Chipping brash

[braco]

Anyone out there chipping brash for woodfuel? Is it for smaller boilers or power stations? Any figures available such as extraction costs, chipping costs and any profit to be made? Thanks in advance!

[Goaty]

It's screened to a size spec, needs to be dried. Some have tried most have given up. Unless you have a source of waste heat to dry it. It's probably more viable to get rid in other ways.

[farmer rod]

Anyone out there chipping brash for woodfuel? Is it for smaller boilers or power stations? Any figures available such as extraction costs, chipping costs and any profit to be made? Thanks in advance!

 

We had some brash chipped for our boiler, G30 chips have been no problem, came in dry after about a year seasoning, but it was hardwood brash, mainly ash and alder.

 

However it took about twice as long to produce our requirement, so you can expect it to cost a bit more to chip. You cant get that hairy stuff through the machine at the same rate as 9 inch conny poles. In our case I was happy to do it, because otherwise we would have spent time pushing up fires.