wood chip buyers

[Charleton Chips]

i think there is a market a opportunity to expand the business

[djbobbins]

AC Price Engineering - Wood Chips Blower 1 way of doing it

 

One of those on an 6 or 8 wheeler was exactly what I was thinking of.

 

You would also need to devise some way of measuring the amount delivered to the customer. Much as I would prefer to see chip sold by weight, volume measurement is probably easier - especially if the customers go onto fairly standard sized hopper. Otherwise, you could partition out the truck body e.g. into 1 / 2 / 3 m3 multiples and sell it that way I suppose. That way at least you could do multi-drops.

 

If the delivery rates are as claimed up to a cube per minute, the slowest part of the delivery would be the coupling up.

 

I like...

[renewablejohn]

Animal feed wagons make excellent vehicles for collection/delivery of woodchip/wood pellets but like the A C Price blowers need consistent chip G30 spec otherwise like a hoover it can get blocked by bridging.

 

Self loading animal feed wagons are better if the woodchip is of variable sizes

[backyardlumberjack]

Has anyone tried a corn auger or three

[renewablejohn]

Has anyone tried a corn auger or three

 

Very slow and keeps getting blocked on woodchip. OK for wood pellets. I have 6 spare if anyone wants to try although I have taken off electric motors for use on my hammer mills.

[farmer rod]

anyone in the Kent Surrey Sussex area have a problem with getting their woodchip mooved on? I have a loader and possibly a shed, as do many farmers, perhaps a little collaboration would help.

[Charleton Chips]

if someone started a business how much would you charge per load or price

[benedmonds]

exactly my problem i have tons of woodchip up my yard, but because i have no way of loading other than a shovel. hireing in a jcb etc wouldnt make it worth selling

 

We get a local farmer with a telehandler, £250 ish quid for the day. Took 3 loads yesterday, I'm guessing 50-75 tons so at £9 a ton it's not going to make me rich but it's better then paying to spread it as we've done it the past.

[farmer rod]

so the point is( well maybe), if it was dropped off at a yard with a loader, how much would it be worth?

[farmer rod]

if someone started a business how much would you charge per load or price

 

loading a truck would only take a hour, so on the face of it not much, but keeping the cost down depends on it being well organized.