Busy Daddy

There are several grant systems all seem to be 40% and all full of paperwor

Alex is the man

I want to get the power / output right and fuel consumption any ideas?

Yes hand feed sometimes , i hire the local estate a big log splitter they reduce a lot of big waste timber down

I have seen the top ram Alex does but i like the bottom infeed roller better one that can slide in and out so it would still be legalto handfeed and would help with crane feeding

I have had it for about 4 years

I am getting too old to hand feed and the 5-400 isnt the best for crane feeding

I have been looking at the 8-400 which is a lot easier to crane feed and a

40% grant also helps

I am looking at replacing my hm 5-400 heizohack with a bigger pto chipper .

It is used only for biomass chipping , i run a 200 hp tractor

Has anybody any experience of heizohack - jenz - or mus-max

It is a big comitment and i want to get the right one , i have had no problems with the heizohack

I thought it was just me that was quite on the log job

I am about 150 loads down on this time last year , the weather dosent help

There are now 7 log adverts in the local rag most of them undercutting everybody . One guy convinced an old dear that pine was in fact a hardwood [ something i didnt know ! ]

Nice to be steady away rather than flat out , miss the money though

The problem is its a rented building no chance of mains 3 phase it will have to be a generator

The building i split in is very narrow and difficult to get tractor and palax in , and i want to get a log deck in ( sick of lifting timber)

Plus i get a lot of fumes at the moment

It has no elecric so i need a gene ,so thought about a bigger generater to run possibly 2 or 3 machines instead of 2 or 3 tractors

It maybe cheaper on fuel i need to get the correct power generater to mach output

has anybody gone down this route?

Does anyone use an electric firewood processor?

Say a palax or dalen in paticular

Wondered what they were like compared to a pto version

Both manufactures tell me they have the same or similar output

Has anybody used one of these reversing cameras

Thinking of putting one on the pick up to help out in tight spots delivering logs

Thieves broke into a newly renovated house last week , they left everything but took 2 brand new log burning stoves . Times must be hard

I run a hm 5 400 which is 16" x16" on a 3 point linkage . The biggest is the hm 8 400 which has an opening of 16" in height x 27" wide

The 5 400 is capable of upto 50 t a day , and the 8 400 upto 100

If you want more info pm me . I am around 50 miles from you

I have been looking at getting a 2.5 t 360 to feed the chipper and splitter . Has anyone had any experiences of these ? or what sort of weight they will lift?

I ran a farmi for biomass on a 150 horse case at 540 pto .It wasnt enough power to keep a constant chip size when putting big timber through .

It saps the power with all the breakers in , fine for arb work though.

Hope this helps.

I moved on to a heizohack a lot better for biomass

Try a look at a heizohack , to hire out for biomass

I dont think it is as quick as a cone head , but you do need a tractor

We have one of those waste wood boilers at work that are just like a straw bale boiler but a bit smaller and it burns all the wood that's no good for firewood and most of the slabwood from the sawmill. For it's size (approx6ft tall x5 across and 6 Deep) it kicks out some heat - it heats a massive house (Estate owners Eldest Son lives there) and their swimming Pool.

 

There must be smaller models available somewhere.

 

Pellets are a good fuel but IMO won't catch on over here for the forseeable future and there isn't the supply infrastructure in place yet (there was a planning application just been refused for a peelet plant near us that was going to be producing 50,000 tonnes a year!)

 

Chips seem to work well in big sysytems such as for groups of houses or tower blocks (I was quite impressed when we went to look at the system South Yorkshire Council use in there tower blocks - was one of the site visits we did as part of the IGNITE course)

 

Asmentioned before though - very bulky to store, not great to handle, chip quality often dubious and automated syatems have a tendency to clog the augers if the chips aint perfect.

 

My thoughts, especially if you've acces to Arb waste, would be a decent waste wood boiler.

Hey Chris what was the ignite course like ,worth going on or not?

Did a job in a church yard 2 ash and 3 chestnut

Sat havin dinner and this guy in a fiesta with a trailer stopped next to us and started loading his trailer , not a word to us . He was not happy when i politly told him to go away , he said the trees belonged to god and he had a right to take them , we were just gob smacked , some people

Has anyone had anything to do with the vigas range of stoves

They come on and of the same as oil , you can get them to run 20 or so rads and all the hot water

We live on one of the routes to the fair

The local villages have had riots , beatings , i have heard of some people too afraid to come out at night

and of course the thefts that seem to happen when the travellers go past

Hey Dave the dog

You cant go in january i have loads of work for you

and can i have all your log orders , and your chipper?

Nice one

Chris if you want your 130 converting to a tipper try r&g engineering in darlington they did a very good job on my L200

Have had my palax for about 7 years now

Besides the usual maintainance i have had new bearings in at a cost of about £30 and replacement belts.

There seems to be less maintainance on a tct blade machine , i still use the original 2 blades , there is no down time for sharpening

Just got my blades back today £17.50 to grind 5 blades

I tend to angle grind about 3-4 times then send them away

yes i would like to know price to ?

Why is that is it because of having to keep changing the chains if they have a chainsaw crosscut?

Chainsaws produce a lot more sawdust .

More sharpening.

Slower ???

Difficult on bent timber.

I run a palax , i have 2 blades , and would only expect to sharpen them twice in a good year [no nails] sharpen costs about £25 total £100

each tip costs about £1.50 expect about 10 of these

I know of 3 people woh have come back to tct blades from chainsaws