Off to our Woods

[John H]

Tomorrow I am off to our woods in Wales for a week. Jobs on the agenda are: to carry on clear felling the area of spruce we were supposed to have cleared last year, processing some logs and getting them in the dry and if I get time try and do some work finnishing off the shed. I really must get some guttering up before the small stream dries up and I have no water for a shower.

I always do any chainsaw work in the morning and when I start to get tired move onto a slightly easier job like moving the logs up to the mill on the forks on the front loader.

Staying in the caravan internet access is via a mobile dongle, slow but at least I can keep an eye on an forestry item newly listed on Ebay! I am thinking of listing a few big bags of logs to see if they sell.

John

[DaveTaz]

Hi John, just curious to know what size bags you use and what your ideal selling price is

[tracy]

I guess John H is still in the woods! How was your week John? Love to see some pictures of your mill, loader etc, and to know how the selling of logs is going.

[John H]

I am back , forgot to take the dongle so had no internet access.

I had a great week, felled some spruce, cut some logs and generally played with my toys.

The area of spruce I am clear felling is yielding some logs that go on the mill but also a vast amount that is too small to make it worth milling. Anything under about 8 inch diam takes too long to mill for what one gets out of it. It is a problem to know what to do with it, quantities are too small to try and sell it commercially. I have decided to cut it up for logs. It does actually burn very well on woodburners, burns alot quicker than a hardwood but it gives out a tremendous amount of heat.

[John H]

The bags I use are the metre cube bags the local farmers get their sheep feed in. There are slightly taller than the sand bags from a builders merchants. Last winter I did not have any dry stored logs so did not really advertise. I think I would need £35 and would have to charge 5% vat on top. For that price delivery would have to be very local. Hardwood would sell for £50 I would think.

Here is a short video, there was slightly less mud about now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zveYUvuHfAg

John

[John H]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/B8G24lf8MBpn-Fx07pkRdA?authkey=Gv1sRgCIiFl6Sd7fSINA&feat=directlink