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The Dunsley Yorkshire boiler stove is rated at 14.5 kW with 6.6kW to room if burning beech logs and refuelling every hour (instruction booklet) otherwise I think it is rated at about 13kw with about 4kW to the room. They have stopped making this stove which was an excellent stove and was certificated for use in smoke control areas in 1999. It will heat an average sized living room and keep 3 bedroomed house warm plus heat domestic hot water (best with electric shower though), it burns full on with seasoned wood and glass kept clean. If another room other than the room stove in that is used as a sitting room then in winter an addition heat source would be required with a 3 bedroom house with say dining room, living room/office, kitchen , bathroom and hallway to heat. A Dursley Yorkshire Woodstove plus a 4kW wood stove in another room with secondary glazing would be warm enough, the stove would be good for >10 years from new. An excellent stove and would recommend it, just a pity Dursley have had to stopped manufacturing them.

Had a meeting with someone from the county highway dept about a dangerous tree growing on verge of a minor country road and was told that the county managed the surface between the boundary wall and fences on each side of the road but they did not own the land below it and that the tree in question was not there responsibility unless they had planted it which they hadn't. Another time a similar situation arose with a dangerous tree on a verge of a country minor road was brought to the attention of the land agent and he said it was not always the case that you owned land up to the centre of the road as depended on what was actually shown as being owned, after doing a search he came back and informed me that in this particular instance the tree was not their responsibility and no action would be required by them ... so as Jon Heigh says "it depends". I suspect that the rule about ownership to the centre of the road is a common law thing if nothing else, in the case of trees which haven't been planted but which have grown as a result of natural regeneration they maybe the highways responsibility if they manage the surface. The highways dept in areas I have lived clear trees which fall onto the roads regardless unless someone else deals with them first.

Same as Woodworks not taking on anymore customers on and have noticed an increase in demand this spring with customers stocking up for next autumn/winter. Burley as mentioned very good stove probably 4-5 kW stove and stoves <5kW don’t need to have ventilation to outside. Go wood not multi as more efficient (Burley don’t do multi for that reason).

What is the payload volume area of your 110 pickup, the new Toyota single cab pickup is about 1.75m3 and Mitsubishi L200 1.4m3, so it won't need a lot more with a new single cab Toyota pickup to get up to 2m3 (just 6 x 42L plastic tubes above the sides would do it plus allow) furthermore those 1m3 vented bags can have found can have a bit more than 1m3 in them.

It's definitely a loose 2m3 load, we deliver that in a single cab 1 tonne pickup with side extension at times but use a tipper trailer in preference if access allows - could can carry up to 4m3 seasoned softwood in the trailer but with hardwood tend to deliver 2, 2,5 or 3m3 loose loads. You wouldn't need to have as much as 2m3 of logs if they were stacked I would have thought as that would be equivalent to more than a 2m3 loose load. We deliver 25cm, 33cm and 50cm logs, the 50cm logs sold always as stacked measure anyway. It Shouldn't be a problem weight wise with 2m3 loose 33cm logs seasoned or not seasoned I would think and semi-seasoned 25cm should be okay too but 2m3 of fresh cut logs must at or over the limit of a one tonne pickup depending on species and moisture content.

Basically my advice would be the same as Steve Bullman except you could remove that bottom whole as well as cut back the leading shoot to about 25cm.

The machine was purchased from Marshall Agricultural Engineering, East Sussex (marshalllogging.co.uk), if they sold it to Mellors, Walsall, Birmingham they should have a record of that. You might want to check that you can still get parts for that machine. Probably a genuine sale.

It won't cause "heave" cutting down that small tree and work can be undertaken anytime.

Depending on species a wire brush as previously mentioned or scape off with a sharp wood chisel I find also works or combination or the two.

Most definitely and do it before you apply for planning permission also consider a small to medium size tree species further away from the house if thinking of a replacement rather than beech which grows into a large tree.

Not something I suffer from but it sounds like it could be harding of the arteries, best to seek medical advice as to what the problem is and take it from there I would have thought before things get any worse.

It shouldn't be a problem sourcing locally ground larch, cedar may be more difficult but other species fine also fine for cladding such as Douglas fir. Tend to use treated timber if in contact with the ground with recycled crested poles particularly good, larch in my experience doesn't last that long in the ground, have used western red cedar posts placed on stones and they last well.

All our 1.5m3 loose customers are happy to take 2m3 loose and not interested in retaining those customers that want to order less as can see all we have at >2m3 loose loads, its more cost effective anyhow to deliver 2m3 loads, some I've noticed are also increasing the amount of logs that they can store.

With so much firewood down as a result of storms as well as felled as because of ash dieback what might be considered a fair price to pay at the moment for firewood at stump with short extraction to ride or at the rideside locations not accessible by timber lorry. Sometimes whole tree lengths (with branches removed), at times shortwood 1m - 2m lengths. Some good quality wood/size for processing but often a mixed with lower quality stuff but better than arb waste. My initially thoughts would be a price in the region of £30-35/solid m3 at ride side or where accessible with a 4x4 vehicle or tractor towards cost of initial work as well as something for the wood itself but oversized stuff less because of the additional work involved in the processing of it.

Logs without bark look like Scots pine and the other willow.

Beating up is replacing trees which have died and usually undertaken during the first year after planting but also in the second year sometimes, not normally done unless >15% of trees planted need replaced.

Beating up rate - depends on plant size, how much searching involved, ground conditions, if a flat site or or slope, access to site needs to be considered too and experience will of course influence output (takes about a planting season for someone to get up to speed). A skilled person might beat up something like 30 - 60 trees/hr on a reasonably flat site with reasonably good ground conditions, if not too much searching involved, if on a slope add maybe 10-15% to the price. If a local site you might do 7.5 hrs on site but if some distance from home it might be more like 6 hrs on site. You could walk the site and see how long it takes you to find the trees which have to be replaced and estimate how long it might take to plant a tree. You also want the correct type of planting spade for ground conditions or a planting mattock might be the best tool, especially if working on a slope.

Wearing a pair now, definitely a winter glove, they are made in Sweden and have 3M Thinsulate lining, they are advertised as a thermal water proof glove and are the only glove that seems to keep my hands warm when very cold, they do get a bit damp at times I find but still reasonably warm, got Ejendals Tegera model 295 but going to the try a cheaper similar model add by Ejendals which have Velcro cuff as will keep sawdust out better. Haven’t tried them climbing., using them on very cold days chainsawing on ground and operating firewood machinery. The 295 model is a close fitting glove and a size up from normal probably the best fit. Not sure how long the goatskin palms will last but comfortable and nice to wear on cold days.

The cost quoted for seasoned firewood looks like it is at lower end of the price of logs although it states it is an average price, also price quoted is for 'seasoned' wood not kiln-dried wood which would be more expensive, kiln-dried wood just has to be <20% which is achievable through natural drying but some kiln-dried wood sold does have a lower moisture content.

Talking to someone who has been monitoring gas and electricity costs at a number of properties as part of his job he informs me that electric at the properties he is monitoring is actually more expensive than gas, Sept - Nov last year it was 15p/kWH + 26p standing charge at one property and gas April to Sept 4.5p/kWH + 30p/day standing charge, then in December 5p/kWH so it looks like if heating with electricity before forecast price rises wood a cheaper option per kWH but not gas however gas looks like it may a some point be more expensive than what some are charging for firewood logs at the moment but firewood prices are also likely to increase because of inflation. Costs for small sized fixed business prices not domestic.

A 70% efficiency stove would be an older stove, many stoves now are 80-90% efficiency and one I know over 90%. The other things the consider are how long a gas boiler is going to last before it needs to be replace, which I think is about 10 years, whereas most wood stoves will last much longer than that, also if electric goes off and you are dependant on either gas or electric you have no heating whereas with a dry stove you have heating and with some you can at least heat something up on the hot plate, with a wet stove you would of course need a generator to keep the pump going. Those that have time to source their own wood or have access to free wood and time to process it are not going to be much affected I would have thought by the increase in domestic energy costs. We are self-sufficient in woodfuel (cut and process it ourselves) and can only heat the house with wood and heat the domestic hot water with wood too and with exception of shower, we can cook/heat food on stove too and wouldn't have it any other way.

Sounds like a very competitive price. Just put my rate up by 5% althoughI know inflation is set to to rise to 7% then drop to 6% but inflation rates are not the same for everyone, I'm not going to lock myself into a set price next winter as I have in the past. I basically look at operating cost add 15-20% net profit then compare with local going rate to see if still a competitive price and take it from there, I don't have a set price though but rather quote a price depending on location, easy of delivery and quality. Not going for Woodsure just going to sell 2m3 loose loads to domestic customers, the 2m3 rule only applies to woodfuel for domestic as I understand it so presumably not pubs, restaurants and those running holiday cottages I delivery to.

It's quite an easy calculation actually but cost per kWh will depend on species of wood, moisture content and price of logs. By my calculation the price of logs (ca. 25cm long split) would have to be <£80/m3 loose to be at 7p/kWH, for example beech at 20% MC sold at £80/m3 loose would be 6.8p/kWH, birch 7.6p/kWH whereas beech at 16.7% MC would be cheaper than gas at 6.5p/kWH and birch same price at 7p/kWH if that were the price of gas (and electricity I believe is will be about the same price).

Note Cleveland Containers and Cleveland Site Safe are different companies supplying a different product.

Cleveland Site Safe do very good security buildings and lockups of all shapes and sizes and are built to last. Never had a theft from them and don’t insure equipment instead spend some of the money that I would have spent on insurance on security. Location not isolated with someone living on site which helps although we have had a garage broken into in the past which wasn’t very secure as well as equipment stolen while working away from base.