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5 hours ago, Mark2 said:

Moving this debate on —-

beyond doubt ! With the increased use of wood burners  and resulting demand for firewood timber. 

We should really be pushing a campaign for ‘new woodland’ planting not least as we now have Ash die back. Like Elm disease there will be a glut then a shortage. 

If as an industry we use more timber than we grow we’ll be part of the problem !

if we grow more than we use, we’re the salution. There can be no argument about this point within the present environmental debate !

beyond doubt energy sources will be stretched ours is the cleanest.

I am doing my bit, I have planted many more trees in my wood than I have cut down, I agree with you not many woodlands are replanting, certainly not round here

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Tree planting ! I know it’s Easyer said than done,not least when we struggle to make a living.

but the part of woodland that can be used for firewood production ( thinning’s ect) are a crop. If we don’t plant it we can’t havest it !

we live in a very short term world these day, few plan 20 years ahead ! We must and can, if I had my time again, as a buseness knowing what I know now —- I’d aim to make big money growing and planting trees. Along with selling logs, a good sales line,

in my teens I planted a lot of trees, at 65 now I can see those same trees 70 or more foot tall, the trees we cut now, someone had the forthought to plant before us.

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2 minutes ago, Mark2 said:

Tree planting ! I know it’s Easyer said than done,not least when we struggle to make a living.

but the part of woodland that can be used for firewood production ( thinning’s ect) are a crop. If we don’t plant it we can’t havest it !

we live in a very short term world these day, few plan 20 years ahead ! We must and can, if I had my time again, as a buseness knowing what I know now —- I’d aim to make big money growing and planting trees. Along with selling logs, a good sales line,

in my teens I planted a lot of trees, at 65 now I can see those same trees 70 or more foot tall, the trees we cut now, someone had the forthought to plant before us.

Yes, I am 74 but fairly fit. I have recently planted quite a few trees. Unfortunately I have to have around 40 felled soon because they are leaning over the highway. The Forestry Commission has asked me to replant the area with Hazel which will be done in the autumn

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but to fell more than the quarterly allowance you need a felling licence and therefore a management plan which would entail replanting if the density dictated it.

i'm removing dense conifers from a PAWS and will not be replanting many trees  at all, returning the site to W8 woodland at natural densities

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On 14/01/2019 at 22:10, gdh said:

Apart from the boilers that burn waste sawdust etc most need sub 20% moisture to work properly. We dry our woodchip which we use for our kiln to less than 15. You just use a small percentage of what you've dried for the next lot. 

 

Biomass boilers are also much more efficient than any log burner so emissions would be much less.

How do you dry your wood chip ?

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