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  1. renewablejohn
    Could do solar kiln dried hardwood depending on price
  2. renewablejohn
    You can always put scaffold pole extensions onto the poly tunnel frames to increase the height.
  3. renewablejohn
    Just outside Bolton containers are in Blackburn.
  4. renewablejohn
    End of November I let everyone know I had 100 IBC's for sale. Still available at £15 + vat each.
  5. renewablejohn
    At the right price you could hire my forward control MB Trac
  6. renewablejohn
    Please dont try and compare new ploughs to old as everything that used to be manually adjusted is all done hydraulically at the touch of a button. Heres a modern Lemken video to highlight the point. Notice in particular how little sway you get when lifting the modern plough. Do the same on an old plough and it would be swaying from side to side. Juwel - Lemken - The AgroVision Company I only highlighted Lemken as my old plough is a Lemken which is fully adjustable for wheel tracking with 7 holes in a row held in place with just 2 pins .And yes I was brought up on heavy clay land in Lincolnshire with the plough being made redundant on the local estates in the early eighties with the advent of a 1 pass system
  7. renewablejohn
    For a start we were not talking about modern ploughs as most modern ploughs are so wide that you plough on the level. If you let the chains sway as you suggest I would hate to see how straight the furrow will be. All ploughs have a tendency to pull wide and the use of the sway chain to stop this is standard practice. CJ I dont have a problem with my ignorance while I have a straight furrow and others have furrows like a dogs hind leg. The way I plough works for me.
  8. renewablejohn
    Thats just total rubbish. If you have done any ploughing at all you would know that the plough itself is adjustable for offsett and then the fine tuning can be achieved using the adjustable chains attached to the link arms. From memory fergie tractors could be adjusted from 48 inch upto 76 inch in 4 inch increments but for all our rowcrop work we used 48 inch.
  9. renewablejohn
    Whats the point in providing figures if you dont read them. Skidding forwards 115KN Skidding backwards 126KN
  10. renewablejohn
    Certainly not me as I am not a bay fan.
  11. renewablejohn
    Just some figures to mull over. http://www.kwf-online.de/deutsch/pruef/pruefergebnisse/aasm/forstspezialschlepper/4295_06e.pdf And where is the winch located on the WF Trac ??
  12. renewablejohn
    We tried it and called them joiners offcuts in log size bags and half the price of kindling. Never worked ended up just losing premium kindling sales. Even put 20 bags into local farmers weekly auction and did not even get a bid. Eventually chipped and turned into briquettes.
  13. renewablejohn
    I was thinking similar but using small excavator with felling shear to drag trees to ride then process with stroke processor on ride enabling brash to be harvested at the same time.
  14. renewablejohn
    Used `a mole plough for planting whips in the past. 3 inch pipe behind the mole plough blade originally used for pipe laying but adapted for whips by cutting a 1 inch slot in the pipe.
  15. renewablejohn
    Sorry but you cant teach an old dog new tricks. In the old days when tractors ploughed with one wheel in the furrow it was standard practice to reverse the tyre direction on the wheel in the furrow to give better grip on the pulling wheel.
  16. renewablejohn
    Ag tyres are optimised for doing least damage to the crop while travelling forward which means rotating in the direction were the tyre is self cleaning. If you want maximum traction then reverse will give you more. Why do you think it is better to reverse out when stuck rather than carry on going forward.
  17. renewablejohn
    Is it just me that prefers to attach line to front of tractor rather than rear.
  18. renewablejohn
    permitted development is a bit of a myth depending on whether your council lets you get away with it or they insist on a full planning application. Best advice is to get a good land agent on the task. Our agricultural building should have been permitted development but we had to go to appeal due to the attitude of the local council. Thankfully I had a good land agent to put my case forward and run rings around the council.
  19. renewablejohn
    I have solar kiln dried logs guaranteed less than 20% MC but Bolton maybe to far away with the cost of fuel.
  20. renewablejohn
    I have two MB Tracs 1000 6 cyl and plenty of grunt. Normal MB Trac I use for roadwork and the forward control for forest work with Heizohack chipper. Forward control is crab steer and AWS so can get in far tighter corners than the normal MB Trac. Anything goes wrong then yes it is expensive to fix.
  21. renewablejohn
    I have both a briquette press and wood pellet machine which could compress the processor waste the problem is the moisture content. The pellet machine will not work with a moisture content in excess of 12% and the briquette press 15%.
  22. renewablejohn
    The £140 was a quick Google search which came up with this. Scottish Wood Pellets Supplier, Bulk Blown or Tipped Loads Throughout Scotland At that price I might as well buy in bulk and just use my bagging plant to produce 10kg bags.
  23. renewablejohn
    We grow our own and traditionally cut it with a bow saw on christmas eve although this year will be cut on the 20th as having to pick up daughter from Gatwick.
  24. renewablejohn
    What sort of price are people paying. Doing a quick google the lowest I have come across is £140 per tonne. That is far less than the logs I sell at £100 per cubic mtr. As for being disappointed at "only" making £30 a tonne on selling pellets I wish it was that easy.
  25. renewablejohn
    How much per tonne are you willing to pay. I gave up producing as the market was flooded with cheap C**P pellets but I may be tempted to dust the machine off for the right price.

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