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125mph in a ladder chassis with leaf springs...........brave or stupid?
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The WP36 is what I'd recommend if you were to go down the buying a processor route. Alternatively, have you thought about hiring in a processor to clear your pile of logs? It would take many, many days of processing to arrive at the cost of a road towable processor. The road towable WP36 is about £12k to buy or they can be hired in most areas for around £300/day give or take a few quid with no worries about maintenance, running costs or finding someone decent to operate it
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Does anyone know, off the top of their head what size of shaft is on the Honda engine on the WP36 processor. Need to know quickish, but my machine is away for a week on a hire so I can't take it apart and measure it. Ta in advance John
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investment against return scale for wood processing
bilke_user replied to flatyre's topic in Firewood forum
Are there many folks in your area selling wood? If so, how about finding out how they process their wood and if there would be a market there for you to tap into. I worked out that there are a lot of lads doing firewood in my area and another wasn't going to make an instant hit. Instead I opted to buy a mobile processor and now hire it to a few of them and also to estates and farms in this area. Twelve grand or so doesn't earn much in the bank but it can buy a decent mobile processor and you can make a reasonable amount with it over a year, in my case about 100 times more than the interest the bank were giving me on my initial investment, add this to a slow depreciation on the processor and overall the deal's a decent one. If you think you can find 10 customers who would hire it from you for a week each then it pays for itself in next to no time........the secret is making sure you know who you are hiring it to and make sure you keep on top of, and keep a record of, all maintenance -
Elderly because it takes them until that age to afford one?
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Traditional Firewood is history
bilke_user replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Firewood forum
Government subsidy fecks everything it comes into contact with. A dole fund for the rich -
Firewood Processor Differences(+?-points) Again ???
bilke_user replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
fast (really very fast, and it easily keeps up with three people feeding it) but very limited in what size of stuff it takes. Not very transportable. I did say fast didn't I? I'll say iy again FAST -
I hire mine out. Mostly to folks I know and have a good sense of working with machinery. If you do go down the road of hiring it out for customers to operate make sure you have a service schedule drawn up and that every maintenance item is checked, dated and ticked off on a sheet before it goes out even go as far as to take photos of the condition of the machine, this is vital as protection for yourself if someone gets hurt when using it or if it comes back damaged. Make sure the person hiring it has it on their insurance, being covered for fire and theft I hire mine out at £275 a day with me and at £200 a day without me. Remember that if you hire it out too cheap without yourself you have a higher risk of the machine being damaged Hope this helps
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I've got a finger in several pies and bought the processor to supplement income at a time of year when the other bits of the pie were cooling down a bit. I hire it out to mostly farmers, estates or small firewood sellers. These customers tend to hire it for longer periods than most and I'm happy to hire it to them on its own w/o an operator. I've only had the processor for a little over a year now and with next to no advertising it's taken in close to £15k. Not a fortune, but it's paid back the initial investment and given us a better return than a savings ISA ever could have. It's not a get rich quick thing but added together with other income sources it can give a decent income.
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Firewood Processor Differences(+?-points) Again ???
bilke_user replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
What I did before I bought the processor was to make a list of what I wanted the machine to do, what I wanted to pay and what the upkeep of it was going to cost. Ease of servicing, and mobility were the two main priorities for me and this narrowed the field considerably. Chainsaw or circular saw? Had to be chainsaw for my needs..........hiring a processor to the general public always means inappropriate material will get thrown through it (old fence strainers are a favourite). Much easier to sharpen and supply a few chains with the hire than to spend a lot of circular blades only to have them needing sharpened after every hire I'm happy with the choice I made, simply because it's costing little to maintain in £s and hrs and I'm getting around 100% re hire from my customers. -
We've used the 9kw woodworm for 15 years without any problems. They do a decent 5kw one too Woodwarm Stoves | Product Range | Fireview Slender Range | 5kw Fireview
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We've got a Kubota 61-3 2.5 ton digger which actually weighs 2.7 ton with no buckets. We use the LM106 trailer for it simply because it's the only trailer that we can legally take the digger with. The LM 106 trailer with the 8ft steel ramps has a dry weight of around 700kg The LM166 has a dry weight of around 900kg with the ramps making it over the 3500kg gross we are allowed to transport with the pick-up. I looked at the LM126 initially and found it to be the ideal size but unfortunately it just tipped the scales on the wrong side of the 3500kg mark when loaded with the Kubota
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PM sent
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Fine in a workshop, but could they make it any uglier for the living room?
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Would take more than a few years for that to pay for its self. Some machine though BTW can you hire out the log splitter with single handed operation? Cheers, John
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I put out the machine to trade customers with them safe in the knowledge that it's going to cost them £10/cube bag. Most softwood for processing up this way gets cut to 250mm and we aim to do around 120bags a week with two operators and a client's forklift/driver to hold/stack the bags. For 500-600mm stuff it works out at about 150 bags for the week. It works out at decent profit at the end of the year, it doesn't come anywhere near being as profitable as photography or letting property and it uses up a hell of a lot more energy, but it's where I started in life and it's what keeps me happy
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OP asked for going rates for what he was wanting. I gave mine. If the firewood thing was the only iron in my fire I'd be charging a lot more, but as one of many branches of income it does fine at the rates I put it out at.It's certainly not a loss leader, but it's not something I'm involved in to make a fortune with......many easier ways to make that elsewhere.
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TBH I'm not bothered what anyone thinks of my rates.....unless of course you're a customer of mine, a lad who works for me or my accountant.
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You're a wee bit too far away for me to consider, but to give you an idea....... Machine + operator + 2 labourers = £400 per day Travel is normally £0.50/mile
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What price do you have on this?
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The Farmi prices will be going up with the next delivery because the £ is not so strong at the moment. Riko are doing special prices on their current stock.....well worth phoning them and getting a price on the option that would suit you best. I certainly can't see processor prices staying put for long, glad I got mine when I did
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Igland Winches | Jas P Wilson
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Got it and will get back when I've made a decision
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HONDA GX270 9hp PETROL ENGINE
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A 9Hp Honda GX270 comes in at £320 which is not really a huge lot. PS I'll be selling a GX390 electric start engine shortly, Just need to give it a tidy up first
