Jump to content

Log in or register to remove this advert

renewablejohn

Veteran Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,530

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Everything posted by renewablejohn

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. renewablejohn
  8. 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 ????
  9. 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.
  10. renewablejohn
    Buzz If you look at the BGU machine mentioned earlier in the thread it is basically the same design as a backactor.
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. renewablejohn
    If you were in Lancashire I would buy it from you to turn into wood pellets
  14. 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.
  15. renewablejohn
    Hydraulic briquette press machines are simpler and cheaper then wood pellet machines but still require very dry timber to compress. If you sell logs then briquettes make a very good alternative product for the same woodstove market whereas pellets are more specialist for an automated pellet burning stove or boiler
  16. renewablejohn
    David If you did want to use your chassis I would recommend putting a steel walkway deck floor on the trailer. I have converted a mobile office chassis using this decking and it has produced a very sturdy trailer without a large increase in weight. The sheets are not cheap approx £90 for 5mtrs x 1 mtr but they are very strong.
  17. renewablejohn
    I would be very careful jumping into the wood pellet market at the moment as an awful lot of new pellet capacity is coming on stream with Balkas starting up an £8 million plant in Yorkshire. On the positive side, what you will soon have is a viable market for woodchip when these big boys start running out of timber. We in theory have got 60k for a pellet plant as part of the Bio Energy Infrastructure Scheme but at the moment DECC have still not refunded the capital expenditure. (You have to pay for the equipment before the money is refunded 3 months later)
  18. renewablejohn
    Mr Ed Make one that can process 10,000 tonnes per annum of brash and I can give you the application.
  19. renewablejohn
    The Refo is your easy solution the rolls royce of woodchip boilers FARM 2000 Heat from Biomass - wood woodchip straw waste You can use IBC frames with windbreak mesh to reduce fresh arb to below 35% MC but then this forum scoffs at IBC containers
  20. renewablejohn
    Not true I have a Merc 814 curtain side 7.5 tonne. Agri exempt and no need for O licence so long as all the goods I carry belong to the farm. ie no doing a barrow job for the next door farmer. Was pulled at Chelford monthly farm auction by an ignorant officer but after 2 hours of arguing and direct contact with the Chadderton VOSA test station I received an apology from the officer and allowed to go. Unfortunately by this time the goods in the auction sale I was after had been sold.
  21. renewablejohn
    Steve Working fine today first time for over a week.
  22. renewablejohn
    Steve On a Mac using safari message as requested Not Found The requested URL/Profile.php was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not found error was encounteredwhile trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request Apache/2.2.11(unix)mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.98bmod_bwlimited/1.4PHP/5.28 Server at http://www.arbtalk.co.uk Port 80
  23. renewablejohn
    Steve Problem still not fixed could it be something to do with me being on a mac if it is any help I could write out the server rejection script
  24. renewablejohn
    Still struggling in Lancashire. From user log in it comes up with an error server not found. If you then go out the system and log into arbtalk it lets you log in without having to log on with your username and password and remembers who you are.
  25. renewablejohn
    The wood backs on to a council park which does have those problems and the public have a right of way through it being next to a busy main road.

About

Arbtalk.co.uk is a hub for the arboriculture industry in the UK.  
If you're just starting out and you need business, equipment, tech or training support you're in the right place.  If you've done it, made it, got a van load of oily t-shirts and have decided to give something back by sharing your knowledge or wisdom,  then you're welcome too.
If you would like to contribute to making this industry more effective and safe then welcome.
Just like a living tree, it'll always be a work in progress.
Please have a look around, sign up, share and contribute the best you have.

See you inside.

The Arbtalk Team

Follow us

Articles

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

  I accept