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Just had a look at the JAPA online manual for the 700 model. Seems they have radically changed the design, the later ones belt changed look far easier. Think mine is a 2007 model. A
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A lot thats for sure. Fuel usage will depend on the KW output of the boiler, hours used, temperatures etc etc. I would say for a stand alone centeral heating boiler at least 2 or 3 large wheelbarrow fulls a day. I looked at an American one ( Centeral Boiler) with a view to distributing it a while ago, that was an outdoors boiler that looked like a garden shed with a flue pipe. That took 2 big barrow fulls a day from memory. If you dont have access to cheap/free fuel and have a gas option then at present gas is no more expensive than logs per kw, its just a lot better from a Carbon Monoxide point of view. A more sensible option IMHO may be a woodburning stove with an integral boiler, look at heat output to room first, then see what you can get to the water. Pm me of you want more details. A
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Last summer I seasoned soft and hard in a barn with three closed sides, used about 40 bags and had another 100 cu m or so in a big pile. Had a tiny bit of mould in the pile as you might expect but not a lot and the bags were all perfect. Just looking to create a filter as the remainder of the bulk I will now bag, of course getting down the heap there is a fair amount of crap in the wood. Plannign to use an old sheep hay feeding face set at about 45 degrees above a bag, this is as wide as a bag and has bars about 3 inches apart so the crap should fall through. Thats the plan anyway !!> A
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I was going to buy 50 1 cum green bags from Bag Supplies over the next week or so. Bought 50 last year that have worked well. I might be interested in some (50 or so) of these UV resistant bags, need to be 1 cu m though and vented. Would prefer green as white is such an eyesore in the countryside if seasoning outside. Pleas pm likely costs, thanks. I am in Northants. A
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Yes I have the same machine, a JAPA 700. Been trying to change the blade drive belts tonight after I found one had split and the adjustment is about fully extended. Its a nightmare, very very poorly designed. The PTO gearbox has to be moved to allow enough clearance between the gearbox pulley and the swept hydraulic pipe elbows. Had they used compact elbows instead it would have been far easier. I would agree it is a nice machine to use, does not want a lot of power, that Ford 4000 will easily run it, produces a nice log but when I change the machine the next one will have far easier belt change or hydraulic drives. A
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How long does your UJ Last on your 90/110/130 land rover
Alycidon replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
I have a Disco 200, did 274,000 miles with it, never replaced a UJ anywhere. I now have a TD5 Disco, bought it at 112,000, now done 235,000, never replaced a UJ anywhere. Wife has a TD5 Defender, 112,000, never done one on that either although we did need to change the rear axle after a diff failure. My Disco's do a fair bit of work off road but not the extreme off road stuff you get on these rallys. Most days I do two hours of gamekeeping work with it. A -
Sorry it looks like I misinterpreted what you were asking. I was talking about 1 cu m vented log BAGS. I just hang the bags onto the forks of a teleporter and fill from the machine conveyor. A
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I have them stacked usually 2 high, occasionally 3 but its not that stable. Also awkward to remove from stack 3 high. Some of mine have done 3 or 4 round trips to customers and are still ok, I will be buying more shortly. I use the Bag Supplies green ones, not so much of an eyesore. Customers like them and now I only have one customer who takes his logs in bulk. UV light might be an issue over time, perhaps others can advise on that issue. A
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Agreed, I have had some loads from Nick, good stuff and a sound guy to deal with, he will be looking at 27 ton loads and will need 16 feet of clearance under any bridges locally. A
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I have a Jappa 700, do about 2 cube an hour single handed using a load rack and tele-porter. Two manned then maybe 2.5 as I don't have to stop and reload the rack. A
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Hetas is operating an independently monitored QC process. It puts into place certain procedures and systems that you are expected to put into place ( as I understand it). This allows among other things that logs in any given bag to be traceable to source and to have a moisture content of less than 25%. I think there is a size standard as well. The Hetas name will offer a certain amount of reassurance to new firewood buyers but thats about it. I am a HETAS approved retailer, I did look at the firewood approval side but I am doing most of what they want anyway. All it does is add extra costs. If I was selling 2,000 tons a year then it would be worth looking at, under that then carry on. I believe the system is slowly catching on, Certainly Wood were one of the first members. You would be better getting in with your local stove supplier. A
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Would have thought the fibreglass handle would be better, little chance of breaking the handle or the head coming off. Should splitting mauls be sharp ?, stupid question maybe, I bought a cheapie from B&Q a couple of years ago, got an edge on it 2mm or so wide leading straight into the splitting wedge. I did touch it up a bit with an angle grinder but not sufficiently to be called sharp. I have bought a cheap vernier gauge from Aldi for a sport I am involved in, prooved that it was measuring incorrectly when checked against my Mitatoyo. Aldi would only exchange not refund. So not going there again on principal. A
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Builders bags come in a variety of sizes, from around .5 to about .8 cu m. Mostly they tend to be 800x800x800 which is .512 cu m. Most of us here are selling either bulk 1 cu m bags from Bag Supplies etc or in bulk. Price wise to sell at £45 for a .512 cu m bag of soft is not to bad assuming you are buying cord at the right money but its a lot of time for not a lot of money. You would be better selling 1 cu meter bags at £90, just puts more money in your pocket. A 5kw stove will use 1 cu m of logs in 4 weeks when burnt most nights and weekends. I would add a delivery charge for say over 5 miles or maybe 10 miles. A
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Kiln Dried Logs - Logs delivered to your home - Gloucestershire and the UK I did quite a lot of reserch on this last year. Guy called Simon here seems a decent chap who wants to build a distribution network. He brings over containers filled with around 18 X 2 m stacked CRATES ( not bags) on a very regular basis from the Ukraine. At the time his quoted MC was 15% and he was on 3 weeks delivery. I did not in the end buy any myself as my own processed fuel was very dry by June but if I was in the market for kiln dried thats where I would go. A
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Agreed, I also burn quite a bit of willow at home. A
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I also pulled out this year, last year they promised major improvements, but if anything response got worse not better. I had 2 adds in each, one for stoves and another for cookers. Spent 6k ish over 2 years, got almost nothing back. A
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ref 90 td5 cross member cost £1500 to fit is this a LOL
Alycidon replied to mendiplogs's topic in General chat
get onto the Land Rover web sites. You should be able to find a good independent LR specialist somewhere near you. A -
My brothers own and farm about 600 acres, cerials, 300 ewes and a few cattle. They have had 3 good years in the last 25. Both are single, just as well as profits generated are generally pretty poor. One year they did an analasis, profit/hours worked, it worked out at 17p per hour, this was before drawings. As others have said I cant see a living from such a small operation but you will find it very rewarding. If you can throw some big money at it then contracting is a way forward, really long hours though. Guys next to us often work 16-20 hour days silage contracting. A
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No offence intended, I was under the inpression that the lean to adjoined your house. I have recently seen 2 remote farm sheds catch fire in similar circumstances to that you propose, one after I had advised the owner of the danger, he went ahead anyway and lost his shed roof or at least most of it. A
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I got pulled on the M6 yesterday, Disco plus IFW twin axle box van, max trailer weight 2700kg, seems I need a Tacho as my train weight [Disco plus trailer loaded to max weight ] is over 3500kg. A
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You are not allowed [ Approved Document J 2010 ] to go though ANY wall or ceiling or roof with single wall pipe. These are penetrated using insulated twin wall tube. Who is signing the installation off as safe to use, no sign off and your insurer will refuse to pay if you ever have a fire. Insulated maybe ok, dont forget combustibe clearance to rafters, this varies, cheap web sold pipe usually needs larger clearance than Poujoulat pipe I use. Combustible clearance on single wall is usually a MINIMUM of three times the diameter. A
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Hmmm, optimum fire-wood handling method/system
Alycidon replied to difflock's topic in Firewood forum
I would be interested in the bags ability to stand UV rays from the sun. The ones I have from Bag Supplies says something along the lines of keep out of direct sunlight. Was thinking about seasoning some of mine outside this summer. A -
Aarow are good bits of kit. A
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1412 is approved for smokeless zones as is the new Squirrel 1416. No other Squirrels are smokeless approved. A
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They used to be but no more. I attended a HETAS installers course a couple of years ago, also on the course were installers from other companies. They all said the same as does the installer I work closely with. He has been installing stoves for almost 30 years. A
