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  1. arboriculturist
    It is administered by UK gov. bodies, but driven by EU parliament directives. Like I have said, existing agreements will be honoured but the end is on the horizon for RHI. The Tax payer is picking up the tab for all RHI payments remember even though few of them seem to realise it.
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    No problem - Yes existing will run on for the 20 year term and the economics of new startups became nonviable as the Tariffs plummeted a year or 2 back.
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    RHI on bio-mass boilers is a 20 year term from date of commissioning. Driven by EU and as we are out that is the end of RHI.
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    Does the £ 9 cube include electricity for the fans and also the boiler won't last forever, which as you know is a big stack of money to replace. What I like about natural air drying is, although you need to invest in a lot of containers, you are not effected by price rises for electricity and softwood for drying price increases, which really hurt those who have to dry a lot.
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    Its uncanny how different peoples setups hundreds of miles apart can end up to be so similar in appearance, even down to the wheelbarrow under the screener on the Posch! Promo videos are always hard to get just right. I would love to produce one but just don't have the time, but when I do I will try to put myself in the customer's shoes when working on the story board stage. Are you now running 2 kilns inside and de-commissioned the container outside? The new kilns look like they are ply lined - does this not degrade? That video was a result, especially produced by an amateur friend - so well done to them, nice work.
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    How many metres do you dry with the 20 tonne Softwood and have you callculated costper m to dry
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    Do you then, think it will be economic to buy in roundwood to burn to dry your Firewood when the RHI payments run out? I have seen some Threads on here where people drying have calculated the costs of drying and from what I recall the cost to dry Firewood per m3 for roundwod and electricity was in the region of £20 - 25 Depending if on woodchip boiler or gasification log boiler.
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    I know many people in the Firewood business are wondering what will happen to those who's business relies solely on drying their Firewood using the RHI Tariff payments to cover the cost of drying. Businesses such as Certainly Wood are nearly 10 years into the 20 year RHI term - In 10 years all RHI payments to them stop. I'm interested to hear the views of others on the Forum.
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    I think he has a rotator as Ash empty's all his dried IBC's into the heap. He'll be along in a minute to put us in the picture.
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    Thanks for sharing that - not many would! Very similar to our setup without the mud - but with nice buildings. I am interested why you empty your dry Firewood into a heap, rather than tipping the dry Firewood straight from the IBCs onto the truck.
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    Regularly change the oil and the final drives would outlast the machine - don't, and you know the rest. Same goes for your truck diff.
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    4 high on level ground is fine, providing you don't use IBCs with pallet bases.
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    Make the walls from pallets - you will need to subdivide inside also with pallets into channels no more than 1 metre wide.
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    Spend your time at work and take it to a garage who specialises in ECU issues. Possibly crankshaft/ camshaft sensor but there are several other sensors on that vehicle that are all linked to the ECU and if faulty/intermittently faulty can result in the symptoms you describe. Can't rule out fuel delivery system issues either. Good luck.
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    That will never work - to dry timber successfully you need constant temperature and good airflow. There are numerous threads on here that will demonstrate just that and the free advice within those threads will point you in the right direction if you plan to take the forced drying course. Better to spend the time with family at this time of year imo.
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    If you have the infrastructure in place like gdh, you want to fully utilise that investment. Many industries run 24/7/365 therefore maximum the return on investment. That's taking things to the extreme of course. Just look at processed food manufacturing and how many of the largest player process their competitors products to optimise their facilities usage. The very best business entrepreneurs are able to develop 'seasonal' business to extend the seasonal norm into a far longer time span. Very quickly that became clear to me and I use every marketing strategy I know of to increase turnover even if the margins are reduced at certain times of year.
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    Most people don't seem to cover their stacks and also the labour cost needs to be factored in, as well as prevailing outside air temperature conditions.
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    How much do you think it would cost to dry per cube without the RHI tarrif with your chip boiler? Thanks
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    We recently bought the Echo polewith HD gearbox. The cutting teeth are not as long as the rear handle Stihl which I would suggest is why it is not so easy to cut the really thick material. They are a tiny bit shorter than the Stihl pole. This is clearly a design which is engineered to protect the gears. Fitted 6 gearboxes to the Stihl even though greased after each fuul days cutting. Echo excellent on coniferous hedges.
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    Rob D from Chainsaw Bars has just posted the special offer below - for those of you who missed out on his Black Friday deal this is the next best thing: https://www.chainsawbars.co.uk/?s=Echo+2511&submit=Search&post_type=product
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    Just emailed you to see if any left at this Black Friday special price.
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    It's also interesting when you deliver a cube, just how many new customer's say ' that's a lot of wood'. Sort of demonstrates what they have been used to.
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    No more regulation please! Just sell by the m3 like all professional setups in the industry do. People soon work out the difference between a 'load' and a m3. Ignore those who choose to underprice others. We raised our prices and it made no difference to sales whatsoever as we focus on quality and those customers who are prepared to pay for a consistent quality product. Ash and Woodworks seem to operate along these lines and their businesses appear to be thriving.
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    As has been said previously - set up a partnership registration with HMRC. To do this you would need to deregister the existing business then register afresh. Most importantly you need to pay a Solicitor to draft a Partnership agreement and get a decent Accountant. Good luck.

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