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  1. renewablejohn
    Obviously the guys who originally stole your kit knows were you are and they normally have another go as soon as you replace it. Everyone leaves a footprint on the internet just google your name and you will be surprised what comes up.
  2. renewablejohn
    Hope the supplementary order includes a safe, guard dog, personnel mines, floodlights, tv cameras etc as you've just announced you got some shiny new kit.
  3. renewablejohn
    If it was a reasonable price I would have it just because it has a Lister engine on it. I already have a concrete mixer bought for the same reason. As for using it I would be concerned with losing my fingers but maybe its not as dangerous as it looks.
  4. renewablejohn
    Wood pellets stoves are widespread throughout Europe and America and are far more controllable than log stoves being more akin to replacing a gas boiler. As for manufacture we dry all our timber in polytunnels to a MC which allows use to pelletise without further drying. Our next phase will be drying arb arising from the waste heat from a wood gasification plant to form torrefied wood which will then be pelletized to produce a product with the heat equivalent of coal and be waterproof like coal.
  5. renewablejohn
    Normally I would recommend companies like John Clegg but given the small acreage and the fact it is in Cornwall you will get far more for it as a Hobby plot then what it is commercially worth so just google woodlands and you will come up with loads of hobby woodland sites at rediculous high prices.
  6. renewablejohn
    Anything is possible just be prepared for a battle. It has taken use 7 years to get planning permission just for an agricultural building on our farm which if you read the planning briefs should have been given under the permitted development rules. We only got the permission on appeal and even though it was granted last October we are still not allowed to build as the council will not agree which building materials should be used.
  7. renewablejohn
    In reality to do it commercially you would need a plant with a minimum output of 1 to 10 tonnes per hour probably something like this. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6fbdBKchRk]YouTube - Introduction of HVGE Mobile Pellet Mill[/ame] As for cost how long is a piece of string. Their is a lot of s/hand milling equipment around going for scrap prices so if your handy with a welder probably about 20k which would include 5k for an industrial direct drive pellet mill with that sort of output. Buying a new off the shelf ready built skid unit for that output would be 50k to 70k. Obviously the bigger the output the more it will cost. As regards moisture content your really looking between 8% and 12%.
  8. renewablejohn
    I think transport would be the killer. If you were within a 50 mile radius I would certainly be interested but beyond that the figure does not stack up for either party. Another option would be a mobile pellet plant but I dont know of anybody who hires them although they are relatively simple to build and might be tempted to build one myself. Certainly once pelleted the material is easier to handle and you would have a saleable product.
  9. renewablejohn
    I turn mine into briquettes and wood pellets but we can only use virgin timber Once processed its worth over £200 a tonne.
  10. renewablejohn
    The 3 digit pin is on the reverse of your debit card and is used to prove you physically have the card, well at least that is the theory. This is in addition to your personal 4 digit authorisation code which you can alter but is automatically captured by the machine.
  11. renewablejohn
    Dont you believe it. Having dealt with the people who manufacture this kit they are built as standard with full data capture including the 3 digit security pin number in theory it is supposed to be turned off but fraudsters can turn the data capture back on and even transmit the information using blue tooth or similar so the user would be unaware of the problem until there account had been emptied hence the reason why I dont have a chip and pin card only a chip and sign card.
  12. renewablejohn
    As quickthorn says I have one client who does this because there is no weighbridge available. I was not convinced on the 1 tonne per cube calculation so before I tendered I checked a load over a weighbridge and found it to be reasonably accurate and for the price I was paying I could afford not to worry about it.
  13. renewablejohn
    I use the IBC cage with windbreak netting around the side it also helps with storage as I can stack 4 high empty and 3 high with logs in.
  14. renewablejohn
    I need timber with moisture content no greater than 12% in order to make briquettes and wood pellets which I can achieve in a polytunnel whereas outside it is difficult to get below 20%. With split logs you can dry in 3 months whereas outside it could take a full year.
  15. renewablejohn
    I sell as solar dried so straight from the polytunnel onto the 7.5 tonne curtainside truck then IBC left on site with plastic sheet over the top tied round with baler twine. Customers seem to like it even thought of providing an IBC panel kit of 4 panels and a roof which clips to the IBC container.
  16. renewablejohn
    I think you need to check the web link it does not seem to work
  17. renewablejohn
    Use an IBC container then at least you know you have exactly 1 cubic metre unless you pile it up.
  18. renewablejohn
    What part of Cheshire. I will be going early Thursday as the John Clegg seminar starts at 9.30
  19. renewablejohn
    If you get a good quality pellet mill they have an in built granulator so all you need is to put the chip through a 10mm screen and the granulator will do the rest. I use a heizohack with roller speed turned right down and a 30mm screen.
  20. renewablejohn
    If its North Manchester you can use my place just North of Bolton
  21. renewablejohn
    Watch out for the Environment agency. Anything that is not virgin timber (ie has been chemically treated) is subject to the Waste Incineration Directive and can only be burnt in WID compliant burners. Therefore burning of this material in domestic stoves is illegal and can result in heavy penalties. You may find a power station that is WID compliant who will take this material but they only pay peanuts for it as the alternative is landfill.
  22. renewablejohn
    When we bought the farm it included 1 acre of mixed woodland and since then we have planted 2 acres of mainly sissle oak ash alder cherry scots pine and holly under a forestry commission grant scheme. Looking to buy more woodland within a 15 mile radius. Unfortunately most of the woodland is owned by United Utilities so it may have to be more farmland which we plant ourselves.
  23. renewablejohn
    administrator could you rectify the url above I think it should be http:/victorygasworks.ning.com/ I hate computers
  24. renewablejohn
    Its a big scare story by the fossil fuel industry from America that could have a devastating effect on the infant biomass industry but the research has fundamental flaws in its analysis. A good explanation can be found on the victory gasworks site which I use to keep abreast of gasification technology. I will try and find the youtube link. http://http:/victorygasworks,ning,com/
  25. renewablejohn
    By their argument then constructing gas pipelines and compressor stations all the way from Russia is an environmentally friendly way of using the earths resources. Obviously the fossil fuel brigade are worried that biomass might put them out of business. It has already happened in Brazil with the use of ethanol.

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