Alycidon
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Yep, sorry folks, another senior moment !!. A
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Location of the timber ?. A
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Artic Bulker loads of Softwood Logs, What's it worth?
Alycidon replied to LGP Eddie's topic in Firewood forum
The key issue here is the transport cost to be added to the cost of the product. A -
The key here is how big the room is where you are going to put it. To take a whole bag from that TR70 video would require a bigger stove than I am aware of, opening one of those bags would I suspect get messy. Providing its dry any stove will burn it ok but there are not many top loaders these days. Vermont castings used to do one, pretty expensive though. A
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You will need at least 4.5m I think. It might work on less but usually thats what you need for a stove, an open fire putting more heat into a chimney might work a bit shorter. A
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Nick Channor.member here, his trailer takes about 26 ton loads. A
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Hi and welcome to the forum. Some processors are more robust than others, the general view here is that the likes of hakki are lighter weight and not as strong as Posch/Palax,Dalen. However if you are using it yourself and not putting big volumes through it then a hakki should be ok. I would not hold out to much hope on contracting, bloody hard work without a loader and feed rack especially processing arb waste. A.
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Did not know that, thanks for the advice. A
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If you want the wood season fast then yes. You are correct in the fact the moisture mainly escapes from the end grain as the bark is just about water proof. Rain cant get in when growing, moisture cant get out. If there is no bark on your log then if its under 3 inch no real point in splitting but if bark is present then split for optimum MC and heat performance. I processed some soft a couple of summers ago, 4% on the ends, a foot into the log 27%, they had been felled and stacked 2 years. A
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That looks pretty decent stuff to me as well, yes there is a bit of bent there but nothing most processors like my 700 wont handle . At the Arb show the Binderberger 520 demo I watched had a guy at the back with a chainsaw taking off soiled ends of logs as they were loaded onto the feed rack, it is a chainsaw processor though so its a fair point. You cant blame manufacturers for wanting to show their equipment in the best possible light especially in a show like that where you will have 20 processors competing for one order. Hence I feel that they must select what they want to put through or at least ask for timber that is more or less straight and between x and y in diameter. A
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Thats very hard work indeed. Most of mine is of the gun barrell ish variety, got some bent stuff in my private wood heap though. A
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Portable/lightweight/folding bulk bag frame - any suggesions?
Alycidon replied to Tom at Heartwood's topic in Firewood forum
But due to side bulges its now holding 1.1cube !!, its the way i do it as well. Bags are not that stable even when that full, I had one kamikazie off the side of a trailer last summer when going accross a field, my fault, not on perfectly and a small ridge. A -
I use a teleporter to move cube bags, usually putting one fork through each loop so one bag at a time. There has to be a better way, I have plenty of power to lift two at a time one on each arm. Do any of you folks move them in twos and if so how?. 3 m slings threaded through the loops and hooked up does work if a bit ungainly and they are hard to stack like that. But not to bad loading a trailer. Thanks for your thougths. A
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The floor of my main barn is soil and has a slight slope forwards on it. I put the first course on pallets to allow air underneath. The problem I then have using pallets for the next course is getting them level and even then due to the contents in teh lower bag not being perfectly flat getting point contact so that all the weight is on several given points rather than accross the whole pallet, this does not do the pallets any good, most break. Currently I am stacking two high, one on top of the other then due to the roof I intend to try and put a third on top. As the floor slopes forward I have to build a layer in front of where I am going 2 or 3 high to prevent a forward collapse. My other barn has a concrete floor, 3 high one on top of the other is safe and reasonably ok, just an issue to climb up and hook the loops up when you want one out. A
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Both require splitting now to get the mositure out. Oak generally wants 2 years to season, when you burn the Oak you will find in a multifuel stove that it helps to put a bit of primary air under the grate as well as full secondary air. Weight wise probably a tonne and a half- 2 tonnes. I think I would just about get it all on one IFW 8 x 5 trailer load. A
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Or if you own both vechicles that the number plates relate to, as I understand it. A
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Think thats the way to go for a pro set up but if you are only putting 100 tons through it a year then not really that cost effective. Money would perhaps be better spent on a smaller machine and timber handling gear. From the sound of the first post its a group of friends that have in mind buying a small machine that can be towed behind a 4x4. Unless they have a cheap or free supply of cord then its not really a big cost saver given the price that processed logs can be bought at. But, I just find processing logs very satisfying. A
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Beautiful, simply lovely to look at. Thanks for sharing. A
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look at the infeeds, those with tight sides such as the Posch 350 I would not think will be as good as those with open sides such as the Dalen which people here rate for bent timber. I use a JAPA 700, good bit of kit, dont think I would be much faster processing the cord I have with a bigger machine, easier yes, faster no. Today I was putting a cut through 200mm cord every 5 -7 seconds or so, that could be faster but I am always waiting for the splitter ram to return. If you are buying your cord in think twice about a chainsaw machine, light yes, but the volume of sawdust is huge. On a 250mm log cut with a .404 chain you could be loosing 3% of your cord. At £55 a tonne thats a lot over a winter. A
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Need a decent sized tractor to be boss of a big filled trailer at that speed, 100 miles even then 100 mile round trip + load + tip = most of a day gone. A
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Some machines are far better than others at bent timber. A
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Could the wet weather be causing a hold up due to ground conditions?, locally some soft was felled recently, the forwarder was making ruts almost 3 feet deep, it was bellying out at times. To big for me though. A
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Now that is interesting. I have just sent out some Ash/Syc that I processed about the same time, green vented bags under a dutch barn closed on one side only. Perfect logs, even after a bit of snow on the top. Only downside I can see with these fully vented bags is a tendency to bulge at the mesh sides. I put mine in a 5 foot trailer, the bag should be 44 inches wide, I do have a bit of side space left but not a lot. That suggests a 5 inch or so bulge each side and thats on the denser meshed sides, not had one split yet but am concerned about sending 1.2 + cube out in one !!. A
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Crickey thats a job and a half unless you have a 45kph top gear. A
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Hi and welcome. I think you have picked most of the major brands. These are expensive bits of kit new as you say but most of the major suppliers have used machines coming back from people trading up, or giving up !!. JAS Wilson have a show coming next month and I hear a new mid size machine, there may well be some trade ins. Members here sometimes put used machines onto the Arbtrader site. Brand wise, Dalen, Duun, Tajfun are others to look at but most require a tractor to lift and power. A tidy Massey 135 for lighter machines or a 165 for bigger ones will set you back 3 - 4.5k. A
