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  1. renewablejohn
    Anybody who is interested there is a MB Trac 1500 for sale this week in the Farmers weekly at £12500 and a MB Trac 1000 crop sprayer at £7500.
  2. renewablejohn
    highclimber&timberfallers Put us out of our misery. Have you gone for it or is it up for grabs
  3. renewablejohn
    How about a quick name and shame. Simple sign hung around the tree saying "please come back and finish the job".
  4. renewablejohn
    The generators in the avatar are part of a CHP station I am currently purchasing the photo attached is of my two Bellis & Morcom engines and 300kw generators
  5. renewablejohn
    At the time we thought the paperwork was impossible to fill in however compared to the Carbon Challenge grant we have just applied for the BEIS grant was simple and straightforward. A further round of BEIS grant is expected out later on this year and I would recommend anybody on here to think positively about applying for it just be mindful that if you do get it the banks are not willing to support bridging finance to cover the time delay in reciept of the grant. Apparantly they have had their fingers burnt by the government in the past. I am not an expert in filling these forms in but will gladly point people in the same direction as our succesfull application.
  6. renewablejohn
    I bought a 3 cyl Lister lighting tower which had a 3 phase 17.5kw generator supplying the lights at 110v and then had it converted to run 3 phase with option of 1 phase to power a demonstration 3 phase pellet press
  7. renewablejohn
    Not quite right it is just over 150k and is 100% funding of equipment as part of the BEIS grant which is specifically set up for CHP wood fuel production. The negative aspect has been our cashflow totally screwed up as the grant is approved on paid invoices 3 months in arrears which has meant our claim at the end of March was paid on 10th September (3 months ???)
  8. renewablejohn
    When buying my MB Tracs advice given was to go for the 6 cylinder engine as it is standard in Merc trucks and check out the gearbox as it can be the achilles heel. If you dont buy it I would also be very interested
  9. renewablejohn
    Looking to buy a BGU myself but have been put off by UK dealers attitude. Was wondering whether to purchase direct from the factory or import via BGU Irish agents.
  10. renewablejohn
    Avison sprayers have a MB Trac 900 on at 8k but you should be able to get for 6k
  11. renewablejohn
    Do you have photo. Seems expensive when compared to a BGU
  12. renewablejohn
    Just bought a heizohack from Masons and he was so confident of his machine he told me to fetch my own timber to put through the machine. The chipper was hooked upto a 100hp tractor and with the first piece of timber (laminated roofing truss) we got halfway through and it stalled the tractor. Underterred the wood was extracted with a crow bar and the machine reset with a lower infeed speed and it worked perfectly. Needless to say I have bought the machine and only time will tell whether it was the right decision but I was very impressed with his calm attitude and confidence in the quality of the machine which he had serviced.
  13. renewablejohn
    Is there an upper limit of tonnes you can tow using an MB Trac with a normal pre 97 license. I have seen in Germany double four wheel trailers pulled by MB Tracs but I always thought that configuration was illegal here.
  14. renewablejohn
    The problem with this type of pellet plant is that the drying cost of the woodchip can be upto 25% of the sale price of the wood pellets.
  15. renewablejohn
    I would only contemplate kiln drying timber for commercial sawn timber production. If I was going down that route then Hamech in Poland do timber fired wood kilns which could be economic.
  16. renewablejohn
    Please count me in on any list. How about a machinery ring to help others who do not have the machinery to economically produce logs but do have the timber.
  17. renewablejohn
    Quickthorn I never said it was easy getting a grant. It can be very frustrating and time consuming and very depressing when you get rejected with no justification as to why you were not successful
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  19. renewablejohn
    Anybody with a supply of timber should really be into power generation. At current prices for every kw of output produces an annual income of £1000 (ie 50kw generator produces £50k income) paid direct into your bank account without having to chase it or even invoice it . Simples ????
  20. renewablejohn
    Having just secured a grant I presume I am now classed as a Grant Bagger. No great secret in getting a grant you just have to be prepared to put in the right paperwork in the stupid format which they request. In our case 4 weeks work producing 24 pages of bull manure. What I have found being a farmer is that you stand know chance of any grant relating to agriculture or forestry however the Government is very much into Biomass and power generation so we have concentrated on this type of grant.
  21. renewablejohn
    Buzz If you look at the BGU machine mentioned earlier in the thread it is basically the same design as a backactor.
  22. renewablejohn
    I have a backactor with the bucket removed which works well. Shackle in each bucket mounting point. Single chain for sledding two chains for lifting bundles
  23. renewablejohn
    Why not sell them as compost bins, with the growth in growing your own veg I am sure you will find plenty of buyers
  24. renewablejohn
    If you were in Lancashire I would buy it from you to turn into wood pellets
  25. renewablejohn
    Just depends how you dry your chip in a polytunnel but you need to be careful as it can spontaneous combust if your drying conveyor is to hot.

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