renewablejohn

If it was in IBC containers in my polytunnel no more than 2-3 months.

Ask your father in law whether he has applied for the Agricultural Waste Exemptions the Legislation came into force in 2006 and he should have applied to the Environment Agency at that time. The ones relevant to yourself would be No 30 Burning Plant Tissue in the open. No 21 Chipping Shredding Cutting or Pulverising waste plant matter. No 17 Storing wastes intended for recycling or recovery in a secure place. If he did not have them and now wants to apply he may be asked some awkward questions especially if somebody has already been down gathering evidence. I agree with Mesterh stop burning now until you can confirm all the bits of paper are in place. the penalties can be severe if you get it wrong.

Is over the border in Lancashire to far although I could combine a delivery with visit to my Mother on the East coast Lincolnshire.

Have both Palax Combi log processor and Browns logging sawbench both PTO driven based in Lancashire. PM me if interested.

Have a look at Bioplex although your tonneage may be a bit low to make it worth your while. Home Page | Bioplex Technologies Limited UK - The Future of Recycling

Really annoys me with claims of a British invention when Briquette machines similar to the one I use have been used for this purpose for years as well as nuts, grass, metal swarf, plastic, corn, woodchip, mdf, cherry pips, grape pips virtually anything that can be ground up fine.

If it is that green then it would suggest a high moisture content which would need an Anerobic Digester rather than a gasifier. How many tonnes per week do you produce as the size of the AD plant will be determined by the amount of feedstock.

Might have a chance of turning into fuel but I would need to know the following What moisture content is it. Is it all Virgin material

Firewoodman I have also spotted this trend so we now do solar dried wood. Upmarket name for drying wood in IBC containers in a 20 mtr clear polytunnel. Might not create any more sales but with every man and his dog doing logs a nice clean product might just clinch the deal and allow for that additional premium.

You might get more comments if your banner at the top of Arbtalk linked to your website instead of coming up page not found. I also will be going to the APF mainly because of the live demonstration areas. I quite understand the frustration by Palax aired on one of the Arbtalk threads in respect of the Arb show and can see a shadow free show being established down the road from the Arb show especially if it has a realistically priced bar and overnight accommodation.

We lift our 15 tonne steam engines with a gantry crane . In the days before HSE you could have borrowed my 10 tonne pulley and chain blocks to easily lift it.

Best of luck. Remember to inform the Inland Revenue and get on top of your book keeping from day one with receipts for everything.

Is there an automatic block on you tube video's or is their a technique to master for this forum. On other forums I just enter the url and it pops up. I really would like to have some feedback on the Palax used as a kindling machine and the two you tube video's explained exactly the type of splitting head I am looking for.

As the last youtube video did not work maybe this will explain the sort of kindling head I am looking to convert the Palax. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfsMMQk2muY&feature=related[/ame] Obviously I am useless at getting youtube videos to work on this forum

As the last youtube video did not work maybe this will explain the sort of kindling head I am looking to convert the Palax. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfsMMQk2muY&feature=related[/ame]

Clueless The Jinma has been very good although it is the 2 cyl engine which is no longer available due to European emmissions standards hence all spare parts have to come from America. Discovered on day one that the engine was designed to run on kerosene so have used kerosene all the time. Whats gone wrong with it. Electrics lasted about 2 days apart from starter and alternator but then who needs to work when its dark and we never go on the roads for indicators. Steering arm has been the weak link with castings having to be drilled and retapped with larger bolts. Hydraulic 'O' ring fails on regular basis but at 10p a go not a major issue . Front hub collapsed due to lack of oil and finally 6 months ago a new fuel pump as the bearings had collapsed. Would I get another Jinma yes but only if the quality was as good as my early import and definitely only the 2 cyl engine not the gutless 3 cyl. For the money I have been well pleased using all the old fergy equipment as well as newer Kuhn rotavator and moutainpress mini round baler.

I have a chinese jinma tractor which is now 11 years old with approx 6000 hours on the clock. Tyres are still about 40% although I do no roadwork at all. In the last year started to crack and break chuncks of rubber off down the centre of the tyre. Certainly lasted better than expected especially as I use with reduced air pressure on our boggy land.

If anybody is interested I am trying to get my Heizohack chipper to produce kiln dried woodchip suitable for direct feed into a briquette machine. I started by using a 50mm screen with infeed as slow as possible and 800 rpm chip speed. The target is to get woodchip less than 10mm for the briquette machine. Actual output approx 50% less than 10mm. I have now changed the screen to 30mm and still using a slow infeed and 800 rpm, approx 90% of output is less than 10mm. I really need a 10mm screen but Heizohack do not manufacture one so I may just have to sieve the 90% and take out the oversize element.

How much for seasoned soft wood per cube ?? Around here every man and his dog has started producing logs but mainly softwood which if the price is low enough I can see hitting the hardwood market.

I never clip wings as we have foxes and I like to think the chicken has a fighting chance of flying away. Our chickens will hop over 3ft but think twice about jumping 6ft.

My dry stone wall tutor insisted that you walked along the top of the finished wall to prove the standard of workmanship. In this case they have cheated by concreting the headers.

Try the timber ferries sailing out of Grimsby you might be able to get a special one off deal and they sometimes have a spare cabin.

Fitted new blow off valve not made the slightest difference. Blow off appeared to be from brake servo traced back and found very thin air pipe had been jiffy strapped and come undone. replaced with proper connector and hey presto job done. Now does anyone want a perfectly good blow off valve??. As for chipper now up and running which I put down to a loose electrical connection thanks to all for advice. What is the best speed to run at firewoodman suggests 640 Alex suggested 800 and the manual recommends 750. Its all softwood I am chipping if that makes a difference some green with moisture content of 50-60% and some kiln died at 15-20%.

Thanks for the help. I will give it all a try but first I need to fix the MB Trac which has just started blowing off at 5 bar instead of 8 bar making it impossible to engage the PTO. Got a new blow off valve from A C Price so while I was there picked up a manual for the Chipper. Alex suggested to wire direct through a fuse from the battery to the control box as the 7 pin connector is not reliable and if it is wired direct you do not lose the settings every time the ignition is switched off.

Anybody have an operators manual for a Heizohack 6-300 which they could email to me. Everything seems right but I cannot get the feed rollers to start. Anybody with any ideas on what I should be doing???