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That seems a sensible price for quality timber. We have to move towards 50/50 for the reasons we all know about and have been discussed at length on the Forum. Thanks
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If you dont mind me asking ; Soft/hardwood, what length are the logs and what price? I am keen we all sell a quality similar product at a similar price to avoid the undercutting war some seem keen to persue.
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January 2015 Biomass RHI payment regression cuts planned
arboriculturist replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
You will be the envy of many! - hope you got the pre Oct 2014 tariff on the 2nd system. Are you on Chip and container drying? -
Would you class the ' RIGHT MACHINE' as being the LENZ system linked up to a 40yard hook skip?
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With the next commercial RHI 'degression' cut in tariffs due in January and thereafter further cuts to follow, using Biomass to dry firewood and chip is going to look far less attractive. A 199kW project, at the 7.6p per kWh rate will generate approximately £19,783 per annum in commercial RHI payments. Following the next proposed degression of 20% in January at the lower rate of 6.1p/kWh, the payments would be approximately £15,951, being £4,000 a year less. For those who are already accredited the cut in tariff payment will not affect you - for those yet to sign up, this changes the whole equation when it comes to installing a new biomass drying system!
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Do you dry your chip to get the MC down using RHI, air dry Roundwood then chip or split bulk bought in chip?
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Exactly.
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Don't worry about all the negative feedback Doug - just get on with the job, use volunteers and even if you give them a few pounds for travel/food if someone moans to whoever it will never be enforced. I can understand why nearly as many people wish to leave the UK as are keen to live here - many appear to have become paranoid about every last detail in whatever legislation turns up. Just get on with things and behave reasonably is my remit.
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My information on Volunteers comes straight from ACAS and yes you can give them travel and lunch money. The government may on occasion be quoted as being stupid, but those who draft the legislation can also be reasonable. Don't get hung up on this and get back to the Woodland management works !
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National Minimum Wage does not apply to a volunteer doing voluntary work. Volunteers are not entitled to the national minimum wage as they don't get paid other than travel or lunch expenses and therefore will not be classed as a worker. Volunteers do not have a contract of employment but often have a volunteering agreement.
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20 mins out there was enough to get soaked early this am! What tonnage do you think you got in that green trailer behind the New Holland tractor that collected from you late Tuesday afternoon? Thanks Jon
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Sweet Chestnut - from a photo, would need to see real time for positive ID.
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Have you compared this bar with your 42" bar? Especially the splaying aspect - measure width on both bars at top of groove with micrometer over the full length every 100mm - mark with tape measure and chalk. Double check groove depth in relation to chain being used. Again compare bars. Are your depth guages all the same height and if so are they filed to the correct height in relation to the cutters? Are the right and left hand cutters 80% perfect i.e. outside cutting corners undamaged i.e. no rounding off you have not noticed? Even subtle damage to left or right cutters can cause chain to cut in a curve Does it have same symptoms with new chain? - if so we can all deduce its a bar defect.
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Towing legally with fuel buckets etc. always the issue.
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Opinions on the Duun VM420 firewood prossesor
arboriculturist replied to ksl's topic in Firewood forum
What would you say makes the Bindenberger a better machine and what meterage would you need to be doing to justify it? oh and what model Bind. were you looking at? Thanks -
3.5T diesel tipper ideal for your business. Don't forget your 'Waste Carriers Licence' from E. Agency - do it online, 3 years cover.
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He is just a 1 man band, so register as self-employed with HMRC. You are not being paid so not an employee. Some time ago I was made aware that family members do not come under the employers liability insurance regulations. You are quite at liberty to give your son a personal loan without any legal connection with the business. Keep things simple unless you like red tape or admin. Good luck with his business.
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The 1st thing to do would to be only fill the IBC's to 1m3. Anything more than that and you are not on a level playing field the majority of the serious firewood retailers. Consumers generally focus on the price - not quantity. Oh - and promote 50/50 hard/soft mix, which is what we all should be doing. Good luck.
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Sorry, just wanted so how people reacted. As you say they do not have naked seeds within cones, but fleshy arils containing the seed. You probably know they are tasty also, but not the seed , which is full of nasty alkaloids, like Blackthorn. Still an evergreen conifer though.
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A Yew is an evergreen conifer, which has cones.
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Shouldn't be using the 'T' word anymore - but up to each individual of course.
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You would naturally think of Yew as a hardwood, being as hard a timber as it is. However it is a coniferous tree, so just an extremely dense softwood.
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Nothing wrong with being grumpy. The price of the event is prohibitive to most, goes without saying and hardly encouraging people to go in the direction the powers that be should be encouraging us to go. Possibly post your questions on the Forum as you are likely to get to the point, practical answers from some posters who have equal knowledge as those at the seminar.
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Is the meterage capacity the same for log boxes as the potatoe ones? 1.6m3?
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Is the meterage capacity the same for log boxes as the potatoe ones? 1.6m3?
