Farmifan36

Same up here in `The Heilans`

And here in Aberdeenshire!

Assuming 6kgs of timber in a net, 26000kgs in an arctic load, then 4333 nets, excluding wastage.

 

Wastage depends on how good or bad the timber is

Roughly how many days would it take to turn an artic load into 6kg nets, with 2 working at it?

Thanks for all help so far ...I'm a person who always says I will do something as stupid who loves work

Don't worry about it, there's a few of us on here!

The guys on "rouge" traders could do it for £3k cash, itemised bill to follow in the post, honest.

Thanks, much appreciated.

Does it have the "bubble" cab or just a lambourne or Ford safety - I think they are worth a bit less. Around 3k if it's a good one, great wee tractors, would be better with power steering for the loader though.

I've got the Thor magic 13ton petrol powered version and I am pretty impressed with it very fast splitter I find if you run it at full throttle its too fast its quite a complicated design on the valve block and controls but it works very well if you do buy it get somebody to make up the extension table as its £500 quid on its own

I'm looking for a splitter too and have looked at most of the ones mentioned here. The Thor magic and the horizontal Reco at the start of the thread are the 2 I'm most interested in. Has anyone any feedback on how they cope with big rings of very dead elm? Thanks.

Why bother? I can't see how breaking up pallets can make anyone money. If it's kindling you want, I've stacks of cedar edgings (mostly small stuff) at £18 a tonne. Need to break up a lot of pallets to get a tonne!

Could maybe sell them to the guy in the "crap kindling machine" video, I'll bet he'd be delighted.

Why use them?

 

I'm sure there would be a local windscreen fitter who would offer much better service

 

Yes, I've used both over the years and I'd always go for a local fitter if I could find a recommended one. Perhaps a future thread?

This thread would never have got going if the op hadn't had such a carp spell checker. I do wonder if the add was posted in the wrong plaice too, sorry if these points have raised before but I cod not be bothered trawling through the whole 22 pages.

I've seen someone local charge £20 per hr for that, if it was done with a processor then probably £30/hr but would take less time.

Aye, that's a fair comment, but such a waste that they didn't get the chance to realise theirs beyond the war.

I live in a rural area, next to a derelict church with a graveyard and war memorial. On the memorial the names of the farms the fallen came from are listed too. You could drive from one end of the parish to the other and almost every farm or small holding lost a son, some more than one. What a waste of life and potential.

Fair enough, depends on the size of your pile! Strathbogie saws have a big splitter they hire out, may be worth tying them?

Hi, if you have access to a wee tractor I have a hycrack that would cope with anything up to 24" rings, pm me if interested

Softwood between £45 and £50 per cube depending on qty. some guys seem to be as low as £40.

Delivered to where?

Hi William, there is a few companies however any firewood I have bought has been very under seasoned. A lot of people I know in the area struggle to find good seasoned firewood and this has spurred me on to get a business started.

Hi Threadders, interesting to read about what got you interested in firewood. I've just recently started selling and I have been very pleasantly surprised by the response, but it is hard work! The main feedback I have had from customers so far ( and I am now getting a good level of repeats and some referrals) is that they have been getting poorly seasoned or waterlogged wood, or have to wait a couple of weeks for delivery. Quite a number of my customers seem to leave things to the last minute, which in some ways suits me fine as it's evenings & weekends for me just now. The main things I have learned so far is that you need to have a good stock, plan well ahead, get your pricing right and don't promise if you can't deliver - leave that to the competition. I'm still working pretty much hand to mouth ( I suppose it is a kind of "just in time" system) but I'm putting any spare cash into stock for next season & I have just got fixed up with the rent of a big shed where I can store my logs for next season. I have a pickup and spent a lot of time wondering about a trailer, and if so whether or not to get a tipper. I did, and for the first 6 weeks it didn't turn a wheel, my few orders were all pickup loads. The last 6 weeks though it has been invaluable, and it does seem to suggest to the customer that you are a serious business, not just a bloke hawking logs.

Hope it goes well for you!

Hi Teamonsta, I'm probably fairly local to you and travel throughout the North East of Scotland with my processor, I've sent a PM

Sounds good. I'll def get some for storage & I'll try and work out a way of getting them off the trailer without wrecking them. Where do you get yours?

Like the idea of the deposit, bet it helps with customer retention too. What do you charge - a fiver?

Hmm that sounds good, not sure I could stretch to that just yet though. I've been using some cheap tarps to tip onto where necessary ie gravel drives, but the crane would be good. Are you generally delivering single bags per customer or multiples? How do you get on getting the bags back?

Thanks Billy, do you deliver in them or tip them into a trailer for bulk deliveries? I've a cage sided 10x5 tipper but no way of handling bags at the customer end - the old Ford 4000 looks a bit rough!

Hi, I really struggle for storage space for processed wood too. I guess the stillages cost more but will last for ages whereas the vented bags are relatively cheap but may not last for more than a few fills? Where would you start if you were starting from scratch, would you go all bags, all stillages or a mix of both? A but hypothetical I know, but I'm just looking for ideas. Could you build a "pit" or clamp with bags around the outside and then tip loose logs in the centre, with a cover over the top? If that's a stupid idea please say so!

Did you notice how much taller the trees were by the end of the clip?