woodchip buying

[Charleton Chips]

if you had the choice to say how much you would like for your woodchip for biomass how much would you say

[skyhuck]

I think for me the bigger issue is loading, having to load the current buyers is a real PITA and kills any profit from the sale.

 

If someone offered the same as the current guys (£6 to £8 per tonne) but had grab wagons that loaded themselves, that would be a real winner IMO.

[10 men]

I think for me the bigger issue is loading, having to load the current buyers is a real PITA and kills any profit from the sale.

 

If someone offered the same as the current guys (£6 to £8 per tonne) but had grab wagons that loaded themselves, that would be a real winner IMO.

 

Loading is the killer, at least £20 a ton, if you have load.

[renewablejohn]

How about an IBC collection service or is that to much agro chipping into an IBC

[Simon Rotheram]

if you had the choice to say how much you would like for your woodchip for biomass how much would you say

 

Depends on your storage and loading costs, if you can store it for nothing and have a telehandler then its only your time and fuel to cover?

[Peter]

How about an IBC collection service or is that to much agro chipping into an IBC

 

Yes, but a roro service would work.

[Charleton Chips]

roro serivce with a little loader and charge by the skip

[openspaceman]

Yes, but a roro service would work.

 

Ordinary roro bins are about 35m3, a walking floor chip wagon is 100m3, even then the payload is only reached with high mc chip, about 25 tonnes. The 8 wheeler hooklift probably costs about the same to run as the 44 tonne walking floor artic and with delivery costs around £12/tonne...

[Peter]

John is talking about collecting chip for his own use on a local scale.

 

A full size 8 wheeler bin holds 45 or 50 cubic metres, although filling it with a small chipper would be tricky as you would have to chip through the open door.

 

I was more thinking of smaller bins on a 18 tonner, drop 5-6 bins off in the morning on site for local tree surgeons, pick them up at the end of the day, 100-120 cubic metres a day would be plenty.

 

Don't forget that although you only get £8-10 a tonne for chip, by the time its dry and delivered to the power station its being sold for £75 a tonne.

[renewablejohn]

Ordinary roro bins are about 35m3, a walking floor chip wagon is 100m3, even then the payload is only reached with high mc chip, about 25 tonnes. The 8 wheeler hooklift probably costs about the same to run as the 44 tonne walking floor artic and with delivery costs around £12/tonne...

 

Thats the problem wet chip standing around. I would much rather pay for fresh chip by the m3 which is easier to dry. How much do you normally chip in a day. I bet it is nearer 4 IBC's than 35 m3. Practically far easier towing 4 IBC's on an Ifor trailer then messing with a roro skip.

My trailer would drop off and collect 32 IBC's at a time so similar capacity to a roro but I do think more practical.