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  1. Logsnstuff
    Lets hope when you start your next business everyone decides to bypass you then.
  2. Logsnstuff
    my air dried is 13 to 16% start of the season a kiln might go lower but to no advantage as the American study said domestic stoves become inefficient below 15%mc Polytunnel 30x90ft with 1mtr leg extensions will hold 500 0.73m3 bags
  3. Logsnstuff
    when you calculated the big saving did you put a cost on the 6 weeks you spent splitting logs, pretty sure you wouldn't work at your normal job for free.
  4. Logsnstuff
    go as powerful as your budget will stretch too, we have had the 30t stuck and had to cut logs off it, if could afford it I'd go 50t+but we do split some very ugly wood.
  5. Logsnstuff
    last company we rejected a load on don't sell to us anymore, they sent in a load of beech which was rotten and not the quality we provide.
  6. Logsnstuff
    we had 1 load come in and i don't think there was a stick in it that didn't have mud on it had to drop every grabfull from about 20 ft to knock the stuff off.
  7. Logsnstuff
    something to compare when your on about harvesters is they are cutting standing timber with minimal dirt on them firewood coming in usually has quite a bit of mud on it whether splashing from roadside traffic or just ground conditions of where its been stacked, we used to still rotate a set of 5 chains on the harvester and they do need quite a bit of sharpening daily.
  8. Logsnstuff
    been splitting billets for a few weeks on and off and I reckon it takes easily twice as long as processing a cube through the processor, softwood would rattle through no probs if only I had some customers for it but hardwood is a nightmare especially the seasoned syc that didnt get done last year. did buy the smallest set of Clarks timber tongs when went down to Wilson's demo day and they are working fantastic on the verticals winch, their large pickaroon gadget not so good though going to have top tackle it with a grinder atm just bounces off hardwoods.
  9. Logsnstuff
    still reckon a lot of people don't do any conversion at all, people buying in artic loads of hardwood but selling at £40 a cube to me it's how big a loss are you making but they claim to make a very good profit. I just base everything on 1.5 to the ton and don't buy oak.
  10. Logsnstuff
    rented mine out a couple of times and wouldn't do it again without an operator think they ran competitions to see what sort of thing it would cut. normal re sharpening costs around £45 last time on a 4 day hire it was £90 had so many broken teeth to replace.
  11. Logsnstuff
    makes it even worse you want to do jobs for cost. there was same problem in forestry with farmers diversification they all bought harvesters on grant money and came in at 50% below everyone else.
  12. Logsnstuff
    good to finally hear someone else saying you don't have to be the cheapest some people value quality over price.
  13. Logsnstuff
    had a pile of bags heading for the fire when spotted a robin going inside luckily only took 2-3 days and the nest was empty.
  14. Logsnstuff
    if you have charged the customer for landfill then why can't you give it away foc?
  15. Logsnstuff
    yes you can, most jobs should have a price included for landfill.
  16. Logsnstuff
    took a run down after all and quite surprised how big the demo area has gotten over last couple of years, still quite fancy one of the billet cutters looked quite good machine but the only money spent was a new pair of boots and a big pickaroon at clarks.
  17. Logsnstuff
    Aldi's stuff comes from somewhere off the m42 does it not, we also have a discount shop in the town bringing in slovenian kiln dried birch like an 80ltr plastic bag for £2.50
  18. Logsnstuff
    what about the 32" multitek thats what 81cm or thereabouts
  19. Logsnstuff
    this is why I'm amazed some of the prices mentioned for billets I find producing 1m3 billets quite a bit slower than a cube bag of cut logs so why sell at half the price. I pay £4 a ton to the farmer here for the timber we take out but we have to cut it and extract, any mill wood we charge £20 a ton + 5% sale price he gets the rest.
  20. Logsnstuff
    try to get them to buy in the summer every year and I can count on 1 hand the people who do the rest don't buy till first frost.
  21. Logsnstuff
    based on the fact caledonian ignored us last time and they charged me £120 to quote me for some work then never gave the quote think I will be giving them a miss. I'd be more interested with wilsons but 2 1/2 drive for a free burger not as bad as a run from cornwall I suppose.
  22. Logsnstuff
    read on fb the other day someone got done for speeding on the A9 for doing 60 in their berlingo because also limited to 50.
  23. Logsnstuff
    We had beech come in last year you could have filled a glass from the water running out the end of it.
  24. Logsnstuff
    Jim Wilson came up with one to fit the posch it's on one of the youtube processor clips but no idea how much they were charging I just leave mine on the ground atm.
  25. Logsnstuff
    you will never see a more miserable face than a haulier asking for a pull out of some hole and the thought of parting with a fiver for your trouble.

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