Conifer felling biomass job

[Barney]

This job was done back in august, it took about 2 weeks to complete. One of the main reasons for felling was due to thousands of starlings nesting in the conifers the previous year, as you can imagine there were feces all over them.

 

We felled the conifers and stacked them in a compound using a tractor and timber trailer with crane. On the final day this monster chipper came and blasted into, I think, 8 artics. Each artic took about 27 tonne so we produced over 200 tonne of chip.

 

 

 

 

[tommer9]

Top stuff!!

[Nick B]

Now thats what you call a job well cool

He got all that chipped in the one day if so that is good going

[Tom2020]

bet that was fun Looked a cracking day

[Barney]

He would have chipped it all in one day but there wasn't another lorry available so he stayed in a B & B and returned in the morning. Worked flat out all day, brilliant machine.

[bobarhyme]

Alright sam, nice pics! Good job. Long days!!!

[the verminator]

thats a beasty chipper is that! what size timber can it take?

[jonsey]

How much were you getting for the Biomass? we're they not that bothered about the 'green content?

[lshoran]

If you dont mind me asking how exactly does that work?

 

Do you pay for the hire of the (wagon,crane,chipper) then have the artics take the chip for free, or do they come as one unit?

 

as Jonsie asked, did they pay you or vice versa?

[Barney]

My boss paid for the chipper hire and their company bought the chip off us so it reduced the initial chipper hire by a vast amount, they sorted out all the artics and didn't mind the green, however as the chip was fresh and green they paid slightly less per tonne, I think it was somewhere in the region of £10 per tonne.

 

In some circumstances with enough chip you wouldn't be paying any amount for the chipper hire.