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Thanks, yes I have looked at both. What is the speed comparison? The coldest we get here is 5C above feezing, but we get 46C. Rain 300mm per year is above average. I did note that Bells have a few machines in Australia, running Eucalyptus, which is a ***** to split. Sent from my SM-J700H...

Hi, ZA=South Africa, we are near Cape Town. Yes I read the same reviews of CARD before we made the purchase, but this is what we considered: Price: they were almost half the price of the Cord King, and this was a big one for us. We decided that we can make a plan with parts locally, seeing that...

It does not make financial sense, our labour is 35% of turn over, 20% transport, 8% fuel. Plan is to reduce labour to 10% with harvester, and with own transport to at least 12%. Thus the investment in harvester makes plenty sense , especially if we can up production at least 10x if not 15x...

Loading the truck? Yes 10 guys, 5-6 hours, loading by hand, all depending on which crew you get.... Sent from my SM-J700H using Tapatalk

Rapido Loco 20 is a large firewood processor, we use to process anything above 200mm diameter up to 500mm diameter. Anything smaller goes to the Bilke S3, auto cut and split, just feed logs. The Loco 20, the manufacturer claim, 5 Full cords per hour, that is BS. We do get constant average of 2...

Yes, so do I, but I always liked to proove people wrong. The only thing that made my business plan not add up, was the volume of wood we could cut and get to processors. This I did point out was a concern and risk from the start when it was decided that a harvester was too much of an investment...

I have seen in EU some diferent methods. Some use s crane on Iveco to get it to ground level. Then pallet truck to move to where this fits, like Garage or side of house. There is some nifty all terrain pallet trucks which are awesome, But, the ultimate will be the powered all terrain pallet...

Hi, I have struggled with this same issue the last year. I am considering using a normal 1.2 meter x 1 meter pallet as a base and make a wood frame on top to produce a 1.8 cubic meter volume, which is halve a full Cord. This will allow the wood only to be handled once, when stacking the pallet...

Hi, just wanted to share this with you. It's not a nice stacked pile, but it is last week's work. 4 weeks ago we started again. That wood has been loaded and sold, all below 18% moisture. Yes we cut and split green. Well wood dries here in 4 weeks, crap, no; when temperatures are at 36 before...

I am very happy with the Ford 6600. This is what we achieved last week hauling logs out for 1/2 the day, and splitting the other half. Temperatures was between 36 an 42 degrees C, not very comfortable, but it means that split wood is well below 18% in just 4 weeks. Sent from my SM-J700H using...

Paid mine today, shipped next week, Can t wait Sent from my SM-J700H using Tapatalk

I would have liked a market where longer logs were the norm, 99% of our market is 10-12". Wood is used to BBQ and cool, rather than heating. Pizza ovens are also demanding smaller wood. Burns quicker, so use more, so probably should not complain. Sent from my SM-J700H using Tapatalk

Hi, I am looking at buying a harvester that can be used for transporting logs as well. It seems that Valtra with a harvester and crane fitted looks like a sensible option? Due to demand for firewood, we are forced to invest in equipment. Thus we are looking at the above, plus a large...

Hi is there schemes out there where I can find more information about this. In SA carbon credits are not mandatory yet, but in EU it is. I have some experience with PV Solar and methane projects that were selling their credits to EU. That actually funded the entire project. What we do is...

Yes the stars do align. But is has taken 2 years of talking to wholesale people. In SA the firewood production business is 60 years behind US or EU, so teams handsplitting is the norm. This way margins are small and it is no more sustainable. I have imported the first processor in SA. We only...

The 2 local towns, less than 15 miles from site, we just do deliveries on Saturdays with tractor. The truck we hire for our wholesale customers. The truck with the bulk bags we now use for domestic home deliveries. We get these fertilizer bags free as the farmers don't use them again. We can...

This is what we produced in 10hrs. We loaded this truck, 35 ton, and there was about 4 ton left of the heaps. Sent from my SM-J700H using Tapatalk

Kiwi, thanks for reply. At exchange $1=R10 We sell at $65 at farm to wholesalers. $80 if we deliver in town 20km away. $2 per 25l bag. $90 within 75km radius. Cape Town same Gum sell for $135 excl delivery. I recon that we can't do much about wholesale prices, but if we deliver in Cape Town...

CJ, Thanks for the advice. Yes I am busy updating my 2 year business plan. I have put much thought into this business and we have learned a lot over the last 6 months. I have decided to upgrade from what we had and go the Rapido Loco 20 way, $60k. Only because the Blue Gum wood is extremely...

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