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unfortunately until you can offer a service with a crane you are only performing a similar task to a quad and trailer which are plentiful and relatively cheap. in my opinion you need a crane to offer a service over and above the atv but don't buy it until you have a couple of customers committed to you so you can recover costs quickly
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Short length wood extraction
log on tommy replied to JamesWood's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I have to say I'm impressed by that stack of timber especially taking into account its all been handballed, bet its nice to stand at look at your handiwork. if you're interested I've got a pto powered circular saw with 4 metre conveyor on it which would speed up the processing side, based near York so not too far. pm me if you're interested tom -
You could try arbtalk member Richie g who is based near Helmsley or failing that theres a guy from easingwold but i'll have to dig out a number for him
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interesting. I went to see a customer the other day whose log shed was full of dry oak. he wanted beech from me and was going to give the oak away to the chap who works for him. he's got an open fire and he reckoned that the oak just smouldered and filled the room with smoke. Back on topic mixed hardwood prices are between £40 and £50/ton roadside up here in n yorks
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how do you and your customers get on with oak? personally I find it to be difficult in every respect....difficult to cut, split, season and burn but that could just be me!
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just finished I am pilgrim by terry hayes, excellent and inciteful crime thriller written by someone who obviously knows his stuff
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Where to buy small quantities of hardwood unseasoned/uncut
log on tommy replied to mike3k's topic in Firewood forum
I've got a large heap of fresh felled poplar near York if that's any help -
As the title suggests I need to hire a kindling machine for a week or two later this summer. Based in north yorks and I need the type that takes softwood rounds. Any guidance gratefully received thank you muchly tom
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bet you find yourself very short of offers to lift it onto said bench. looks like theres a bit of weight to it
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thats brilliant, I love a bit of ingenuity and invention. I wouldn't be surprised if it yields you a bit more work either. landowners will be much more likely to let that machine in to sensitive areas than some of the more commercial forwarders. as above I look forward to more pics and any info on any mods you make
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if its that stuck and you try to force it the bolt head will shear off and you'll be in a heap of bother. make every effort to "shock" the rust off prior to applying more force than you've already done. sharp belts with an engineers hammer on the bolt head and around may help otherwise its got to be heat, a blowlamp probably won't be man enough you'll need to get someone with oxy acetylene bottles. heat the area around the female threads to expand them away from the bolt. good luck
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depends if you or he need/ want an income stream? if they are stored under cover they won't devalue but if they are given any rough treatment they will.
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is it a d22 or a new style navara?
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you'd have to leave it within the tyre and rim or you'd end up with a giant rubber ring without that much pressure in. you'd be better off getting an old lorry wheel complete and over inflating it to 80 psi but I don't know what the hse would think to it as it could be classed as transporting compressed air. Or you could modify one of those blow guns the tyre boys use for seating the beads on tractor tyres
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i'm inclined to agree a little with bob, unless you're diversifying another business in this direction and using any spare resources available it will be very difficult to make it stack up. starting from scratch (forklift, yard rent, processor, working capital) will be very difficult even more so if you're buying in your raw materials. Have you also done a "what if" budget? could be a useful exercise to see if your plan still stacks up if cord rose in price by 50%, or if you got injured and had to pay someone to do your work or if you didn't hit your sales targets etc I'm embarking on a similar venture but I'm in the fortunate position of owning the woodland already and the margins are still tight. Good luck
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gallup and rosate are identical glyphosate products. I've not come across clinic ace so can't comment. Roundup have tried to regain market share by pimping up their product by including wetters and adjuvants to enable the plants to take it up quicker or it to be rainfast quicker etc. if your spraying off a yard area it could be worth investigating chikara which is a non selective residual herbicide i.e. it kills everything and it shouldn't come back, I've never used it but seen it advertised.
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not only are you going to heaven my friend but you'll probably find yourself on a self cleaning cloud being waited on hand and foot by nymphettes wearing nothing but chainsaw trousers! Good on you. Every now and again i'll give someone a hand if they're in need but to do it every day is different, keep it up as long as you can.
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depending on what the weeds are they might just mow out in time. i.e. some broadleafed weeds won't come back, nettles, thistles and docks however, will.
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yeah that's for a cubic metre of split seasoned logs loose in a bag or whatever. some say it could be worth more this winter
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round here (north yorks) it would be worth £100/ cube delivered locally. I wouldn't sell it by the ton now as it won't weigh well if its dry
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my handler has constant flow for things like feeder buckets and sweepers etc so its just a rocker switch. not shown on the pics but it has removeable legs for storage which slide in to the side horizontally to hold dumpy bags open. it can easily be used on the floor but it kills your back
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Built this about a month ago, its organs were donated by a scrapped howard power harrow and a parmiter shear grab. Made the axe head out of 2 sections or shear grab blade welded back to back with the wings made out of used power harrow blades. Had to buy the valve block:thumbdown:. either goes on the back of a tractor or sits on the pallet tines of the forklift, the latter having a much faster oil flow. seems to go well
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just as an aside carpenter just bear in mind that woodyards pay quite well for straight larch as it makes great fenceposts. so you could be better selling that in lengths and processing your other softwoods to burn
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like the slippers felix!
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needs must knotty ash needs must. sometimes you have to take what you're offered to keep the wheels turning
