firewood and ibc questions...

[swinny]

hi there all, firstly a firewood question...

 

i process fire wood from my arb arisings... recently there has been some smaller stuff brought back to the yard 3" dia branch in lengths. for instance a log ( from branch lenght ) 3" dia and 9" long... would you expect that to dry in the normal 12mts seasoning period? i would have thought they would take longer... thus have shy' d away from putting them in this years wood so far...

 

 

also ibc crates, do you market yours as 1 or 1.2 cubic metres?

 

also what roughly do you think an ibc crate weighs when full of green hard and soft wood?

 

cheers chris

[mendiplogs]

hi there all, firstly a firewood question...

 

i process fire wood from my arb arisings... recently there has been some smaller stuff brought back to the yard 3" dia branch in lengths. for instance a log ( from branch lenght ) 3" dia and 9" long... would you expect that to dry in the normal 12mts seasoning period? i would have thought they would take longer... thus have shy' d away from putting them in this years wood so far...

 

 

also ibc crates, do you market yours as 1 or 1.2 cubic metres?

 

also what roughly do you think an ibc crate weighs when full of green hard and soft wood?

 

cheers chris

HI SWINNY my old mf 165 will lift 2 a time with beech thanks and it dry very fast but then were 600ft on the mendip hills but ours are all split beech jon

[s.varty]

I would think most species of log @ 3"x9" would be ok after 12mths,apart from oak and maybe beech/hornbeam

[swinny]

I would think most species of log @ 3"x9" would be ok after 12mths,apart from oak and maybe beech/hornbeam

 

even when come from a branch lenght with bark allround it.

[swinny]

HI SWINNY my old mf 165 will lift 2 a time with beech thanks and it dry very fast but then were 600ft on the mendip hills but ours are all split beech jon

 

my 990 wasnt doing too bad but somethings not just right with it lately... plenty oil in it. its annoyed me today!

[skyhuck]

Bark is not water tight.

 

I would expect 3" branches to dry in well under 12 months, regardless of length.

[mendiplogs]

my 990 wasnt doing too bad but somethings not just right with it lately... plenty oil in it. its annoyed me today!

 

HI MATE filter blocked up ram losting oil oil pump all the best jon

[swinny]

HI MATE filter blocked up ram losting oil oil pump all the best jon

 

wasnt long since i changed it. 6-8 months or so... log splitter works ok. tipping trailer tips ok. linkage arms work ok and lift weight...

[detritus21]

I've been cutting stuff from this summer that is 4" diameter and its pretty much dry. That has been in 2-3 feet lengths. Reduce the length and it will dry much quicker.

[mendiplogs]

wasnt long since i changed it. 6-8 months or so... log splitter works ok. tipping trailer tips ok. linkage arms work ok and lift weight...

 

HI CHRIS yours will lift a ton ok mate my mf165 has 885 loader it a good loader 1.5 tons jon