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  1. renewablejohn
    If I set off now I might be there for next week.
  2. renewablejohn
    On our enclosure act going back to 1797 the ROW is for horse and carriage which covers a horseless carriage ie motor vehicle. Council have tried to make it into a bridalway which would exclude vehicles but have failed.
  3. renewablejohn
    I normally keep quiet about it but look here https://www.gov.uk/introduction-to-business-rates/overview
  4. renewablejohn
    Does help if you have over 5 hectares then classed as a farm rather than small-holding. Pay no rates on the farm only the farmhouse and even managed to get that reduced by threatening to go to tribunal. (Actually informed on the day of the tribunal that they would agree to my suggested banding)
  5. renewablejohn
    I think that was part of the problem she had not long past her test and was not used to a more powerful car. The 4wd gives a false sense of security going around bends quickly but the tyres will eventually break away if your not used to the power. She must have been doing a fair whack just to get through the old hawthorn hedge.
  6. renewablejohn
    Might sound bad having 3 subarus but second one my daughter went through 6ft high hedge backwards rolled two and a half times and walked away without a scratch. When I got there car was still on its roof and only glass busted was rear window which my daughter crawled out. With help of the local farmer we rolled it back onto its wheels jumped in and it started straight away and I drove it back to the farm. I appreciate my daughter was extremely lucky but I think a large part was down to the strength of the car.
  7. renewablejohn
    I would stick with a subaru now on my 3rd legacy and not found a car to beat it especially in snow.
  8. renewablejohn
    In the same boat. Solved the problem as others have suggested with processor, log deck and timber crane straight into IBC containers and delivered with forklift on tractor. Only problem I then had was getting processor size wood at reasonable cost. Not much use having a processor if you cant get the timber so have solved the problem with a rack saw and big timber the offcuts being processed through the processor. Having the timber crane allows me to handle the timber on the rack saw by myself.
  9. renewablejohn
    From memory cost of the chipper at the apf was in the region of 240k and a claimed output of 30 tonnes per hour.
  10. renewablejohn
    I could never justify the cost of a chipper like that used at the apf show as the biomass plant for that size chipper is not sustainable. Even my small chipper can easily get through 15000 tonnes per annum although we sized it to do 7000 tonnes per annum.
  11. renewablejohn
    We have the option to solar dry the woodchip but keep that for wood pellet and briquette production. moisture content of less than 30% which most boilers require is easily achievable from seasoning in the round.
  12. renewablejohn
    Difficult to estimate really as my tonnes are seasoned so that I can achieve below 30% MC and I work to G30 spec rather than G50 both factors slow down production but as a guide approx 5 tonne per hour. If green timber and G50 spec I am sure it would be more like 7 tonne per hour certainly green is far easier on the chipper.
  13. renewablejohn
    That and you can end up with some deadly fungal spores.
  14. renewablejohn
    Just bumping this for Josey as I could remember another heizohack being fed by an excavator
  15. renewablejohn
    Only if you have access to the wood all year round and the chip will not be stored at the boiler site for more than 14 days. Thats assuming your boiler will handle moisture content in excess of 50%
  16. renewablejohn
    Jon My internal costings come out at approx £10 per tonne for chipping to which I have to add the cost of the timber and transport. The power plant was originally costed to be profitable upto a maximum £80 per tonne. Obviously the price of electric has gone up quite considerably so the maximum now will be in the region of £110. I normally hire my MB Trac and Heizohack chipper out for arb work at £250 per day plus fuel however if its for dedicated biomass that rate goes upto £500 per day plus fuel as it will also include my 3 tonne excavator which I use to load the biomass into the chipper.
  17. renewablejohn
    Its a pity the government cannot make its mind up on domestic rhi. I was in a position to roll out a chp power generation scheme for woodchip a bit similar to the rent a roof scheme for solar but the latest rules on woodchip traceability has put an end to that but there may still be a loophole we can exploit for self supply. In such a scenario you may have a valuable use for your own woodchip.
  18. renewablejohn
    Your very welcome at mine Nr Bolton but again I think the distance might be a killer for you.
  19. renewablejohn
    We haul timber then chip on site at our leisure. Problem with chip is keeping it clean and combustion if you have to stockpile. You have neither of these problems if you leave it in sticks.
  20. renewablejohn
    Or using a free collection service to save you the aggravation. MB Trac and forwarding crane available 15 mile radius of Bolton.
  21. renewablejohn
    If you want to pull it out in long lengths then you could borrow my little holder tractor and running barrow. Only needs a 2 foot wide track.
  22. renewablejohn
    Steve Looks like your going soft in your old age or are you on holiday so have missed the firewood forum
  23. renewablejohn
    Thanks for that, have spoken to them and it could be a solution I will let you know.
  24. renewablejohn
    Rack saw is only timber frame so quite lightweight. Towed it back from Scotland on my 5 mtr trailer okay but dual wheels and a longer chassis would have made it more stable. Weight wise the frame weighs approx 750 kg and the shaft, bearings and pto another 250 kg.
  25. renewablejohn
    Well I bit the bullet and ended up with a good looking Holder tractor now just need to get it back to the UK.

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