Vedhoggar
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In England good mast years are 3 to 5 years for both Peduculate and Sessile oak [Matthews J. D. Silvicultural Systems (1989)].
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There were oak acorns in Cumbria last month, not sure how it compares though to past years.
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A Norwegian cord of wood (en favn ) is 4m x 1m x 0.6m stacked or 2m x 2m x 0.60m stacked: equal to 2.4 loose m3 if 60cm long log and 3.3 loose m3 if 60cm lengths cut in 30cm lengths.
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Douglas fir is very good we clad an outbuilding about 20 years ago and no decay at all yet, at one point it was given a lick of clear Cuprinol but that was probably not necessary, everything is off the ground with the upright posts of the building set in the ground secondhand creosoted posts.
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Well good luck with that and winters in Norway can be cold in places I know having lived there. We are paying (UK) £150 per month throughout the year with wood used for both central heating (three bedroomed house) as well as all domestic hot water (with exception of water for shower). We are self-sufficient in firewood.
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Wait until they find out the heat pumps aren't heating the water above 40C and the emersion heater is kicking in to raise the temperature to 60C, the required stored water temperature to kill legionella bacteria and the electric bill goes up also the building isn't warm enough on those very cold winter days in the UK with the poor insulation and additional heating is required/cost ... I think more wood stoves might be installed not less! Also if we fall out with Mr Putin, Emmanuel Macron or who ever else in future and they turn off the supply of gas or electric to UK it might be good to have a woodstove to fall back on.
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In near future wind generated electricity will be sent under the North Sea to Norway from Blyth, Northumberland, England when less water in Norway and in return electricity will be exported to Blyth from Rogaland, Norway (Suldal) when a surplus and it is needed in the UK which might help stabilise future pricing of electricity in Norway to some degree.
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The only way I could match those keen prices for the premium logs at that size (30-40cm length) would be with null profit and getting wood for free. A lot of farms in Sweden have their own woodland so would not be buying in wood and from wood such as thinnings that would not be sold on as timber I suspect, also a lot of airspaces with 30-40cm logs when sold in bulk and yes very straight, perfect size for processor and small/few knots often.
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Seems very expensive at 2300 NOK (£197), can't be more than m3 bulk/loose
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Is that price for unseasoned wood and does it include softwood in the mix? Does it include delivery price? What is the range of prices for seasoned split hardwood including local delivery? What’s the common log length (expect it’s 33cm not the shorter 22-25cm as in UK)?
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Don’t forget or underestimate the amount of working capital that will be required.
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Some organisations/companies just would not employ you without Public Liability Insurance.
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How it is set out is correct, just read each line from left to right. These conversion factors however are only for guidance, in practice they may or may not be attainable because of the variable nature of products.
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You must have the coal burning grate option, just take it out. Coal needs to be vented from underneath that’s the purpose of that grate, wood does not.
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The 2m3 rule for small suppliers doesn't come into effect until next year but it did for the larger suppliers in May of this year. If logs are stacked in a pickup with a load area of 1.6m3 instead of a loose/bulk loaded then it would be equal to >2m3 load loose/bulk.
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Cut a Laurel to 6” about ground it’s now 12ft high a few years later, it bounced back straight away/never stopped growing, it would be pointless feeding it.
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I've never seen an invoice to be paid within 24 hrs, 30 days very common and some I've seen 7 day payment invoices. I usually get invoiced at end of month by those working off and on during the month, casual workers putting in the odd day I'm happy to make a payment within 24 hrs if that's what they want. I do not work myself a second time for those that don't pay on time, builders I have found are particularly bad. Sometimes you may not get paid at all if a firms goes under, twice I have had firms go bust still owing me money but at least if you have invoiced them you can set that lost against tax. As time goes on you get to know who to work for and who to avoid, most householders pay straight away I find but I know of one instance of someone that just would not pay.
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I’ve had Hiax fasteners replaced in the past, inexpensive. Any firm that does repairs on hiking boots should be able to replace the fastener.
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Just want to add that log dia as well as if log in round or split will have a bit of an affect on loose vol to stacked vol.
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If you work on your 1.6m3 pickup filled with loose logs 12” long stacked = about 1m3, with shorter logs there’s less airspace’s so a bit more, it’s never going to be precise as it depends on the straightness of the log as well as length. If advising a customer you could say your load what ever log length should stack to >m3. You can always fill m3 up with loose logs of each size mentioned if you have the time then stack them and see what you get but it will probably be around 0.67m3 or a bit more but not less.
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£100/0.729 m3 loose/bulk (90 x 90 x 90cm dumpy) would be something like £343/solid m3 ... get ripping up those saw logs into firewood!
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Thanks for sharing, interesting to see what it was like inside ... not much holding that tree up, it should have been removed long before now it seems, just as well you were called in to take a look at it!
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Contact a nearby NT property rather than head office. The Trust do plant up woodland areas, clumps of trees as well as individual trees, properties used to keep a record of memorial tree plantings but not erect notices on site generally, any planting would have to fit in with their management plans. You don't want to part with money just for 'tree planting' particularly individual trees in a woodland setting as they may not survive, be able to be found in future or may be removed during a thinning operation however a donation for individual tree/s planted in parkland or in particular a garden setting should survive and be easily identifiable as would a clump to trees or new area of tree planting. Don't part with your money unless you have a firm proposal/commitment in writing, you may also want to see if it would be possible to be involve in some way with the planting if you or a family member wanted to.
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6t would be okay for splitting much of the 30cm diameter straight birch, pine etc however in the area between Skåne in the south and Stockholm there are some massive hardwoods in towns, church yards and around manor houses as big as you will find in the UK for which depending on length of log spitting you will need more than 6t very often. In my experience 9-12t spitters will deal with logs of <50cm dia cut into 25-50cm lengths and most 1m in length of same dia, logs more than >50-60cm dia become difficult to man handle and bigger equipment is required generally to deal with this size (to move it and split it). I have a 22t spitter but our smaller spitters can deals with most stuff.
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Sure, I'll try to remember to photo it. I don't know if it's hollow hollow or just so spongy soft it sounds like that but definitely not strong solid timber round that side. One would think with that many brackets on poplar there would be a significant amount of decay, will be interesting to see.
