Drying 20ft container and IBC cages available.

[richy_B]

Hello,

 

I have a 20ft insulated shipping container and about 9 IBC cages coming up for sale. The container was a food grade stainless steel unit we adapted for drying logs. It has a vent axia heat exchanger mounted on the roof. Worked pretty well for us for logs but would also suit any kind of dry storage. Nice solid and weather tight. 

 

We are just repainting it with hammerite to fresher it up a bit but I'll put some pictures on shortly. Looking for about £2k no VAT. Will need a normal container lorry to shift it. 

[Justme]

How long does it take to dry the 9 ibc's & how much electric does it use per load?

[richy_B]

It used to take 6 heaped IBC at a time equating to about 170-180 net bags. We dried it for a week to get to about 18% moisture level (wood wasn't fresh cut, usually split it and let it air dry for a few weeks before going into the kiln).

 

It only has the heat exchanger unit with it, power consumption will be dependent on what you use. A few hundred KWHs/£30 would be about right. 

 

Basic set up but worked for small scale. 

Edited April 20, 2020 by richy_B

[headgroundsman]

I personally think it is wrong to use any energy except solar to dry firewood. I know others may have a different opinion!

 

[richy_B]

Originally I wanted to heat it from waste heat from our charcoal kiln. Never quite got round to it.