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  1. arboriculturist
    IBC's are great if finances are limited to use in a Kiln until you can afford decent stillages with fork boxes. Spud boxes are great for storing dry timber, better if able to hold 2m3.
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    Things are improving for sure - thanks. It's been a VERY long hard road, like the rest of the serious contenders! Built ours with a 3rd arm at the side, but as R5 said it can be a pain. Next year depending on containers we use may alter to a top bar like the spud boys. Needs to do 2m spud boxes and IBC I expect.
  3. arboriculturist
    All rotators I have seen have a 3rd arm at side of crate to support.
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    A decent Agri engineer will sort it Jon:thumbup1:
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    Only issue with loaders on some tractors is seeing the tips of the forks ! 5ft fors solve the problem often. Loader with rotator - spot on and low cost relatively
  6. arboriculturist
    Any larger than IBC - you would need a Large F lift.
  7. arboriculturist
    F lift and rotator only ideal for tipping into something when it does not matter where the logs end up. Tipping into a sub - divided truck is only good if you can mount the rotator well away from the mast and you nead a FL with a decent size counterweight be able to do that Jon
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    Totally agree there - always if you have the finances available. However if you don't 100% kiln dry ( because you foolishly missed that window of high tariff opportunity) and need 500 IBC's, it gets expensive. Spud boxes are a lot cheaper but don't hold 2m3 without modification, which is a pain.
  9. arboriculturist
    What the .............. are fluorescents doing in your kiln ? !!!
  10. arboriculturist
    Agreed, we do that, but spud boxes could be good for 2m3 and less handling, less space as lots buy 2m3.
  11. arboriculturist
    Fabricated a rotator Jon.
  12. arboriculturist
    Just got home - Sorry no, but I know people who dry in spud boxes.
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    I am planning ahead and need to make a decision on which of the available containers works best for firewood before buying. There are Pros & Cons for all of them of course, but one must come to the top of the heap. Potato boxes are the least costly and readily available locally used - but the bases rot , they have to be modified to dry Firewood quickly and they don't hold exactly 2m3. However the largest Firewood producer in the UK use them - but they do Kiln Dry everything. Any views would be most welcome.
  14. arboriculturist
    Is that a chip/pellet boiler J ?
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    <p>What species, how old and what length and diameter rings?</p>

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    <p>Thanks</p>

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    <p>Rob</p>

     

  16. arboriculturist
    Thanks for all those posts, very informative
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  18. arboriculturist
    Can you send me some in a Jiffy bag ? - don't grow it round here
  19. arboriculturist
    What sort of world do we live in, when a group of people wish to gather in a Wood for a couple of hours and all we can see is risk, hazzards, blame, liability etc. etc. What happened to live and let live !
  20. arboriculturist
    I'm very happy with all the replies - thanks
  21. arboriculturist
    So 25% Spruce / 25 % Douglas / 50% hardwood sounds spot on ?
  22. arboriculturist
    Now that's interesting - rarely hear Sitka mentioned. Thanks.
  23. arboriculturist
    I'm sold !
  24. arboriculturist
    Have you inspected the rear of the main stem - the fungal fruiting bodies may well be girdling the base. If so you can be reasonably certain that the complete base plane of the main stem has been colonised. How closely have you inspected those vertical creases, and around those brackets - any sign of Kretzmaria? G + K = Remove and re-plant. If this is the case - A Tree Officer worth their salt will not on this occasion burden the tree owner with the unnecessary expence of a written Report. Have you given it a carefull probe? Have you spent a couple of minutes with a spade carefully excavating round the tree base. Do what you can yourself before advising the Client further; they are sure to appreciate it and you gain a lot of respect
  25. arboriculturist
    I've been offered a load of Chip Spruce as Firewood 100mm - 400mm, roadside for 12 months. I've always avoided Spruce up to now, but would welcome any views on its use as Firewood.

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