arboriculturist

Wow, enough said! They say you will never make a fortune working with your hands. To make money from Firewood it needs to be un-touched by human hand - well almost.

That's quite understandable - Is his hardwood not so nice?

Surely things can't have been that bad! Where do you think you were going wrong?

Sorry I missed the posting a while back. Sorry to hear that your post was not well recieved by some. Do you have a Solar Kiln that you dry in bulk with? I am a great supporter of using the power of the elements, but of course not everyone is able to.

When you first encounter Euroforest, the initial figures quoted will not be what you pay further down the road. They may be large but do not have a monopoly. Plenty of decent cutters out their prepared to give the personal service.

There is a valuable lesson to be learnt HERE - even. Get your Mrs on the splitter when its enhanced - girls are often quicker than the boys.

Sorry for your loss. But joking aside, really need to retrofit a mechanism that requires double handed operation of the splitter. There is a valuable lesson to be learnt hear. Here's to a swift recovery.

Round this way lots of V. small producers turning out < 100 m3 per annum. This of course adds up to 1000's of m3. In addition I tend to think that as this as a very rural area, a huge number of people who burn wood have access to their own and Farmers also sell a surprising amount of mainly green wood to local people.

Last year the mild winter killed business for several I have spoken to. Many out there are only offering 50/50 mix as the hardwood is not being harvested as it was unless you want Chestnut and as many of the smaller outfits are only just buying in timber for the season, that's not to popular.

OOps, long day SB £ 25 although it can start higher on occasion.

I am sure many on the Forum are interested to learn what numbers others are producing in the industry and I havn't seen this question posted for a while - so here we go. How many cubic metres of firewood did you process in the last 12 months ( reasonable guesstimates please! ) Softwood and Hardwood figures would be a bonus - Thanks

In the South West softwood from them can be around £35 roadside Hardwood £50. Haulage 8 wheeler app. 17.5T £ 190 whatever distance. How does this compare? Thanks for the reply.

I meant to say En24

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If you want to dry logs, get the bottle as far away from the crate as you can! Drilling holes forget it - unless you wish to grow mushrooms. Load them up and its surprising how few actually end up on the G. If bothered wire the cheapest mesh you can find inside with multistran galv electric fencing wire. You can sell your empty bottles on ebay for £15 -20 each. What I really like about the Forum is that there are so many wise individuals who freely give their advice - I for one appreciate it hugely! So you can afford to go to the pub for lunch now!

Yes £20

Depending where you are in the UK the prices for roadside Roundwood for firewood seems to vary widely from Euroforest. Where are you and what do you pay for Softwood / Hardwood from Euroforest?

Depending where you are in the UK the prices for roadside Roundwood for firewood seems to vary widely from Euroforest. Where are you and what do you pay for Softwood / Hardwood from Euroforest?

There is some interesting points here. However I know someone close to where I live who has imported a boiler themselves and OFGEM are requiring that the have the NOx and Particulates independantly tested on site and the results to be submitted as part of their RHI application! The boiler was supplied with the correct certification when delivered, so is OFGEM's request 'reasonable' / justifiable?

Are your powered vents linked to a RH stat, so vents open and dump the moisture laiden air every 10-30 mins depending on at what point in time you are in the drying cycle? Do you agree with 3.5 days to get 36m3 down to 20-25%?

Ah thanks for the reply. The timber I tested was fresh felled, crosscut, split and centre of log tested. However I know internal moisture levels can vary a lot. You must use use the full 40ft of container to get in 36M3 in stillages. Are you running a chip/pellet boiler?

We have all suffered from 'delusions' from time to time and no disrespect, but I would suggest that many firewood producers who have now installed a KIln Drying setup, will never attain the RHI returns their initial 'desktop study' predicted. I think it is accepted that in a 40ft container you can dry 30m3 of green split logs (e.g. S.Chestnut 60% moisture Ash 37%) in stillages down to 20% moisture average, providing it is insulated in 3.5 days. You would need to burn 10.5 m3 of timber below 20% moisture to do this. The big boys can attain this production in 2.5 days, but small setups will never achieve the 2.5 day threshold. Anyone like to crunch the numbers on this one!

I'll keep hauling the logs up the hill then - thanks

Please correct me if I am wrong - 50 tonnes for circa 7.5 tonnes of fuel. Is this not 50 m3 of loose fill containerised logs.

Many of the Forum posters will realise that they should take heed of what you post and if others they knew your track record I would suggest that very few would ignore your advice. Prudent questions and many would find it difficult to provide answers. 1. With that design of Boiler it will not perform continuously at the claimed output without perfect low moisture content fuel. 2. Yes I agree 3m3 of timber sub 20% moisture will be required to get anywhere near 175kw/hr. 3. The will not meet the emissions test. I would suggest it is a huge gamble using that type of boiler at this moment in time. How long before more regular emissions tests are brought in with boiler at full pelt, a bit like MOT test for emissions revving the guts out the vehicle! D do you know the current emissions testing requirement for these. As far as I know only 1 initial test is required on commissioning? If they bring in more rigourous testing then many of the installations currently operating could come unstuck - badly!