A different way to chop your wood

[Chris Sheppard]

Funny enough a stand at the APF on the demo circuit was demonstrating 2 different capacity machines for producing "granny logs" out of branches, or ideally harvested coppice?

A very deceptively simple mechanism, 2 (gear linked?) rollers with 3 blades on each, blades timed/set to meet so as to guilliotine the branch as it fed through.

Driven offen a wee tractor PTO........................Burp and a branch gone..............and a bag filled with wee short logs.

I was pleased to see sommat at the smaller more realistic end of the firewood market, in my preception.

cheers

marcus

 

Tht'd be the TR70 and TR110 - the difference in price for an extra 4cm is huge, but there's another manufacurer bringing one across that does 9cm and is only a tiny bit dearer than the TR70, google Rojek wood crusher.

 

My thought were to think of it more like coal, in the sense of it being more like nuggets and you just heap it up and maybe even shovel it onto the fire rather than placing individual bits on.

 

Been very close to going for a branch logger for a while but it's the shifting the massive amounts of produce from it that I'm less confident about at the mo.

[Chris Sheppard]

Funny enough a stand at the APF on the demo circuit was demonstrating 2 different capacity machines for producing "granny logs" out of branches, or ideally harvested coppice?

A very deceptively simple mechanism, 2 (gear linked?) rollers with 3 blades on each, blades timed/set to meet so as to guilliotine the branch as it fed through.

Driven offen a wee tractor PTO........................Burp and a branch gone..............and a bag filled with wee short logs.

I was pleased to see sommat at the smaller more realistic end of the firewood market, in my preception.

cheers

marcus

 

Tht'd be the TR70 and TR110 - the difference in price for an extra 4cm is huge, but there's another manufacurer bringing one across that does 9cm and is only a tiny bit dearer than the TR70, google Rojek wood crusher.

 

My thought were to think of it more like coal, in the sense of it being more like nuggets and you just heap it up and maybe even shovel it onto the fire rather than placing individual bits on.

 

Been very close to going for a branch logger for a while but it's the shifting the massive amounts of produce from it that I'm less confident about at the mo.

[philg]

I've got the SM70 and it's a brilliant bit of kit, Had a chat with the guys at the APF and asked when's the self powered petrol/diesel road towable SM110 going to arrive?? Watch this space!! Hopefully they'll approach me to do Demo's with both macines and give me a machine (SM110) for all my effort. lol

Edited September 20, 2012 by philg

[teepeeat]

Tht'd be the TR70 and TR110 - the difference in price for an extra 4cm is huge, but there's another manufacurer bringing one across that does 9cm and is only a tiny bit dearer than the TR70, google Rojek wood crusher.

 

My thought were to think of it more like coal, in the sense of it being more like nuggets and you just heap it up and maybe even shovel it onto the fire rather than placing individual bits on.

 

Been very close to going for a branch logger for a while but it's the shifting the massive amounts of produce from it that I'm less confident about at the mo.

 

That being the case, it might be possible to have a hopper type system using gravity as they do with wood pellets???

[Dog Tag]

I use 2" to 4" dried wood in my shed stove. Keeps me warm sharpening my saws. Its all free as well..

[Marko]

Looks like a real winner for wood boiler fuel at least. Can anyone provide any indicative pricing before I get too excited!

[Chris Sheppard]

Looks like a real winner for wood boiler fuel at least. Can anyone provide any indicative pricing before I get too excited!

 

The TR 70 was around £3K plus vat and the Rojek 9cm one as £3500 plus vat - petrol ones were a bit dearer.

 

The TR110 from memory was a fairly big jump in price from the TR70 - I've got it on an email somewhere but can't find it at mo.

 

From what I can gather, in other countries they are producing fuel for gassisfication boilers.

[Marko]

Thanks. Not out of the question then for those coppicing for a boiler.

 

The test for me would be are the bits produced big enough to allow the airflow through when stored to season; in a heap, in a spud box, in a IBC etc. Anyone any experience?

[Chris Sheppard]

Thanks. Not out of the question then for those coppicing for a boiler.

 

The test for me would be are the bits produced big enough to allow the airflow through when stored to season; in a heap, in a spud box, in a IBC etc. Anyone any experience?

 

I managed to get hold of one bag of bits off the machine and they seem to dry out OK without going mouldy. Think it depends on what material goes through, but the bag I got had a lot of small slivers in amongst it.

 

I really really think they could be a good tool for use in neglected woodlands but think the market for the end product is still fairly limited in the UK.

[difflock]

Hmmm, cheap disposable clean burning bags/nets and bung the whole sealed bag into the gasifying boiler.

Really reduce the handling too.

Be very good for my spindly birch, I like new toys btw!

simples