Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[Big A]

Steve, the kindling market seems pretty much in control of Big K, dont know how competitive you'd be. However, if you wanted you could hire in the machine for a couple of days and then you'd have enough for the whole winter. A local firewood merchant does that and he supplies locally in direct competition with Big K successfully at garages etc.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

my mates got a kindling machine, does 750 bags a day with it!

 

[SteveBullman]

thats the thing big fella.
if i was going to do it i think it would need to be on a big scale to be worth doing. cant be arsed with just doing a few hundred bags or so.
perhaps i'll just stick to me logs. you never know what offers round the corner though huh

 

[Thor's Hammer]

going into it large means VAT, tax etc.....
always liked the tax free side of logs;-)

 

[Buzzlightyear]

I like the tax free side of anything lol

 

[Big A]

You could always look at it as pArt of the service, why sell 'em logs and let 'em go elsewhere for sticks. I know people will buy sticks cos they want life as easy as posible. Look at any kindling outlet, see what they charge for it, then think of that massive mark-up, get my drift.

 

[SteveBullman]

always liked the tax free side of logs;-)

i dont know what you're talking about

 

[SteveBullman]

so who hires a kindla then big Arse

 

[Big A]

And the other thing is you can use pine larch poplar whatever to make it pay, heads you win, tails you win.

 

[Big A]

Blimey, you want me to wipe your backside as well?

 

[Thor's Hammer]

nobody I know. biggest problem is the high price. 6 grand is just way to much for what they are.

 

[Big A]

Howzabout getting a demo on site? Could try asking David Davison who he hires from, But he probably wont tell.

 

[SteveBullman]

unlikely big A

 

[iain]

stephen
phone fuelwood warwick ask re ex demo kindlet etc

 

[Thor's Hammer]

£5k for a usd one. I asked them a month ago, as I'm interested in the same thing.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Anybody know where to find the relevant HSE standards on logsplitters? I want to start importing a very highspec machine from the US, but I need to see the regs. Particularly the stupid rule that says you have to use 2 hands to make it work. the machine I'm going to import has a 'cycle' feature, so you can set it splitting while you pick up the next log.

 

[SteveBullman]

i think you'll fine every machine will have a stupid safety feature such as that thor.
ths trick is to find the machine which is the easiest to disable.
if i ran my processor with all the safety features on it it would be twice as slow.
the best safety precaution is common sense

 

[PRUNER 1]

dismantled two yarkin copper beech at the weekend n kicked the arse out of them. headstones everywhere. beech does take it out of kit. we had to get a new deadeye sling for the pulley block and a new whoopie sling today. my groundie said the capstan was pretty much glowing chunking timber down. we had a badger jcb lifting timber that wed lowered today over the headstones and some of the bits it couldnt lift. all ???? good fun!!! no pics cos too busy.

 

[Buzzlightyear]

i think you'll fine every machine will have a stupid safety feature such as that thor.
ths trick is to find the machine which is the easiest to disable.
if i ran my processor with all the safety features on it it would be twice as slow.
the best safety precaution is common sense

Common sense Stephen ?? Are we allowed to have such a thing these days, you can't go presuming people have common sense now lol

 

[iain]

thor this may help
http://www.hsebooks.com/Books/produ..._name=HSEBooks&category_name=&product_id=2022

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