Alycidon
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Grain trailers vary from 4 ton up to 18 ton. Price would depend on the sizes of the lumps. Processor size cord is about £55 per ton delivered. Bearing in mind the extra handling yours would need I cant see anyone giving much above £20 a ton for logs. It might be better to sell it all as chip and get a big chipper in. A
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The Valiant is a cheapy one !!. A
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Capacity of 6 wheeler and drag: Tonnes / M3
Alycidon replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
The other issue with 8 wheelers is that quite a few are 8x2 with a lifting rear axle. I have seen one of those fail to get out of its owners yard one icy morning. A -
Best old tractor with high flow rate for splitter ?
Alycidon replied to arboriculturist's topic in Firewood forum
My Posch has an integrated pump, so just connect the PTO. I use an MF135 but dont think flow rate is that high. I do have a second splitter that runs off hydraulics, connect that to a big JD6900 and it flies compared to running it off the 135. A -
My Posch has a log lifter, cut to 1m, roll onto machine, lift and split. A
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I have a Posch 20 ton splitter on it taht ot handles with ease but hang a 350 or 360 processor on the back and it wont go far. Should be enough power though and use a teleporter to move it. A
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It will pull the hot air down from the ceiling and push it out about another 20 feet. An Ecofan will increases the temperature at head height by 4 deg C, the Valiant will probably do the same at least for a time. A
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Think the people doing logs like me who sell a few hundred cube a year as a side line to a main business will quietly carry on as will the guys buying their timber standing. RHI funded kilns are doing nothing good to the price in the market, I have a lad here buying in cord, getting it processed, stuffing it into an RHI funded kiln and then going out at £95 a cube delivered. Cant see how the hell he can make a decent profit. I do think that there may be some milage in sharing a larger machine between several local people to get optimum use out of it. Bringing in KD from the Baltic is also cost effective if the price of Ash gets over £60 a ton. A
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Or a bigger tractor, not to many industrial MFs about these days. The 135 would not be big enough to move a big processor around. Nice JD 3050/3350/3650 would do or I can hire in a JD 6600 from the farm. A
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That is a bloody good idea, I baulked at paying around 1k to have a winch on my 20 ton Posch last year, maybe that was a mistake looking at that. A
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I have sold Ecofans for 6 years, only ever replaced one motor and that was after 5 years in service. No other problems at all. The ecofans are the original Canadian design and are expensive but they hang together far better than the Chinese stuff. You pays your money and takes your choice but as a retailer I dont want the ones that give me warranty issues as this takes time and money to resolve. A
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Is the flow on a 135 similar?, was thinking of using one to power a bigger processor. It has enough power just about but machine also needs a decent hydraulic flow. Never had an issue with it tipping 4 ton grain trailers. Thanks A
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I sell a vented bag as 1.2 cube when filled and bounced and topped off. A
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Delivering logs on a Saturday then its her job to put the logs away as the old man is golfing and she hates that. VENTED bags are the way to go but you must have access to a loader and pump truck. Builders bags are not ventilated, logs inside them will go mouldy, dont use them unless what you are putting in them is very dry and is going out the door with a matter of a few weeks. A
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My 560XP seized after probably 10 hours, prior to that it ran like a pig, poor pick up, hard to start when hot. It was sent back to Husky who blamed 'inferior' 2 stroke mix, I was using Sthil Red sold to me by the dealer with the saw. It does recommend the use of the XP oil in the manual at 50-1 but if using mineral based oils to a spec ( the Sthil oil conformed to this spec) then it is supposed to be used at 33-1 or 25-1, cant remember which. Having said that I was running at about 25-1 when it seized. It has come back from Husky who repaired it as a gesture of goodwill a completely different tool altogether. That was a year ago, while I only use my saw to prepare firewood and a bit of tree clearance so it does not get a lot of use but its still holding together. A
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They will burn fine once dry but I would not recommend trying to sell them as you will get resistance from buyers. A
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11 years in front of you !!. Have a happy birthday. A
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I found that the Friday while slightly more costly is by far the best day to go, significantly less crowded. Getting in, gates usually open around 7am, get there for then and you should more or less drive straight in. Last one I went to I was in the car park at 6am pretty much on my own. Does make it a long day though especially if you have a long drive back. A
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Strikes me as a similar set up to Fuelwoods fuel factory that they have been marketing for some years. Cord in one end, logs of the other, fully automated I think. Looks like Posch have copied the idea but using a manually controlled cutter. Fuelwood Factory | Consistent Firewood for Bagging or Bulk Loads Shudder to think of the cost of either !!, need to have a few acres of covered storage of a few kilns and a large customer database to keep one busy. A A
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Agreed. Not quite as good as Ash but pretty close. A
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S G Baker, Bag Supplies, lots of other suppliers. A
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Logs, I was not aware of the study but that does surprise me somewhat. Generally the drier the better as less energy is wasted evaporating moisture so more energy available for conversion into heat. Seems I may need to do more research. Openspaceman: The more modern stoves are now fitted with a terciery air system, this is an additional air supply coming into the rear of the stove above the fire through a row of holes usually about a third to half way down the rear firebrick, this is uncontrolled and fully open all the while. This would help burn excess gases as it doubles the air being admitted through the secondary air supply. You still have the issue re boring insects, while not a problem in the winter they do emerge in the spring. We live and learn. A
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Compared to what MC most sellers sell air dried at then a properly kilned product is undoubtedly superior. There are sellers with air dried at around 10% at present, I am one, but this takes a long time to get there. I currently have imported kilned at well below that, over the winter though this will draw moisture and get somewhat damper. The other benefit of kilning is that it kills boring insects, with treated timber in houses these days it should not be a problem but woodworm in house timbers does not do them any good. A
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Looks like my sort of show that. A
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I have seen this, a local guy with a kiln who was inexperienced in using it was selling kilned at about 35% in the centers. In fairness to him that was put right fairly fast. My last batch of kiln dried from a Baltic, I split about a dozen lumps that felt heavier than the rest, tested the first half dozen they came in at Zero, zero, 3%, 5%, 18% and 19%. Warranted sub 20%. Did not test any more. These came from the center of two crates taken at random. Doing some for pizza ovens today. A
