Large chipper hire

[John Shutler]

3 minutes ago, Scottish Cleaning Service said:

Never knew such a thing existed. One would need to own a forest to make it pay. I wonder what it costs? not much change from £100k I imagine.

100k? my tractor and chipper setup is £120k and that’s a reasonably modest setup in comparison 

[monkeybusiness]

 

[monkeybusiness]

I think Oliver said this cone splitter was a £25k option alone!!! Amazing machine in every way - it burst this 4 foot oak chunk and chipped it in two halves (which was a real shame but what the timber buyer wanted). 

[monkeybusiness]

Just now, Scottish Cleaning Service said:

That's Norway for you, even a pint is 4 times dearer than the UK.

German I believe. 

[PeteB]

Liam  Webb at Maple Tree Care in Nottingham isn't too far away if the diary isn't fitting with Lordy.

 

SimpArb are over by Ancaster, they have a Heizohack too.

[Marksquirrell]

Rod Davies Manor Tree Care is a great guy to deal with. He might be more flexible than having a massive machine in that needs to have a lot of brash to make it pay.....

[PeteB]

If they ain't left on the floor, an awful lot get sold to the big biomass suppliers. Prices seem to vary but if they are a bi-product to arb works for which you are getting paid for, anything is a bonus! Even if it clears the yard for a few quid per tonne. For the main part, standard road towed chippers from the likes of GreenMech, Timberwolf, Redwood, jensen etc (apologies to those not listed) are for volume reduction of brash and small timber. A small scale biomass plant would find this too wet or it may block up the auger if the firetrap motor or mechanism cannot handle the odd shapes or stringy bits.

 

There seems to be a number of large projects on at the moment (HS2, Smart Motorway) that folk are kitting up for with chip removal being classed as part of the reimbursement.  But that seems to be a beginning of the race to the bottom with folk classing the chip as the income! 

[Dan Maynard]

They don't dry terribly well, if you leave them in a heap they get warm and start decaying.