Rob_the_Sparky

Same story for my 5.0 TVR, cheaper to insure than a 7 year old Ford S-Max!!! We should all just start driving V8s

Try a search on here, there are a number of threads along the sort of "how much" lines. I suspect that more info will be needed from what I've seen in those threads.

Agreed with the above but generally when it comes to drying there is no fixed time it takes. Longer unsplit rounds take longer (most of the drying occurs through the end grain if not split). Shorter, split wood is quicker to dry. Then you have the wood type on top of that. I have a chunk of willow on the wood pile from last year ~3' long and 8" round that is still growing!!! and yes I really need to get it split ASAP but thought it would have stopped long ago...

There are a few home firewood users on here (me included) but most people on here are pros so unlikely to get any bites on here for it. Maybe the tip site if worth a look though?

Does this old thread help any?

Not true on the whole. The vast majority are only heat treated and are perfectly burnable. There is a stamp on every pallet that tells you but in my experience you rarely find anything other than HT (heat treated). Having said that, there is a lot of air in a pallet and not much wood plus they burn fast and hot. Great for kindling but hard work for the amount of wood you get out of them for any other purpose. Added link: Markings on a pallet: What do they mean? An Extended Guide QUICARGO.COM Read our guide to learn the pallet markings, treatment codes, and authorities for pallets, as well as how to identify them for your business.

FYI the local small tree surgeon I get my wood from is saying: more people elect to keep the logs, he gets rid of a lot of it by advertising on Facebook and then I take the few ods and ends he has left. He has no problem getting rid of the wood he does not want and TBH would be too small for you anyway. N.B. a few years ago he used to dry and sell logs as well but the new rules put paid to that. (mostly anyway)

Interesting little tool for my home use. OTT numbers of tree for a mere amateur like myself but yeah interesting to see some numbers against the logs I chop/burn.

If there is a zero missing then maybe 3 tons makes more sense? 60mm and "large" along with 3 tons seems that there is something wrong somewhere.

I had something like this but not a big when I dug up a large bamboo. Big tangled block of roots and mud. I tried and killed a hand saw, was not going to kill my chains saw chain. pressure washer got some of the mud off but not as much as you would think. In the end I used a mattock to break/cut it up into managable pieces that I could then dispose of but it was hard work and took a while.

It is all in theory as well, not sure anyone has ever tried this.

Heating the intake air from the flue is going to improve efficiency (which is why balanced flue gas boilers do this) However, it also cools the exhaust gasses that contain a large amount of water along with a cocktail of other compounds. Balanced flue gas boilers have to drain the water that condenses but burning gas does not result in the same flue chemicals. With a complete burn that may not be a problem but condensing water running back down into the fire would be bad. All this has nothing to do with external air as such, it is about running the external air down the flue pipe...

I use something with a similar height for the chain saw and about 12" for chopping. I achieved it just by stacking two rounds. Going to be much easier to find something like that. Tree surgeons are treating most of the wood as waste so it is cut into lengths than can be sensibly handled. Hence, smaller diameter stuff will be longer and the bigger stuff shorter. This is likely why you are struggling as 24"x12" is a big big log to handle by hand. TBH it would be a bit of a pain to move around at home as well. Try a rethink in what you are needing as I think to get a log of the size you are after will take planning. I.e. specially left that long for you and that will not be easy to get.

"The court heard the capital asset value of the tree was put at more than £114,000."

Liverpool: West Derby man fined for cutting down tree worth £114,000 WWW.BBC.CO.UK Carl Bellis carried out unauthorised work on a protected beech tree outside his Liverpool home. Just a nice a random big number to get headlines? I don't get how you can put a cash value on a tree (that number makes no sense if we are talking the price of the lumber).