renewablejohn
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Only timber I want to import from Finland would be a complete well insulated timber frame building.
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Which timber have you found best for kindling and why
renewablejohn replied to gensetsteve's topic in Firewood forum
I use a browns sliding top logging sawbench for the joiners waste and leave the palax for cutting and splitting round wood. -
If you sell in an IBC cage then you know it is exactly 1 cu mtr unless you put a few extra on top. If it was stacked instead of loose fill I reckon that 1.2 cu mtr would still fit in a 1 cu mtr container.
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Even drying in a polytunnel airflow is critical. My tunnels are aligned North to South to use the prevailing winds
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I use a forklift but we had to put concrete bog mats down as it is not all terrain and it stops at the slightest sign of mud. Ours is multi mast but with 6ft of free float prior to the masts extending so we can work within polytunnels. Only downside is annual loler testing of all chains and masts. With good operator we can stack upto 5 IBC containers high although in practice we only stack 4 high empty and 2 high full.
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When I priced up I got a better deal on a Kesla trailer and crane from Caledonian then the equivalent Kronos from A C Price. The difference paid for a felling grapple
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If you had more waste per week you could use an anerobic digester to turn it into electric and compost. For a rough guide go on the portergester site were they have a calculator to work out how much tonnes per week converts into power. While your on the site look at the case study and make up your own mind whether the capital investment is worth the return.
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Why do I need more paperwork. I have linked in with Hetas engineers who like my product because I guarantee that the moisture content will not exceed 20%. So what benefit will I gain with a scheme which I presume does not come free of charge.
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Do you have a sale for the biomass. Over what time period would you require the site to be cleared. What size trees are to be harvested.I would be interested for our biomass plant but chipping would need to be on a just in time basis as it is not efficient to double handle and stockpile. We have our own biomass chipper and forwarder with cutting grapple depending on tree size.
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When do I need an operators licence/tacho?
renewablejohn replied to bingoben's topic in General chat
I agree with Arbocop. When I got stopped by VOSA it wasted 2 hours of my time but the important thing was everything had already been documented by the local test station at Chadderton when the truck was tested so eventually my circumstances could be confirmed. -
When do I need an operators licence/tacho?
renewablejohn replied to bingoben's topic in General chat
We run as a tractor under part 1, 1. but to get a standard 814 truck classified as a tractor we have to have a tow bar fitted to run under part 1, 2. Dual purpose vehicle, then so long as we follow the rules in Part 2 for farms and woodland VOSA are happy. -
Not quite a grapple but we find our 3pt link back actor with the bucket removed and a pair of logging chains very handy for dragging out poles or precut bundles of round logs.
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When do I need an operators licence/tacho?
renewablejohn replied to bingoben's topic in General chat
I run my Merc 814 7.5t curtainside as a dual purpose vehicle. I was told by VOSA that the vehicle had to have a tacho fitted but so long as all goods carried belonged to the farm then we were exempt from the operating hours and CPC rules. -
If anybody has this type of woodland in Lancashire and would like the brash extracting please give me a PM
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We maintain 12% quite easily in a polytunnel which is far cheaper than using a kiln.
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Merc 4x4 absolutely bomb proof and will last a lifetime. So good they are like gold dust to find although you may find an ex utility one. Sadly I have to make do with an N reg 2WD 814 until I find a 4x4 version at a reasonable price.
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Unfortunately its only a little 3 ton machine but the pins are big because it is quite old. I thought there must be a special tool for them. If I have no joy heating the track then I will admit defeat and leave it to the experts. I was toying with changing to rubber tracks but have no experience of rubber tracks in a woodland environment. Any body any experience ?? I will using the excavator with a grab to feed the biomass chipper.
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I have a kesla 202T fitted to my trailer but undo 4 bolts and I can mount on front 3 point link to feed chipper on the back of the MB Trac. The telescopic comes in handy for feeding into the chipper.
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Barnsley Bob I do find that calculator very useful although I am not convinced how accurate it is.I pitch my bulk price for wood pellets at £400 per tonne and briquettes at £360 per tonne so selling my solar dried softwood at £80 a cube with less than 20% moisture equates to £380 per tonne and mixed split logs which I sell at £90 a cube equates to £350 per tonne. On that basis I should really bring my softwood price down and put my split log price up.
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Thats what I am going to try but just wondered whether it would damage the track.
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The old pin snapped like a carrot and has been removed. The new pin is just a steel bar 94mm long and 20mm in diameter.
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Yes Hitachi have gone off the actual serial numbers but with no method of holding the pin in it must be a tight fit. I was wondering whether the track is heated like cart horse wheel rims.
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My steel excavator track has just sheared a pin however it is not the joining link pin and although it is a genuine Hitachi replacement pin it seems far to big for the track holes. Is their a knack to replacement or is it just brute force and ignorance.
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I use a heizohack chipper but still take out the fines with a 10mm screen as it is worth more to me as wood pellet feedstock rather than biomass feedstock.
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If you had enough raw material you could briquette at your place as the briquette machine is more portable then the pellet press and I run the machine off a portable 3 phase generator anyway. The only other thing needed would be a woodchipper to produce a small enough chip to feed into the hammer mill.
