renewablejohn
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Far to heavy for towing on a trailer. The smallest one they do is 3.8 tonnes.
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Treedave What sort of price is the Oxtrac and does it have 3pt lift and PTO
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Video of the little crawler at work hauling logs http://struckcorp.blogspot.com/2011/10/cf-struck-corp-1st-blog.html
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Anybody know of a UK importer of this crawler. Looks a very handy tool for dragging out the woods and maintaining forest tracks. http://www.struckcorp.com/download/pricing.pdf
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Do these really small diggers actually cut the mustard. I have a 3 tonne Hitachi and at times wonder whether it is safe with a heavy bucket full of clay soil.
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Just checked the price of dried grass pellets for the horse market approx £500 per tonne. Although you would need a flash dryer to retain the bright grass colour. -
Not tried selling for the biomass market as the price would need to be less than the virgin timber pellet price of £250 per tonne.
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No problem in using as biomass just need to dry it and the either briquette or pellet it. Slightly higher ash content of approx 4% but can be spread back on the land as fertilizer.
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Well you should start to worry as this company is obviously using a system of marginal costing whereby they have insufficient supplies of raw materials to meet demand therefore restrict there market by keeping prices high which produces super profits. If they can increase there supply of raw materials they can reduce there pricing without reducing profits. Most operators will work on a cost plus basis which in the short term will undercut the marginal costing operator but in the long term economies of scale kick in and the cost plus operator becomes uneconomic. I could never understand why I needed to study economics.
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Abolition of the small trailer exemption Dec 4th 2011
renewablejohn replied to Niceboy's topic in General chat
Would not like to argue that one in a court of law especially if you have already taken payment for the logs by debit card or paypal. -
I was caught at Chelford for one split wheel nut washer split in half. Fortunately let off with a warning but after 2 hours of processing I missed the machinery sale I was going to.
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Just found this and one of the replies states how I see the dual purpose rules Grumpy meets VOSA | Pitchcare Magazine
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Slightly worried about this as I run my 7.5 tonne merc with tacho fitted but as tacho exempt using the dual purpose legislation which was originally designed for farmers pulling trailers as well as livestock trailers using land rovers. Since the change in trailer weights legislation VOSA have accepted that it is no longer possible to tow an ifor williams horse box with 2 horses in it with a land rover and still be within the overall weight limit so have allowed 7.5 tonne trucks to be the new land rover. Is this the legislation which is being changed. As of 2 months ago I was still alright having been pulled by VOSA but it did take half an hour of explanation to the local VOSA officer clutching her little rule book.
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200+ m3 of poplar... any offers !!!
renewablejohn replied to TimberCutterDartmoor's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
per mtr per m3 or per tonne. I would pay £10 per tonne standing but only within 25 mile radius of bolton. transport is the killer. -
Its all right planting at speed but do they actually grow. We did a FC grant on approx 2 acres and was supplied FOC whips but they where rubbish. Ash and Alder was nearly 100% but Sissle Oak and cherry approx 50% scots pine 10% and holly zero. Needless to say I have needed to replant just to keep in the FC rules but I was very disappointed.
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pellet boilers/stoves
renewablejohn replied to garry kidd's topic in Log burning stoves and fireplaces
I make briquettes out of paper and cardboard but they can only be used for clients with WID approved boilers and stoves. As for pellets I have not been successful with paper or cardboard as it just clogs up the die but the WID rules would still apply to pellets. -
I used to get it FOC from various joiners when the alternative was paying for a skip to remove it. Now I have to pay and the price is going up all the time.
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Might not be easy to do that if there using the waste sawdust etc from there timber operation to fuel a biomass boiler to generate electricity as there primary product. Using the waste heat from that product to kiln dry timber could be construed as environmentally friendly. Personally I would rather the waste heat be used for heating homes or growing crops but thats a different story
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I just put the whole lot through the chipper and hammer mill and turn it into briquettes or wood pellets. I buy this sort of material but you would need to be within 25 mile radius of Bolton as transport is a killer.
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PM me an email address and I could send photo's of the hawthorn I think it would need severe pruning to get into a bag for a courier. I do have a trailer which would allow transport without pruning. Bushes are approx 4ft across.
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If you transplant when the tree is dormant I dont think there is a problem. To be honest ash grow like weeds on our land. Only issue we may have is a high pressure gas pipeline goes across the field and they get very nervous when the see an excavator.
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Would anybody be interested in Ash transplants. Looking to start in November through to March with sizes from 1ft upto 15ft. Site is east coast near Grimsby but I will be transplanting 2000 to my own farm Nr Bolton so can also supply in North West. Thought about 50p per foot. Anybody think there is a market. Also have specimen hawthorns but will probably just rip them out.
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When I bought my Palax I looked at a log deck but could not justify the price for the arb waste I process. Instead I used 6ft by 3ft stackable steel stillages and my fork lift as a portable log deck rolling the logs direct off the stlllage at the right height. The stillage loaded up direct from the forwarder. If I had nice straight timber then I would have gone for the log deck.
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I always thought they were daft down south Currently FOC to tip woodchips or mixed loads at our farm and I could see the day quite soon when we pay to receive loads.
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I have offered this FOC service within a 25 mile radius of Bolton for the last 9 months and to be honest have not had many takers. Two options MB Trac and 9 tonne logging trailer for assistance in large takedowns. The other is my forward control MB Trac with skip and Heizohack chipper for large brash clearance. What I have found is the occasional large takedown but brash clearance is a no go because people have there own chippers.
