Potato boxes, Firewood boxes. IBC's - PROS & CONS ?

[eggsarascal]

All rotators I have seen have a 3rd arm at side of crate to support.

 

Sound like your on top of it bud.

[R5log]

All rotators I have seen have a 3rd arm at side of crate to support.

 

 

That's right, there a pain when stacking and get in way for other stuff

[gensetsteve]

Don't use Ibc, proper crates with sockets for forks and a rotator

 

Get it right first time I have learnt

 

Do as r5log says and do it right from the start or do what I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And pack up and do something else. Margins are too tight in logs to fanny about the profit is in the efficiency.

[arboriculturist]

Sound like your on top of it bud.

 

Things are improving for sure - thanks. It's been a VERY long hard road, like the rest of the serious contenders!

 

Built ours with a 3rd arm at the side, but as R5 said it can be a pain.

 

Next year depending on containers we use may alter to a top bar like the spud boys.

 

Needs to do 2m spud boxes and IBC I expect.

[arboriculturist]

Do as r5log says and do it right from the start or do what I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And pack up and do something else. Margins are too tight in logs to fanny about the profit is in the efficiency.

 

IBC's are great if finances are limited to use in a Kiln until you can afford decent stillages with fork boxes.

 

Spud boxes are great for storing dry timber, better if able to hold 2m3.

[arboriculturist]

IBC's are over 1m3.

 

Potato boxes and wooden Log boxes generally hold 1.7 - 1.75 m3.

 

Anyone modified them successfully to hold 2m3 - life would be so much easier?

Edited September 1, 2015 by arboriculturist

[gensetsteve]

It may be worth doing a search for logs in hurstbourne tarrant. There is a gentleman there that uses a woodmizer to make his own 3 cu metre crates then has a rotator on a 3 tonne jcb telehandler. His tipper load is 3 cubic metres.

[arboriculturist]

It may be worth doing a search for logs in hurstbourne tarrant. There is a gentleman there that uses a woodmizer to make his own 3 cu metre crates then has a rotator on a 3 tonne jcb telehandler. His tipper load is 3 cubic metres.

 

Now that is a keen man

 

I'll take a look - thanks.

[arboriculturist]

It may be worth doing a search for logs in hurstbourne tarrant. There is a gentleman there that uses a woodmizer to make his own 3 cu metre crates then has a rotator on a 3 tonne jcb telehandler. His tipper load is 3 cubic metres.

 

Frank Haighton has some business there - he must have worked his fingers to the bone to get where he is today ! - I'm jealous

[briquette_seller]

Potato boxes and wooden Log boxes generally hold 1.7 - 1.75 m3.

 

Anyone modified them successfully to hold 2m3 - life would be so much easier?

 

Why is holding 2cm so much better than holding 1.7cm?