Kindling machine advice

[samtheman365]

Im nearly getting my firewood business up and running and was wondering what kindling machine members would recommend??

I can get free softwood offcuts from pointing round stakes which seem to me to be ideal for kindling?

[Mr Ed]

Terrible material for making kindling. I certainly wont go through any kind of Kindler

[76AR]

Im nearly getting my firewood business up and running and was wondering what kindling machine members would recommend??

I can get free softwood offcuts from pointing round stakes which seem to me to be ideal for kindling?

 

I have just bought a kindlett from fuelwood. Great machine would use anything else. I have mine available to hire if you want to try before you buy.

Its a 2009 model and will produce upto 100 nets per hour.

 

This machine requires two people to operate it unlike th earlier slower model.

 

pm for any further details

[samtheman365]

Terrible material for making kindling. I certainly wont go through any kind of Kindler

why do you think its a Terrible material for making kindling?

[Mr Ed]

It doesent have square edges for putting through a machine.

[76AR]

It doesent have square edges for putting through a machine.

 

I have tried many times to process posts off cuts and the machine just mulches them and jams the infeed conveyor

[samtheman365]

I have tried many times to process posts off cuts and the machine just mulches them and jams the infeed conveyor

back to the drawing board for me then

[kindlett]

I take it you are buiyng the timber from a fencing posts saw mill if so you could buy the slab wood off them as mr ed said you need them square.why dont you forget about making them and buy them in off 76ar he will do a good deal all you will have to do is deliver them to your customers he will deliver to you at a brill price give him a call on 07971330783 its all kiln dried

[samtheman365]

I take it you are buiyng the timber from a fencing posts saw mill if so you could buy the slab wood off them as mr ed said you need them square.why dont you forget about making them and buy them in off 76ar he will do a good deal all you will have to do is deliver them to your customers he will deliver to you at a brill price give him a call on 07971330783 its all kiln dried

Why would i want to buy then off some one else it reduces my profit margin?

and then i lose control of quality, service and suplying local timber to local customers

[Mr Ed]

Why would i want to buy then off some one else it reduces my profit margin?

and then i lose control of quality, service and suplying local timber to local customers

 

You might want to buy it off someone else because investing £7k in a kindler is a lot of money, and will take a long time to recover if your not selling a LOT of kindling.

 

And if you have'nt got aready supply of the right timber, its going to cost you more to make it than to buy it in at the right price.

Buying it in will still give you a healthy profit margin, and allow you to build up that side of the business.