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  1. arboriculturist
    Are you proposing to selling retail / wholesale or both? Cedar has always been one of my favourite softwoods - dries easily and burns beautifully.
  2. arboriculturist
    Ok, so wholesale dry soft, but retailers will want hard also. Have you got any firm offers of intent from any Retailers. How will you deliver? Serious retailers will want it containerised. Transport brings your margin right down. I tend to look at negatives 1st and never leave a stone unturned when it comes to 'knowing the market'. There are some big players on here but most buy hard from across the water or have their own setups. I've had enquiries but the transport kills it unless very local. I hope I am mis-informed in your case as you are regionally different.
  3. arboriculturist
    3.5 days min Jon as your insulated, but only 9 hrs burn time. Dry spruce faster of course, 2.5 - not greatest firewood and won't sell well. You will struggle i'm sorry to say unless you can offer hardwood in the mix.
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    Yes, no night stoking. It will be producing around 175 nominal burning sub 20% MC fuel. Don't burn over 20% MC. They may come on at 33 but will cut out below that temp when the low limit signals switch. Does a fan act on the fuel heating the unit?
  5. arboriculturist
    564kg / 24 hrs. How many Kw? Are you drying 20m3 per cycle? Hardwood? The fan acting on the fuel is thermostatically controlled - yes? The outlet fan cycles on at 33c - what temp. c off ?
  6. arboriculturist
    How is the airflow fan controlled or is it un-controllable? What timber volume do you load each hour?
  7. arboriculturist
    If everyone knew how little the UK public know about imported timber - they are likely to be amazed
  8. arboriculturist
    This is more like it - some action at last. Very much looking forward to hearing how it performs once you have everything calibrated and fully bedded in, having run a few 1000 metres through it. - that is the time when all our questions will be answered. I hope it progresses well:001_smile:
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    Sometime the dealership route is a wise choice - they will diagnose any issue you have with electrics faster then anyone. You can always go elsewhere and get the work done, but surely you are better off solving the issues there and then, wasting no more time and getting back to work. Other views will differ.
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    Take it to an Iveco main dealer. It may cost to have them plug it in and diagnose but it could save you a fortune in the long run. They will give you a quoted price before they start. On a daily basis they deal with these issues - there is nowhere else to go IMO.
  11. arboriculturist
    I totally agree - its been a pleasant, quiet relaxing day ................. she's gone out
  12. arboriculturist
    If you don't mind Logsnstuff (sorry - don't know your name) i'll use that thought to educate the public on the merits of 'naturally dried wood'. This will be controversial for some, but I am working towards an improved place to live in for my children.
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    We all need to work together to promote a softwood / hardwood mix. 100% Hardwood is just not sustainable - the tree species just won't produce the volumes demand requires. The RHI on domestic and commercial Bio-mass installations is making the whole matter worse - as has been said, they are all 'riding the wave'. 'Boom and bust' comes to mind, with the profiteers long gone others will be left to think up possible solutions. The average person has no interest in this of course.
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    Some people never lose interest in the 'drying' debate - good to see you back. There can be a difference in 'force' dried firewood and 'naturally' dried firewood, however using the general UK method of 'force' drying firewood - there is no appreciable difference. 'Like for like' - I'm always using that phrase to the end user. Through media I am slowly educating the public in my region. We love others selling 'green' timber - not great for the consumer, but for us it is great Ooh - how many years has the current phase of Bio-mass RHI payments left to run ? 20 years soon passes.
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    No, I don't recieve RHI, but we can all understand why the financial incentives encouraged many to sign up when the Tariff level was at 8.8p / KwH
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    The main reasons for drying firewood by people who sell quantity is they cannot afford to buy 250 m3 of timber x months ahead of the date of sale and store / handle it. If you are earning income via RHI payments to dry the Firewood it makes business sense. Maybe not so daft Steve if you consider these 2 factors.
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    I am relieved someone finally someone said that :001_smile:
  18. arboriculturist
    This has been discussed previously. Excessively dry wood does loose certain volatiles contained within the wood tissue and a larger proportion of the remaining volatile components typically escape with the flue gases largely unburnt.
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    I read an editorial just this week, that claimed exactly that and was also running down air dried Firewood. Where I see a case like this, I intend to put the record straight with a piece based on quantified facts and not opinions.
  21. arboriculturist
    For those not recieving Government funding in the form of RHI payments to dry their firewood, it may tempting for some to draw to the attention of the public that the vast majority of kiln dried firewood sold in the UK is imported from abroad or funded by the taxpayer. It is never wise to name names though - that's just un-professional.
  22. arboriculturist
    I am not advocating kiln drying to receive the RHI payments - but as has been discussed many times before on the Forum, drying give the flexibility to react to demand and avoids the capital tied up in stock.
  23. arboriculturist
    With an isolated heat exchanger Jon and those temperatures you will have no issues. Lets have an update on your Poland thread ! - i'm a bit bored
  24. arboriculturist
    You're there Jon and we sensible enough to do at a fraction of the cost of most. Potato boxes ok for now, but you will need to move some slats to improve airflow. Good luck.
  25. arboriculturist
    Yes - google him - Uffcombe

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