Randomnerd
Bimbleur
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- North Yorkshire
You’d get almost twice that from me if you moved to North Yorkshire: if you can split and load a cube of logs in under an hour, you can have a job once you’ve settled in.
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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
You’d get almost twice that from me if you moved to North Yorkshire: if you can split and load a cube of logs in under an hour, you can have a job once you’ve settled in.
Didn't say split, I said cut. From a tree.
And move the wood to where it's kept.However, I can certainly heap-fill a large wheelbarrow in 10 to 15 mins while splitting. That's with an axe and block.
Bearing in mind I'm only 4ft 11 and 8 3/4 stone wet through, I don't do so badly.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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That puts the Logs I get into perspective, I pay £40 for 10 sacks delivered. I reckon 20 of em would be a cubic metre bag so £80 round our way. 
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
That's pretty good, @raleighnut 
The coal merchant only stocks the kiln-dried ones, which are more expensive.
But the crux of the matter here, is that given there's no mains gas, it's either oil or solid fuel heating. I went for a combination of storage heaters and solid fuel given I don't have a suitable / secure place to put an oil tank. I use smokeless fuel as well, but mostly logs. And it kinda does rack up over the course of a winter.
The house where new neighbour has moved into also only has solid fuel heating. Guess he was looking for a cheap source of fuel instead of ponying up. But after all the work I've put into my little wood, why should I subsidise someone else's heating...
The coal merchant only stocks the kiln-dried ones, which are more expensive.
But the crux of the matter here, is that given there's no mains gas, it's either oil or solid fuel heating. I went for a combination of storage heaters and solid fuel given I don't have a suitable / secure place to put an oil tank. I use smokeless fuel as well, but mostly logs. And it kinda does rack up over the course of a winter.
The house where new neighbour has moved into also only has solid fuel heating. Guess he was looking for a cheap source of fuel instead of ponying up. But after all the work I've put into my little wood, why should I subsidise someone else's heating...
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
A builder’s bag for sand is around 0.7 m3. Most of EU trades firewood in a loose stacked m3 so all know what they’re buying. UK has no standard measure, which frustrates equitable trade. Only in cold winters do I sell wood, and only to select, informed clients who won’t tell me “But xxxx is selling a big bag for much less than you” etc etc
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
And I certainly wouldn't want to put Madam's nose out of joint by not having a fire... (That's coppiced hazel in the log bucket btw.)
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
I do also 'supplement' my fuel with pallets, there is a nearby grocery/newsagents that has deliveries sometimes on pallets and they don't have a back yard so they're left outside. Problem is the back of the shop has a flat roof and kids use them as ladders to climb up there which Rob (the owner) doesn't want and so he actively requests I take em away. The only exception is those blue 'Chep' pallets cos those beggars will prosecute if they catch anyone 'misusing' those.That's pretty good, @raleighnut
The coal merchant only stocks the kiln-dried ones, which are more expensive.
But the crux of the matter here, is that given there's no mains gas, it's either oil or solid fuel heating. I went for a combination of storage heaters and solid fuel given I don't have a suitable / secure place to put an oil tank. I use smokeless fuel as well, but mostly logs. And it kinda does rack up over the course of a winter.
The house where new neighbour has moved into also only has solid fuel heating. Guess he was looking for a cheap source of fuel instead of ponying up. But after all the work I've put into my little wood, why should I subsidise someone else's heating...
'Weapon of choice' for chopping pallets up is a cheap Bosch jigsaw as the blades are cheap and the 'kerf' is quite thin so I don't create a bunch of 'chips' and the thin stuff gets axed for kindling with the blocks being left whole and I don't 'de-nail' them (the stove does that, I just remove them later)
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
I cycled 4 1/2 miles into a nasty gusting headwind and my woolly hat blew off twice, the second time it flew off and landed in SE London's dirtiest puddle. Plus my bike blew over despite the Sheffield stand it was locked to, knocking the mudguard out of alignment so, without the right spanner, I had to rattle and rub my way home. Rather more quickly than the outward journey.
Night in, no dash to the pub, have to stay in and wash my hat....
Night in, no dash to the pub, have to stay in and wash my hat....
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
'S not to be sniffed at.
Have burnt my share of those over the years as well.I have one of those Bosch jigsaws as well.
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
I wish.
classic33
Leg End Member
Chainsaw is quicker though.'S not to be sniffed at.
I have one of those Bosch jigsaws as well.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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With pallets you're never quite sure where a nail/staple might be, I'd sooner blunt a jigsaw blade than hit one with a chainsaw
plus the amount of 'chips' a chainsaw produces are astronomical, OK in a rural environment but a real pain if you live (as I do) in a suburban environment. Another downside of my stove is that due to my location I run a 'DEFRA approved exempt appliance' now the modification prevents me from using 'smokeless fuel' in my stove as after the mod kit is fitted it will not burn anything but wood efficiently due to the air intakes and 'coke' nuggets will damage the stove (by melting the Iron grate)