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This looks a good idea to get consistant sized logs from large diameter cord. Japa 435 |firewood Processor - Splitting Hardwoods It is a bit slow but the idea appeals to me. A

Friend of mine who buys in a lot of oversize has one of Wilsons ones on a three ton excavator, prefers it to a conventional splitter as it can break down much longer timber. He then puts the split down stiff through a Posch 360. I think it does leave a messier log though. A

Well they are doing something right, https://companycheck.co.uk/company/SC456100/PWR-BIOHEAT-LIMITED/financials#key-financials Looks like 500k or so to set the business up, suspect they are writing assets down hard, and reducing debts equally well. So somewhere they are making good money. A

I was half way through an application last winter, I was approved for the first stage and asked to submit a full application. This was a FC scheme via the EU and actioned by Defra However the terms and conditions were pretty onerous to the point that I considered it not really worth going forward given the volumes I do and the storage space I have. In a nutshell the need to employ extra people, full planning consent on processing site and storage area and the need to expand the storage space to accommodate extra product. With ash die back getting worse every farmers son with a chainsaw is going to be selling cheap firewood so I saw no sensible return on the investment. A

One of the key aspects of grant funding is providing additional employment. A 360 cutting say 30 cubic meters a day = 150 cube a week, needs 2 people running it, one loading and moving filled containers the other on the levers and a hell of a lot of undercover storage space that has to be paid for and may also have rates to pay on it. I cant get bags to stack any higher than 3 safely but have seen spud crates 9 high outside. Personally with quite small volumes I could not make the maths stack up especially as the grant funding only covered from memory 40% of the cost. But I do think that a group buy under a grant scheme would probably be viable, maybe 5 or 6 small business together given that you are on good terms with your competitors which I suppose is generally unlikely. A

All fires of stoves need kindling of some sort or other to get them started from cold, newspapers are OK but can put a lot of smoke out especially if there is a lot of kindling over them, so an appliance with a poor pull in a low wind situation could lead to smoking back into the room. Wood/wax products such as CWs Flamers product work well. A

Since 2009 I have sold 6 - 10 Ironhearts per year, the next complaint of any sort will be the first. Ironheart has a flue way around the oven to convect the heat around it, supplied with the cooker are hotplate lifters, these lift the hotplate out to allow access to these flueways. A long handled brush and ash scraper are also included. The clean out door below the over door is removed ( three nuts) to allow soot etc to be removed, the whole process is quick, simple and if the cooker has been used properly clean. If you burn wet wood in any appliance then you will get tar building up in any flueway attached, this can be a nightmare to clean and can result in a chimney fire in any stove or cooker. Use DRY ( 15% MC or below) wood and burn it hot to avoid this. If necessary PM me and I will talk you through it. I am not the dealer for Devon and you will need to buy from the one down there if you go that way. A

Look no further than Esse, They have been building wood fired cookers and stoves in the UK since 1854, they lead the world in wood fired cooker design and technology. Esse was good enough for Scott and Shackleton in Antarctica and Florence Nightingale at Balaclava, if you visit River Cottage near Weymouth their cookers are all Esse including an Ironheart wood fired. https://esse.com/range-cookers/ You will be able to find you local dealer via their web site above. A

What sort of firelighters and what sort of volume?. I could maybe help if you are looking for a Flamers type product. I have just bought in a couple of cases to have a look at from the Baltic in a log container load, nicely boxed in display boxes of 50, 16 boxes per case. Only 1 case available though as I want the other to sell myself. PM if needed. A

That looks a lot of truck for the money, especially if that includes VAT which I doubt. 22000 miles is hardly run in, A

Dont know anyone round here with a processor that will handle over 400mm stuff, maybe split it down. I could put you in touch with a guy with a screw splitter on a 7t excavator near Kettering but in the past he has been a bit unreliable. He would tend to do a job like that at the quieter times of year. Your grandad is who I am thinking about, opened the bowling for watford, big beard, shepard from memory, very very accurate and economical bowler, I found it very hard to score off him, lovely man. Good times. A

Hi Marcus. welcome to the forum. Think I spoke to you a couple of years ago re a stove and also played cricket with your Dad maybe 40 years ago at Watford. Anyway the question, give Andy a call at the Jesus Army down at Heyford. He has a tajfun 400 and could probably do it for you although they will be busy picking fruit for a few weeks yet I expect. Nene Valley Firewood Hardwood Logs Kiln Dried Logs Kindling Free Delivery A

Thanks for your help and suggestions, will have a look at them. A

Small logs is VERY important, 100mm average diameter max for optimum results. 6 way splits on big diameter logs is not good news heat performance wise. A

Nick Channor who used to post here would do you a bulk trailer of mixed arb waste, transport would be quite costly though as he is just north of the M4. This would be a big trailer, maybe 24 tonnes or so. I do have his contact details if needed. A

Yes very much so, it has split everything I have tried it on all be it on massive diameter lumps I split in half first. The optional 4 way knife just slips over the standard 2 way, takes no longer than it does to type this to change over. The Posch is really solidly built and well designed, I use an MF135 to run it which it handles easily. A

I looked at this splitter at the Arb show when I chose the Posch. As a splitter only the Balfour is a bit faster but the winch seemed very slow. Suggest you compare both at the next Arb show and decide. A

As a stove retailer myself who visits other showrooms fairly often then I would agree that there is some poor advice given. Usually this is due to poorly trained showroom staff. I advise customers of the pros and cons of both, and the importance of a low MC is nailed firmly home. I have samples of Ash, Birch and larch in the showroom to show them. Most have a preconceived idea that hard is best and as a result most of my sales are for hard. Some though will take a mixed load, so a cube of each but its not often a cust will take soft only. I know have so much soft building up in cord that I am toying with offering mixed bags for 17-18 winter. A

Last few years have suffered from what I thought was hay fever, not cut any logs this year ( all bought in) until last weekend. After a cube I had streaming eyes and nose plus sneezing. Lasted till Weds. So I have a sawdust allergy, can someone recommend a good helmet with a filtered breathing system. Thanks A

Posch 19 ton. No winch fitted, it is a costly option, to costly for the use I would give it. A

Agreed totally, burns hotter ( slightly), better flame patterns, just less dense and contains less KW but at a lower cost. A

FC figures do confirm that soft is hotter given the same MC but not by a lot. There was a bit on JAS Wilsons site about that some year or so ago. A

Only if you operate from a single rateable site. Get into a second site and you get nailed for rates on both as you are then considered to be a bigger business. There is a limit on single sites anyway, I think its a rateable value of 12k but might be wrong. A

What about Roundup ?, it sorted some ivy coming back at the base of a tree after i had cut the ivy away from the trunk a couple of years ago. A

Be aware of new regs on Fen and similar traps that may have just come into force. The Future of Fenn Traps Looks Bleak - GSC Grays - Estate Agents, Chartered Surveyors, Land Agents While I cant at present see it I seem to remember reading something about it in the Game Conservancy year book. From memory the Fen trap would still be legal to catch grey squirrels but if you baited one to catch weasel. stoat, mink etc you would be acting illegally. Mind you if mink are the intended target get Mk6s instead and buy the genuine trap not any of the copies. Mk4s are not really man enough for Mr Mink. A