Graham w

a cube can be cut, split sold in under an hour so lets go with £65 per cube (you can get up to £85+ depending on market) tenner to him = £55 tenner to your car= £45 tenner to your saw, chain wear, petrol and redbull= £35 fiver on packaging if necessary= £30 that leaves you with £30 for that hour. say you worked a 6hour day that will give you £180 profit. your boss could pay you to do this and you may get £60 for your 6 hour day and he could go home with £120 for watching my opinion sell a few loads. at the end you will either be skint or mint, probably more mint than skint

firewood is strong with electric and oil being so high. pretty much what every one above said keep your machinery costs down, try sourcing cheap timber and a 106 wont be as heavy on the juice. i have never advertised sales come from word of mouth and good service over time try small scale first and if things work out upwards you go. running four trucks that do 22mpg diesel becomes expensive. wood is running low in my area you could get it for £15m3 then it went to £30m3 today is at £55-65m3. hope to enter firewood season with 400-500ton hardwood and already have infinite access to softwood. you are half way there. hope it goes well

inverness

last year was getting £4.50 for 82x52cm at the petrol station, you could prob get 2.75 40x 50 bags from one 82x52 thats 14-16kg so almost works out the same. would you be looking for more than 600+ to collect from inverness (only 15mins) 40x50cm for £1.60 schedule is busy i may be able to fit an order in but wont know for two months. i cannot guarantee all wood is crispy 16%.

hi john the mill pictured is not running yet. i hold the log in place by hand, theres room between the gaurds. will post some photos the mill will be highly modified so it works like a frick sawmill with no need to hold the log search frick sawmill on youtube how can a mill be run with low hp? looking at my mills and others alike you need at least 100hp or a frick needs up to 238hp. i have seen a frick mill powerd by 160hp and thats under powered

we call them yankee mills, i already have one thats been in regular use for about 15 years now, it has a 42inch insert tooth blade driven by flat belt. the bench is 8 meters long and is mounted on a steel chassis measuring 11meters. the bench must weigh 6+ tons as a jcb cant quite pick one end up we mounted a 6 cly130 hp perkins engine with a special fuel punp governor to keep engine speed constant under load. when cutting 40cm+ dry larch you can hear the engine working. i have recently purchased another mill (pictured) thats 18.3 meters long with a selection of blades 42" to 66" and no engine. i will be looking for no smaller than 6cly 140hp+ a fellow down the road had one with a 48" blade and a 4 cly turbo lorry engine. he needed to run it flatout using loads of diesel/ same as a 7.5 tonner doing 500 miles our perkins is a large engine working on over the tick over but on the torque, this means fuel economy. i spent all day friday and saturday afternoon cutting this used 4-5 gallons run the mill with 4 v belts as flat belts are hassle you may need more than 20hp to cut premium logs

what was his wholesale price, could supply you if the margins were good

once did a 7.30 am till 12.30 at night on a sunday and then drove 60 miles home for 1.30am. thats a 17-18 hour day. the aim was to build three double garages in 1 week/ personal best. firewood split and deliver was 9 2.7m3 loads from 7am till 10.30pm. today the weather is poor and did a 11.30 am till 7. being self employed has its up and downs

websites in the making, hope photos turn out ok. i mill all the wood so anything is possible. our basic 8x12 wooden shed can exceed the legal load on our iveco trucks lol

what would a rack mill cost these days?

i do the best buildings around for the cost of the crap. problem is i am based in scotland and your a bit far off. mind you travel expenses is only a few hundred

have been on a few kit houses where the paslode is king full stop. all joiners i know have them, i have a hitachi 90gc1 i find its slow and under powered and one of the batterys melted into the charger, its never used. i have three senco 501cl nail guns. these have double capacity mags and can take 40g and 80g gas. puts 90mm nails in all day always beating hitachi. senco guns cost around 480 but i bought my first three years now for £25 as new at auction. second was £150 ex display and last one was £50 returned by customer??? all guns came with two batterys and in immaculate condition (paint still on the tip) look out for guns going cheap i dont need the last one but who could say no?

the 2000w trend router is a 2000w dewalt same tool

build one

stihl 460 husky 266xp, 372xp, 385xp have many others but not in daily use inverness scotland

try using a skinny disc for a stillsaw disc cutter try to find ones at 3mm or 2.5mm x 305mm this is the best way to sharpen i sharpened cutting edge 22mm x 150mm x 900mm leaving a 70mm slope by turning it on end and cutting the corner off the full length of the blade- leaving an even finish and a flawless super sharp edge before trying this i worked a 2200w 9'' grinder for hours on end- eventually burning it out a stillsaw is like a 6000watt grinder i finished the remaining blades in miniutes

want to buy my 55 one? have just polished and galvanized the chassis, intended to keep it but i still have two ldvs- ones like new the other is going up for sale really cheap. i also know where theres another with 135k kilometers so thats 70- 80k needing an mot for £1700

i have two 35c12 iveco tippers 04 plate at 80k ex hire and 55 plate at 60k ex council. some parts are costly (the turbo boost pipe from the intercooler to the turbo- short bit of rubber is £120+vat and thats non genuine). only bought them as they go better and look better that our older ldvs. look out for heavy duty springs as my 04 one hasnt got them and really shows the weight. watch for the inside door handles they could snap off if not in regular use. and aluminum tipping brackets made by igimex snap too. the igimex tipper body tipps the load of logs on to the tail lights. if you got the truck cheap enough it would be ok have heard stories of a 35c12 doing 250k with no problems but one careful owner from new. got my 55 plate in my opinion cheap, what is the price and condition of the truck?

are you after one, what are you looking to spend?

go for a splitter where the knife is moving and the back plate is fixed if you want a single way cut. that way large blocks are easier to break down = increased production. a horizontal job is best but have it at a height where your back is in a straight position when working. a lazy diesel is economic our first splitter runs off a ford industrial 4550, in a day you can split 27m3 (loose) and she will only use 14L red diesel that costs under £20 thats a medium set up, what volume will you be working?

lol it only weighs 100kg

You should prob build a homemade job yourself, I was after a splitter and was disappointed with what was on offer. For £240 on parts i built one thats good value. The video is on youtube, search 'HOMEMADE HIGH OUTPUT LOG SPLITTER' since then i have started sourcing bits for a better larger one