and also fabricate many products for clients. Despite designing the jig on paper to a final design, once I started building it, I soon started tweaking everything and it's no longer similar to the original drawings. My advice would be to build one each of your jigs and try them out for a while on your own mill. You will soon find problems and modifications that you want to carry out. BTW, mine is in two parts, each 5 stations to take 400mm cants, so can be used singly or joined together. Each station is 8' length, so 16' total for 10 stations, all operated from a single lever at the operator's end. Would be interested in seeing your design, just being curious. -
My friend has a rack mill, bandsaw, not circular, and we both have modern portable horizontal bandsaw mills. I can say that the modern machines outperform the old stuff in so many ways. They are easier to setup, run, maintain etc. The old stuff is great fun but not if you want to use it seriously. We both run the modern mills several times a week, but the old Danckaert only gets used once a year. Can't say anything about the WM4000 specifically, but any machine with a blunt blade will do a rubbish job, so don't be put off by your earlier experiences. Once you have a day or so on a modern horizontal mill, you'll wonder why you didn't buy one years ago.
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Yes, I understand that there are always exceptions to every rule, and we don't often have the support of the Local Enterprise Office or are able to obtain a Business Development grant to buy a mill for us. My comments were aimed at the OP who is probably financing his own purchases and also probably has a mortgage (or rent) to pay, and maybe some children to look out for. As I said, it really is tough to earn a living from milling timber as a sole source of income.
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Assume space heater = stand-alone pellet stove that blows warm air? Then that's fine, please feel free to pm me.
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The ones used at our yard are fuel pellets, they won't use cheap pellets for their precious nags!
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Will it be for sale, perhaps?
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I do 6 tons or so for myself each year. Most of it is arb waste so its knarly, bent and all sorts of length. I made a work table with a steel frame and scaffold boards on top with a stop along one long side. I ring up the waste into regular rings and the trimmings get burned on the stove first. The rings are split on a pto-driven splitter into good, regular logs. These go into my log store (only pretty wood goes in there, it's on show in the front garden). The longer or thinner lengths go into a sawhorse similar to Roughneck Loggers Mate 24cm Log Capacity Log Saw Horse | Log Sawhorses | Screwfix.com but home made to suit my height. I much prefer to work at a comfortable height rather than bending over and reaching across a log pile. This all works well for me; minimal handling and comfortable working height is the answer
