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Well that's uncanny - I did the same yesterday on a 91 Ranger and chassis corrosion has been picked up as an advisory on the last 5 years MOT's. Still passed last August though - I'm wondering how. Good idea to research though. Thanks.
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Don't think about using the rotator - dust and grit will end up on the pinion and ring, sticking to all the grease present. What you need is a rotary screening bucket (rsb). They come at a premium and you need a service to run it. For a small amount a riddle bucket is what most use but slow and you need a 360. Best bet is to find someone with a 7.5tonne 360 with a rsb. Prep the material and get them in for a day in a dry spell and they will do the lot and some of the other main jobs while on site. Haulage may kill it though. There is no cheap option I know of. We're planning to buy a 0.3m3 rsb later this year for the 7.5 as a few 100t to do now and ongoing work. 6k + 1.5k to pipe ex. (FYI - 13T machine matches with a 0.7m3 rsb) Hopefully worth the investment.
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I'm not looking for speed, towing, heavy loads or economy, so some of the posts are extremely usefull - thanks ?
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That would have done me ? Looking on Ebay those old Hilux 4x4's attract a high price!
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There's some sound advice there thanks. I'm surprised so many recommend the Hilux, presumably due to other makes having serious underbody rust issues. Towing isn't required as we have other vehicles when needed.
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I know nothing about 4x4s except landrovers, having always run dropside trucks. We need an old 15 - 20 year old basic pickup as it will only do around 10 local miles a week. There are lots of older Ford Rangers, Hiluxes, Izuzus etc about for £1500 - 2000 but I have no idea which to avoid when buying a fairly old 4x4 model. I have heard some makes of that age will always be rust buckets. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Hetas, Woodsure, Ready to Burn and Grown in Britain
arboriculturist replied to Chalgravesteve's topic in Firewood forum
I wont say what I think of the team who drafted the 'Ready to burn' idea based on Firewood being less than 20% MC, however £378 per year that gives you massive regional marketing support / advertising may be worthwhile although difficult to quantify. Producing a product with 25% MC is achievable and if accreditation gets you a chunk of new customers who find you through the scheme maybe it is not all doom and gloom. I think a carefull look at what promotion is offered would be the starting point. -
Hetas, Woodsure, Ready to Burn and Grown in Britain
arboriculturist replied to Chalgravesteve's topic in Firewood forum
Good for you for raising your prices - everyone needs to do this annually now, if we are to keep pace with the rise in bought in timber prices. ? The certification stickers may look nice on the vehicles, but all those certifications are unnecessary for those selling a quality product as others have said. -
100% this - buy the fastest cycle time conventional splitter you can find - or buy a larger processor as a decent roundwood splitter is a large investment and as others say - sell oversize as sawlogs. Over 10K to split a few oversize isn't viable - think about it.
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I liked that post a lot - straight from the heart telling it as it is. I think a lot of us feel like that who have been toiling for a fair few years but don't like to admit it!
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I know exactly what you mean, we get mountains of the stuff. If I recall you have gasification boilers that you feed with waste and split log lengths, Ergo or something like. I think there are several retailers about that like the idea of drying but due to the initial investment combined nosey neighbours and the planning issues as this is an industrial process, they are finished at the starting line. LPA's like to kill off any show of enterprise.
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By my calculations the actual cost of the raw material i.e. split 20" softwood logs to dry your logs is £ 15 approx. per m3 - that is factoring everything: processing the 20", drying the 20", handling labour for the drying process of all fuel and finished product, installation cost and maintainance over a 10 year period drying 1000m3 +/annum. This is more applicable to those who have nothing at present. You probably have another 17 years or so to run on your current RHI of course.
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Yes, I can appreciate the weaker exchange rate and rising timber prices have affected your margins but as you have you have increased your turnover during these times this has mainly negated the increased overheads. Did you manage to get the RHI on the tiny one or are you just running it as a stand alone. Do you know if new RHI applications are now over for people wishing to start drying firewood?
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That's mega volume Ash! How much stock do you hold to sustain those figures if you don't mind me asking? I think you said you we using a 40ft container with 36 in each batch. You must be around 1500m3/year by now. The joys of being able to dry I suppose.
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That's a familiar tale to many on here for sure. Like a lot of us working from base camp at least you can spend some quality time on Arbtalk, which can make you feel less isolated. I find its always good to have things to look forward to, if your a shooting person you will know exactly what I mean. Children coming home even etc etc. You have to be pro active and even take up something new. I once read a major tidy up can do wonders to lift the spirit ( can't say I've tried that yet looking around here!) Maybe think back to things you really enjoyed in the past, which could give you new ideas. Lots worse off than all of us put together remember. Chin up, Christmas is coming!
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Field Maple can be just the same. I don't think you will ever look back once you set up a screener that you can just run the logs through before dropping into your bagging system. A credit to you how dry your timber is though ?
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A lot of retailers wish their Firewood was that dry ! ?
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A decent size rotary drum trommel will give you the perfect product. There are quite a few advertised second hand or you could convert something, however this usually costs more that expected unless you have the time, skills and energy to do it yourself. A large infeed hopper you could load with the loader is what you have in mind of course. Good luck.
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Thanks for the info - Black Friday this week, so a good time to buy one!
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RH how long does the battery last in the MSA 200? We have 2 MS 200 saws and they are one of the best ground saws we have ever had for breaking down the crowns of felled mature trees - until these arrived it was a struggle to stop people using 201 climbing saws for the job.
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Are air dried logs to be made illegal?
arboriculturist replied to Woodworks's topic in Firewood forum
Has the RHI gone completely now on new installations now do you know G ? -
STIHL LAUNCHES NEW ENHANCED CORDLESS ARBORIST SAW
arboriculturist replied to Steve Bullman's topic in General chat
After testing the 161 at the APF with the 200 battery and found it to be 40% faster cutting than the 160, have any of you bought one and if so which batteries did you go for. The guy Stihl had at the APF was a full on tree surgeon and he said he found the 300 battery too heavy and wasn't worth the extra weight for a longer run time. -
I think 5 high with a telehandler would be murder trying to line up at that distance. With our forklift with side shift we lift 2 together so you only have to see top of crate 3 when stacking 5 high - needs a bit of practice though. It's all about maximising floor space.
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Had some empty and some full 4 high on hardcore for about 2 months in the storms as well. Holding up well. Planned to stack 5 high on level concrete within a building and just wondered how others faired?
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Ash - you say you stack on 3 high, but I cannot recall if you have them on level concrete surface. We stack them 4 high on hardcore and I was wondering if anyone stacks 5 high on flat concrete?
