Is there a market for oak wood chip from machine shop.

[Celtictimber]

We produce around an artic bulk load of 100% oak wood chip plus a small amount of dust every 8 weeks. It's what comes of our planer and other machines and is a mix of green, air dried, and a small part kiln dried.

Is there a value to this - we currently just dump it or sometime local stables will take it. Is there a market for this in the biomass sector.

[Stompy]

Never found anyone willing to pay for it let alone take it for free..... a few folk with animals would take a bag here and there but never made even a small dent in what I produce.

 

Had some guys taking large amounts for pellets and briquettes but the mix of green and dry was no good for them, they want 100% dry which is hard to produce without changing extractor bins all the time.

 

Seems a massive waste but I burn some in my burner to keep warm but the rest gets burnt on the bonfire or dumped just to get rid.

 

I'm sure biomass firms may be interested would be interested if you produce in big enough quantities to justify a trip out to you but I wouldn't expect big bucks for it or anything at all.

[Billy68]

Get yourself a heater for the workshop

[Billy68]

Make briquets and sell them

[Celtictimber]

Got a heater but that doesn't make a dent in it. It's surprising how well it burns it the heater mind.

[Aicchalmers]

Is there a market for smoking? Probably not in such quantities but people pay silly prices for a little bag of oak chips for putting on the barbecue..

[woody paul]

Were are you based.

[Celtictimber]

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Wales

[Big T]

Wood smokers spring to mind!

[woody paul]

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Wales

 

Just to far away.

There's a garden centre near me that may have taken it for his bio mass boiler, may be worth a try near you.