firewood tumbler/beet cleaner!

[jamesmerriman7]

Hi guys! been looking into the quality control of selling logs. When your processing logs flat out in the day its hard to control the so called bits i.e bark, thin bits, sawdust going up the elevator when you want to maximise outputs! So when I priced up tumblers from 6k - 7k its money that cant be justified in my eyes on separating trash. A salesman told me to get a second hand sugar beet cleaner as its been done by someone who he knows and costs around 1k! I have found a tidy machine but just wanted see if anyone on here has used them for logs??? or what they think??? pro's and cons etc... cheers

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Those cleansing drums - there must be some serious log snobbery around. I guess for crate packed and nets you want tidy, but loose logs - just stays in the trailer or truck right?!

[mendiplogs]

  TimberCutterDartmoor said:

Those cleansing drums - there must be some serious log snobbery around. I guess for crate packed and nets you want tidy, but loose logs - just stays in the trailer or truck right?!

 

Hi TCD I've seen mesh on the end of the belt so all the bits go into a bag thanks Jon

[peatff]

Put a big fan on to blow the bit off the belt.

[eggsarascal]

  peatff said:

Put a big fan on to blow the bit off the belt.

 

Or, just let the "bits" go up the elevator!

[mendiplogs]

  eggsarascal said:

Or, just let the "bits" go up the elevator!

 

Hi eggs up the belt on to the mesh grill then the bits go in to the bag thanks jas p Wilson sell them thanks Jon

[jamesmerriman7]

Fuelwood sell one a free standing one looks good! Just wanted to see whether any of you guys had come across these beet cleaners... thinking now its a bit extreme!

[woodworm]

Yup, its a bit extreme!!

[rovers90]

I know a guy who built one and all the bit get collected in dumpy bags underneath and them get netted and sold as organic kindling!!

[gensetsteve]

If they are paying £200 a cube for snob logs then got to be done. If they are paying the average £100 a cube then wtf is going on with the world. You don't charge by weight and the bark is not taking up volume. I am sure normal people are prepared to collect a few bits in their dust pan when THEY have finished stacking.