trigger_andy

Good question and one I learned through trial and error. I know you say apart from the obvious but I’ll list what I bring. Some obvious some maybe not. 1, Milling Saw. 2, Mill. 3, Mill Spares. (Grub screws, nuts and bolts etc. 4, Metric and imperial Allan Keys. 5, Full 3/8 and 1/4” Socket sets. 6, Spare pull cord. 3 and 3.2mm 7, Snedding Chainsaw. 8, chain oil. 9, 2 Stroke oil. 10, fuel. 11, 2-3 milling chains. 12, 12v Chain Sharpener. 13, 12v Battery Starter. 14, chain files. manual and diamond for the 12v sharpener. 15, Wedges. 16, bar clamp. 17, chainsaw key. 18, Spare Spocket drives. 19, Adjustable wrench. 20, 3/8” & .404” depth gauge. 21, WD40 22, hammer. 23, Crow Bar. 24, Cant Hook 25, 4” & 6” Wood screw. 26, Battery drill & spare battery’s. 27, Screw bits. 28, PPE. 29, Headphones that take calms and plays music 😁 30, plenty food and fluids. 31, bog roll. 32, Rain clothes. 33, Spare change of breeks and socks. 34, packing out material for the ladder (if using) 35, ladder (if using) 36, Raker files. Im sure I’ve missed something. 🤣

Burning a 1.25m3 vented bag every 3 days. [emoji16] A 10kw stove in the living room and an 11 kw in the kitchen that does heat, cooking and hot water.

It was a paying job.

Milled a customers Sycamore. Just over 40” x 4m got a few nice if plane slabs out of it.

I’m burning a 1.25 cube net bag of logs every 3 days. 🤣 Boiling hot water. Roasting house (to hot for me) all for free! What’s not to like?

Was chatting with him yesterday. He seems ok and has a few plans in the works supposedly. Looking forward to seeing what they are.

Governed on a local level and relying on locally raised taxes?

The merchant was £23 inc vat for 4.2m x 137 x 16mm

Just called the local sawmill for a price for cladding. They have no stock and won’t have till near the end of the year due non-trade accounts. The local timber merchant has 137mm x 16mm larch cladding in at £5.50 a board foot. Suddenly £3 a board foot does not sound so bad.

Good grief. What a load of nonsense.

Not seen any actually. No time for TV. [emoji16]

Never questioned it Rob.

I don’t know how I ended up using board foot to be honest? Now that I have I find it easier to visualise and price. The Norwood App is quite handy. Punch in the dimensions and you get board feet. I have in my head what I charge for oak in board foot. Im very new to pricing up as I’ve mostly milled for my own supply.

Cheers J.

What’s that in board foot? 🤣

I’ve got orders coming in the Larch but I’m unsure what to charge. £3 a board foot seems the going rate for 153mm x 18mm cladding. Does this sound right? Would the same BF price go for 6x2” etc?

Yeh, the 084 is fair ripping through the log. It was bogging down yesterday and after a quick tune its really gobbling its way though it. Looking forward to trying the skip chain with it maybe tomorrow or the day after.

Only a couple of slabs off today. Quite happy with them though.

It’s up to 52” in diameter in places, so yeh I could get a few beams out of it if I was gonna go down that route but I’ll not bother. There’s other big oaks down on the estate that are up to 10m long but in a smaller diameter. Still big enough to get a 12” beam or two out of them though. Not sure what the market for them is though.

No plans as yet. I get half and the estate owner gets half. Looks like we’ll get 3-4 x 4” slabs each. I’ll just stash them with all my other Oak till either the time is right or a buyer comes along.

That gets shipped to Jabba the Hutt obviously. 😁

How did you manage to edit your post from 2nd to 3rd pic without the edited message at the bottom?

Made a start on a fairly large Oak today. Just getting the two ladders needed for the 6.7m log square was a faff. But just taking the top off revealed some stunning Oak. Looking forward to tomorrow when I’ll start taking some slabs off.

Well, we dont all have bags of cash to blow on shiny new toys I guess and its cost me less than £200.

I have a friend from Logosols hometown. No discounts though. [emoji16]