Thread: Al's NEW mill

Hi, that sounds like a show called the "IT Crowd" worth a laugh.

Nice, I was beginning to think you made it up. Keep cutting!!
cheers
steve

And there the pictures were: Deeply hidden like those damn smileys .

The new mill looks good Al. It's all about the handling of the timber, as the cutting is relatively easy (sometimes), so anything that streamlines the process is going to be a plus. Now you are approaching middle age (just showing off my new found simley competency) you are on the right track in trying to make life easier .

Regards
Paul

Well I got through my first full tank of fuel with Sparky, and got 3.5 hours from the fill as compared to 3hours with Bo Derek, over the year it will mean I can run Sparky 4 days a week and the 5th day will be free

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Well I got through my first full tank of fuel with Sparky, and got 3.5 hours from the fill as compared to 3hours with Bo Derek, over the year it will mean I can run Sparky 4 days a week and the 5th day will be free

Not quite rather 1 day out of every 7 will be free.

Anyway - nice upgrade Al

Well, in an ideal world you're right Bob, but I have short days Friday, so usually with a delivery and or late start, plus eko, Fridays fuel requirement is very small

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Well, in an ideal world you're right Bob, but I have short days Friday, so usually with a delivery and or late start, plus eko, Fridays fuel requirement is very small

Of course - Friday - pub day - right?

It is a well known fact that Friday is "poet's day." Poets....poets ?

P**s off Early, Tomorrow's Saturday .

Regards
Paul

Nah, Al doesn't go to the pub, I don't have after school care for my little on on Fridays lol

Hi there,

Congratulations on the new mill.

There are possibly too many variables involved, but what sort of average production would you get from your 10-30 in say, an 8hr day working by yourself loading logs with a tractor? Just after some sort of ball-park non-heroic, realistic figures the average joe could knock out. I understand logs and cut dimensions play a big part, as do many other factors, but thought I'd ask anyway.

Also, is there a diesel option and if so, would it be better? Here in New Zealand, he are stung pretty bad for petrol (about $2.18/ltr) with diesel being around $1.57/ltr) It would add up over the life of the engine. Is it more a weight issue, with the equivalent diesel being too heavy?

And dare I ask what such a mill sells for please? Might as well scare the idea out of me early than let it linger under false hope.

And how many hours are the engines supposed to last, on average?

Thank you.

Wow!! That is a lot of money petrol...
We pay around $1.45 litre here!!!

$1.31 today

Originally Posted by gumred

Wow!! That is a lot of money petrol...
We pay around $1.45 litre here!!!

I should have noted in that post it was NZ$, so petrol at NZ$2.18 is about AU$1.73. Still considerably higher than across the ditch, unfortunately.

Oh, and that includes 15% grab snatch and take so about AU$1.50 exc. GST. The differential between petrol and diesel would still add up over the life of the engine, I would imagine, all things being equal.

As a % of the cut timber value the fuel input mightn't look so bad but there's nothing like $ draining from my wallet or bank account to bring a sharp focus on costs.

If a diesel engine isn't going to significantly increase the effort required to mill and thus lower production, or doesn't have any otherwise hidden costs of ownership, and the extra purchase price is certainly more than covered by fuel input savings, then maybe it's worth considering as an option?

Drop stix, you could expect to do 3 cube of logs day in and day out
but this wouldn't take 10l of fuel per day in the mill - most time is handling logs and timber as compared to cutting