Ciaran Taylor

I don't think it is worth doing unless you have a decent use of the heat as well, ideally you would make it with pyrolysis/gasification and capture the gasses. There is a whole load of money going into the science of biochar but it is yet to be practically implemented at scale and the last study I read claimed there was differences in how long it lasts in the soil if produced at different temperatures. So it would be a pity to invest in kit and then have it not be the right kit to make a good product.I don't think it is worth doing unless you have a decent use of the heat as well, ideally you would make it with pyrolysis/gasification and capture the gasses. There is a whole load of money going into the science of biochar but it is yet to be practically implemented at scale and the last study I read claimed there was differences in how long it lasts in the soil if produced at different temperatures. So it would be a pity to invest in kit and then have it not be the right kit to make a good product.

Easy to sell stacked at roadside. Best to work out the tonnage/difficulty of the job and then deciding if you want to do it yourself or get a contractor in. You will also need a felling licence.

Depending on prices but for chip only job up to 500ton I have to offer 5-10/ton to compete. Any site above 500ton and I don't even get asked. Cut and extract is down below 15/ton on those jobs.

Owners get paid 5-15k/hectare for clearfell. Replant might be 2k per hectare. Which is why most smaller blocks are getting sold at 10k/hectare rather than your 2.5 (which almost all woods used to get sold for). Worth noting that 90% of forestry land in Scotland gets sold to 1 company. Banks will only loan up to 2 thirds and are, in my opinion, crap at giving new people a chance at projects like this because of the scale - even when you point out that smaller blocks are far more expensive. Rich get richer.

An amazing piece of work. "Great men are forged in fire, it is the privilidge of lesser men to light the flame."

All small stuff, 10cm average diameter! reflected in price - 35 per ton. can arrange haulage, but please be aware this is for sale in Insch, Aberdeenshire. Which is in scotland!

ahh thats ware the recent surge of stuff on ebay has come from them!

Putting cells in at the moment. Quite a bit of shock particularly on the further on ones, hopefully itl be alright because I can see them out the window.

If you are still looking I have sitka at roadside at the moment, in Insch. Pm me if you want details

Depends on what size bar you are going for and what size saw, I don't know about the light but I have a solid 68link 3/8ths on a 560 and I think while it is ideal for felling it is not so maneuverable for snedding.

Exactly! no point in having someone working inefficiently for you all day, may as well teach them to save you time. Best way to stop someone blunting a saw is for them to have to sharpen it themselves.

If they are edge trees it will probably just be chip but at 1.5m diameter and with 270 of them you should have a couple of lorry loads at least, talk to euroforest and they should take it off you for 20-30 per ton. Only problem is if you plan on dismantling them instead of winching them back over, in which case no one will buy it off you because of uneven lengths.

at 20 years old there will never be any profit but even at chip rates it shouldnt be a cost job, if you get it handcut just tip the cutters a couple of hundred each if all the stumps are under 4" (dont get a harvester in, they cut stumps higher than tree surgeons). As soon as the grass grows you will never see them, has to be grazed though as you cant chelsea mow ex forestry. Your issue is brash, that will make it a cost job.

They had a bit on an on off spring which will have knocked off a lot of queens that started nest building too early, but trust me they will be out in force soon enough, just dropped a tree on a nest today!

dude a groundy on 80 a day gets 20 a year, should get between 30 and 45 depending on all the hundred variable that go with it.