Johnpl315

An interesting twist on this, for anyone who uses self employed staff, how far would you ask/expect them to travel for you?

I like that, I think the true cost of traveling is more than just the fuel

If I only earn £100 in a day though, I travel for over two hours, spend £20 fuel, then I have to purchase and maintain saws & ppe. It barely work out at minimum wage?! So I would be skint in either instance!

Hi guys, I am wondering what distance most people are prepared to travel for a job/work? I have always tried to draw the line at an hour(each way), but when you as this up over the course of the year it's still a huge chunk of time. Add to this the fact that as a hand cutter/groundsman I don't get paid a great deal and the cost of fuel to drive I am thinking an hour each way is to much. Interesting to hear other peoples thoughts?

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I think it is a great bit of kit, it's great for cutting posts, I like the fact it's so quick to sharpen. It has 4 teeth and comes with a little grinding kit so it's literally a couple of minutes. This is one of the reasons I went for this over a bandsaw. It's great it can go in virtually any trailer or pickup. I also like the fact you can mill large trunks that a bandsaw in this price range might not. The reason I am selling, I can't make any money milling. It is really hard for me but I don't have a yard so I don't have anywhere to store my milled timber. Because I have no where to operate I can't mill to order but I can't hold much stock either. In order to make it work financially I think a yard and telehandler would be required. If I purely did milling then by the time I had a yard and machinery this would no longer be the mill for the job. I see how this could work for the right person though. A tree surgeon who already has a yard and and wants a way to proscess any butts that come back or an estate or woodland owner who have space and timber available. It does make me sad to sell it but as a relative youngster I have spent the equivalent of a house deposit in the last year buying this mill, 4 chainsaws, 4x4, trailer, winching equipment, logging arch. I have all this kit, but I am making less money than I was before. It's also such a gamble for me, as anyone reading my other post oak may know, I just spent £1000 on some oak butts which turned out to have woodworm and be if low value. I am at a point now I have used all my savings and can't afford to buy any more wood. This is personal stuff and not a reflection on the quality or usefullness of the mill! You can see the prices for new machines on the turbosaw website. I am obviously not expecting to reclaim the full amount but I am not going to sell at a huge loss either

I also have a 30" alaska that could be available subject to negotiation...

8" x 8" is the largest you can cut and up to 4.5m long

Thanks for the advice guys, really appreciate it. I could easily knock up some furniture but it doesn't really solve the issue of the worm. I could treat all the timber but according to my research online treating it won't kill the woodworm That are in it now and as it dries they will probably become less active anyway

Yeah that's what I thought. What would you do? Tell your customers it has woodworm and sell it cheap for gate posts?

Here's a photo, this is just an off cut I cut off to make the post less wormy

Hi guys. I am thinking of selling my sawmill. It's a turbosaw warrior chainsaw mill powered by a husqvana 3120xp The retail on this if bought from the uk distributer is around £8500 which is the price including vat but does not include the chainsaw. Mine has not been used a huge amount, I am open to negotiation regarding price and it could be sold with or without the chainsaw. It would be ideal for a tree surgeon who has a yard and space to store timber or estates, farms etc

Thank you very much for your input guys. It's mostly concentrated around the ends of the posts where the end grain has softened slightly. Will try and get some pics up later.

So what would you do? I paid over £1000 for the butts at a rate of £4.50 per hoppus foot. I knew it had some woodworm but in my experience all oak has some in the sapwood. I had no way of telling it extended in to the heartwood. I am not really happy selling it either but even if I got a refund I would still be way out of pocket as I have to pay the guy who was helping me and I have to cover my costs.

Yeah I did not fell the trees unfortunately. I believe one of the butts had been down for around 10 years so that would explain it. Is it reasonable to ask for a partial refund as this has significantly affected the value of the wood?

:blink::blink:Have you got a link to a company that sells oak posts at £15 a cube? Uk oak in my experiance are the cheapest with a 6x6 post 8' long priced at £33 + vat. That equates to around £20 a cube including vat, and that's about the cheapest. Good quality posts I have sold at up to £25 a cube Ironic you think all butts are worth milling but want to pay rock bottom!

Hi all, got some oak I have milled over the past few days. Got some 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8 as well as 5x3, 6x3, 7x4 etc. unfortunately I always seem to be a bit unlucky and a lot of it has some woodworm infestation. What is it worth per cubic foot? £17? Thanks

I apologise if it sounds like I am being negative I am just talking from my experiance. Here is an example of how it costs hundreds for storage. I do not have space to store wood for a year at my house while it air dries. Therefore for me to store it I have to rent somewhere. I looked in to this as I have a lot of equipment now it would be handy. But a garage or container here is around £100 a month minimum. If you already have a yard that is of course a different story.

Cost of hiring a guy for half a day to mill it ~ £150 Cost of undercover storage for a year ~ hundreds Cost of marketing sell it ~ hours of you life answering silly questions from people with no intention of buying If you know you have a market for it or you want to use the timber yourself go for it but I would go for it as a moneymaking scheme

I personally would just cut it up. Unless you have someone very local to you it's probably not worth a lot. I have no experience of wood turning but done a fair bit of milling and I might pay in the region of £30 if I was right there. But if it was even 10 miles away I probably wouldn't pay. Just my opinion

Well as I said beams, posts and full width slabs have sold ok. I just get left with a load of random bit and bobs I can't shift. Thanks

Yeah I have an add on woodlots. It must be a lot to do with marketing. If someone actually saw them they might buy them but people who look for this stuff online just want it cheap. All is not lost I am using to to build myself a log shed. I hope I have put you off others do seem to do well I think it's just me who's not a great salesman!

Yeah I don't know why gravel boards etc don't sell. I have these lovely chestnut planks ideal gravel board, decking or rustic cladding. Had no interest, not even at £4 a plank. Now thinking they will make great kindling

I have only really tried online, eBay, gumtree and Friday add. I just think it's hard to compete with imported timber. Look at the prices on UK oak, if you get your timber for free you may be ok but if you are paying for the timber it's hard to compete.

Tbf I have found oak posts and beams are fairly easy to sell, planks and sleepers not so much. If you can cut wide slabs they normally seem to go fairly easily