land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq

[bull2five]

Poison Ivy?

365 special & 440xtorque put down a tough day!!

I'm looking at the pictures that you posted, is that poison ivy on pics one thru four?

 

[user 64030]

Just have to ask.... and excuse me if I missed it somewhere in the thread.

Why the respirator? Are the feums that bad? I know from my painting days, those things are HOT. If you go as far as a respirator why no chaps and only tennis shoes?


I don't judge, each to their own on the PPE, just curious really. I always wear muffs, goggles (sometimes a face screen) chaps and steel toe boots when I cut now. I seldom cut standing timber so a hardhat is less of a concern, though I should have one I guess.

I had a real REAL close call w/ a sharp chisel chain and a pair of blue jeans, walked away w/ only a "cat-scratch" on my knee.

dw

 

[bull2five]

Don't want to sound unfriendly but you obviously didn't understand the moment! You should have cut down a a tree for every one of those horses to pull off the mountain!

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[KiwiBro]

I'll second the chaps idea, but to each their own. No judgements, nobody is on trial here.

In your case though, I'd also say chaps will help you crash through the bush without tearing any leg skin on branches, twigs, prickles, thorns, etc.

I learned my chaps lesson a little too late, or was it just in the (large) nic of time?
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[user 64030]

I'll second the chaps idea, but to each their own. No judgements, nobody is on trial here.

In your case though, I'd also say chaps will help you crash through the bush without tearing any leg skin on branches, twigs, prickles, thorns, etc.

I learned my chaps lesson a little too late, or was it just in the (large) nic of time?

I'll bet that smarts...


dw

 

[KiwiBro]

I'll bet that smarts...


dw

Funnily enough it didn't hurt much. Was very lucky.

 

[bull2five]

Just have to ask.... and excuse me if I missed it somewhere in the thread.

Why the respirator? Are the feums that bad? I know from my painting days, those things are HOT. If you go as far as a respirator why no chaps and only tennis shoes?


I don't judge, each to their own on the PPE, just curious really. I always wear muffs, goggles (sometimes a face screen) chaps and steel toe boots when I cut now. I seldom cut standing timber so a hardhat is less of a concern, though I should have one I guess.

I had a real REAL close call w/ a sharp chisel chain and a pair of blue jeans, walked away w/ only a "cat-scratch" on my knee.

dw

I think Logger mentioned that it had to do with the fuel he was burning. He may not respond right away since it sounds like he's behind on his wood cutting due to the high demand of costumers buying all his wood up.

 

[bull2five]

Funnily enough it didn't hurt much. Was very lucky.

If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen?

 

[KiwiBro]

A predisposition towards stupidity. Pulled out of a cut/throttled off, turned to walk to the next log before chain had stopped spinning, lost balance and tip of bar bit me. So many stupid errors in a perfectly stupid sequence of events. Must be a year or more since then and haven't done any damage to my chaps except from walking through brush. Go figure ;-)

 

[logger 12345]

guys,i have all the gear but the thing is it's too hot to wear at this work even in 3degrees icy conditions today!!!!
don't use me as a good safe example,i must start wearing all the gear from now on SAFTEY FIRST!

as for the mask i use it to prevent me from breathing in all those horrible fumes,when you bend down to cut stumps those fumes get downright nasty,or to put a notch cut on a tree lower to the ground,mask IMO is essential.

 

[logger 12345]

WINTER 2012

temps- 3 degrees ICE

weather - dry and foggy

26-10-12



ok,sorry for the lack of updates,been VERY VERY busy,look i will just give some of the more important updates from now on,we have been really busy,weather has been wet,but last few days has been nice and dry,land is drying and hardening up a little so it's getting easier,the wood is in HIGH demand now with the lower temps,i am busy these days also preparing my nissan patrol for it's LGV test (light goods veichle test) it's going for it next tuesday,i sourced a great used powersteering box (only thing that gave trouble ever) it just sprung a leak in the lower seal,also invested in 5 new A/T tyres for it,so we are all sorted for another year please god.

we have cut lots and lots of trees since my last update but to be honest i hadn't time for pics,i didn't bring camera and kept forgetting it.... :msp_sleep:

but i did get some pics today and it is nice to update again.


there is years of wood here for us we are really only warming up here!!





doing all the cutting here now in the woods,out new spot for cutting and splitting some of the firewood today.

cutting up a nice seasoned ash tree left laying on the ground since early summer,i had forgotton it.

that's that ash tree done.

 

[logger 12345]

we cut a lot of ASH trees here the last few weeks,all this aera cleared right here.

large douglas FIR,spot me hugging it.....

lots of ASH trees to tidy up for cutting....

 

[logger 12345]

a look around the floor of the woods where we felled a lot of trees last few weeks.

 

[logger 12345]

365sp in full swing as usual....never misses a beat!

 

[logger 12345]

a typical load of firewood,went out with one today,price was 200euros inc delivery,this was NOT ash,it was a mixed hardwood load,ok i do 3 types of firewood for sale,here is what we sell and the prices to give an idea.we only sell by the bulk bag (tonne bag) large white bag with straps,you sometimes see them with stone in them or sand.

1/
ASH - 85euros per bag (not inc delivery costs)

2/
MIXED HARDWOOD-
beech,birtch,whitethorn,sycamore,etc - 65euros a bag (not inc delivery)

3/
spruce/FIR/pine softwoods
@ 45euros per bag (again not inc delivery costs)



delivery costs depend on distance,here is a load we prepared today of mixed hardwood @ 65euros per bag,i have two traliers i can take 3 bags in this one and 6 bags in my other larger tralier,this tralier is the more popular load,and it usually keeps customers going for the winter,if they take the ASH it would maybe last longer.ASH is the most expensive.




as i said here is the load of mixed hardwood we prepared today @ 65euros per bag.we got 20euros extra to deliver,we included a free bag of kindeling 25kg's.









3 tonne bags of mixed hardwood (no ash)

 

[KiwiBro]

what do you pay for the bulk bags?

Are they new or used? I looked into making these up with the mesh fabric to allow drying but the minimum order quantities were about 1000 bags and that wasn't going to happen at the pricing of each bag.

can buy the FIBC bags like your down here for about $5-$6 per bag and most have only been used once, essentially come in on a boat, full of varying products, emptied and sold off.

 

[logger 12345]

Are they new or used? I looked into making these up with the mesh fabric to allow drying but the minimum order quantities were about 1000 bags and that wasn't going to happen at the pricing of each bag.

can buy the FIBC bags like your down here for about $5-$6 per bag and most have only been used once, essentially come in on a boat, full of varying products, emptied and sold off.

hi,

i can buy them here for 10euros per bag,but i know in cork city there is an animal feed place that sell them for 5euros per bag,i didn't have to buy any cause i get them free the ones i use,i DON'T give away any bags,this is told also to the customer to keep buyer costs down,we just simply open the tail gate of the tralier and slide them off and empty them out,i always use same bags for all deliveries.simple way to work it,i always say keep things small,nothing wrong with it,aslong as you have good wood to sell and you can turn over some money it's all fine.those bags in the pics are probably a year old or more,if i had to give bags with every order i would need to add that cost which could turn customers off.

 

[KiwiBro]

thanks. Yeah, the cost adds up for sure. Ideally, I'd like to split it green into the bags on a landing, then move the bags to customers a year later. The savings in handling costs help pay for the bags but still one has to find the money for the bags in the first place and 1000 bags is a bit of a 'want' than a 'need' at this stage.

 

[logger 12345]

yeah,sure is a good idea if you could make them up yourself!! of course yes when you work in a larger scale,say if you used a small rigid truck with a grab,then to give away the bags might be better for loading etc,as i say for me i would rather use this veichle as i have other uses for it and firewood isn't my main trade,it's sort of a relaxed on the side thing really.

i was looking myself at one stage in to those small net bags,you often see them in shops with a few logs of ash in them,selling for 5euros per bag,that is good money,but again the bags are expensive,i think for 1000 you pay 250euros or something,but i guess when you think about it,it may not be too bad....


the way i see it is,there are two ways to do firewood,small scale (the way i am doing it) or largescale with lots of machinery,truck for delivery etc,to be honest around here you would only survive in small scale,you wouldn't get the customers largescale,the customers you would get would mainly be people in the trade to buy a large amount and then you would need to be selling really cheap.

you really make more money here with firewood selling like this,small amounts!! if you want to make money here with firewood keep it small! :msp_wink: when you keep it small,less outlays on machinery,less people to pay,=more money in your own pocket!!

there are lots of people here doing wood in a big scale and they don't even know if they make money at the end of the year when everything else is paid and all expenses! it's a tough game.

 

[bull2five]

Nice tree

we cut a lot of ASH trees here the last few weeks,all this aera cleared right here.

large douglas FIR,spot me hugging it.....

lots of ASH trees to tidy up for cutting....

Looks to be around 62 feet tall.