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  1. renewablejohn
    Filling of IBC's will be just like a silage trailer. Fill over the top of the containers and by the time you get to roadside the chip will settle into the containers. If truck carries 20 cubic mtrs then have 25 IBC's ready for loading on roadside. A good loader should load in less than 30 mins based on time needed to load a lorry load of potatoes.
  2. renewablejohn
    Output depends on resources but you could go OTT like a farm silage operation with output dependent on the speed of the chipper. In reality we would want to keep the bulk tipper working to full capacity which obviously is dependent on haulage distance. As for trailers I think you will need bulkers as the material can be difficult to extract out of a walking floor.
  3. renewablejohn
    We intend using the forwarder with IBC containers for extraction of woodchip from the forest to the main road then using a pallet rotation fork on a loader tip direct into artics for onward transportation. Similar technology used for handling potato boxes out of a muddy field.
  4. renewablejohn
    The reason for the lightweight chipper is so that we can get into the woods with lightweight equipment and do less damage by chipping at the point of brash rather then dragging the brash out in bundles and then chipping.
  5. renewablejohn
    Arran Woodfuels Depends on how you produce your woodfuel and the sort of woodchip burner. Soil contamination is not good for equipment or ash content which is why we prefer to extract without brash mats.
  6. renewablejohn
    I am looking for a small woodfuel chipper that will handle brash to provide woodchip fuel of a grade suitable for a CHP plant. The Heizohack HM 4-300 seems suitable but the price on earborist is £14495 and direct from the same dealer is quoted at £17895. Can anybody advise of an alternative as I believe the dealer is taking the Michael. Is it possible to import direct and cut out the middleman.
  7. renewablejohn
    Business wise I would have a word with your local Business Link. At the moment their seems to be more incentives by the government to reduce the number of unemployed so getting money for a business start up is becoming easier.
  8. renewablejohn
    Pelleting is not easy even with the right equipment you cannot guarantee the output. Its more akin to baking a cake. Start with the same ingredients and sometimes the pellets are good and other times you will get rubbish. Making briquettes is much more predictable but I would stick to a piston type as the screw type have a poor reputation for reliability.
  9. renewablejohn
    Farmers lung used to be a real problem before the days of air conditioned cabs now you have to remind workers to put a mask on when working in dusty conditions and I would include handling woodchips in this category. It should be automatic ear defenders for noise, face mask for dust and glasses to protect your precious eyes.
  10. renewablejohn
    Deerman You may have overlooked the best woodchip boiler on the market. If you go back to the farm2000 link and look at the Refo woodchip boiler from Denmark. It is fully automatic like a gas or oil boiler so long as there is woodchip in the tank. It can automatically regulate itself down to 10% of maximum output and will increase in 10% increments depending on heat demand. Woodchip ash is non existent maybe 1 ashpan per month. It is not cheap but then it is the Rolls Royce of woodchip boilers. It will also burn other biomass fuels and grain and they will test your fuel to see whether the boiler is compatible to your fuel.
  11. renewablejohn
    Video of the shear in action the excavator in the clip looks less than 3 tonne. [ame]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33354291[/ame]
  12. renewablejohn
    Muldonach Who makes the THT400 I have googled without success. Would any of these trailers be road legal for towing behind an 814 Merc I am thinking of piping up the merc for the trailer crane hydraulics but using the trailer crane instead of mounting a crane on the Merc and reducing load capacity.
  13. renewablejohn
    What if you all joined together in a workers cooperative then you could have 1 fee divided by the number of members.
  14. renewablejohn
    Just received my CLA mag so can answer my own question. According to the CLA if you passed your test prior to 1997 and have not been banned or disqualified then you retain "grandfather rights" to drive and tow vehicles up to 8250 kg gross combination weight. Post 1997 just dont go there
  15. renewablejohn
    While your at the farm auctions old IBC's that leak which nobody else wants make ideal log boxes especially if in the metal pallet frames. just cut the top off with a jigsaw and drill some holes in the bottom
  16. renewablejohn
    Combination weight for my 814 is 11 tonnes but am I right in thinking you need a HGV licence once you go beyond 7.5 tonnes even though it is a 7.5 tonne truck.
  17. renewablejohn
    Pete Apparently you do not need a large excavator as you do not hang onto the tree once it is cut you just rotate the head which drops the tree to the left. The other make of tree shears hang on to the tree which is when you have problems if the excavator is to small.
  18. renewablejohn
    b101uk Could be bi purpose have dug out the letter which quotes part 2 of schedule 3 1995 which I think is more to do with us being a farm.
  19. renewablejohn
    b101uk good job I have it in writing then from the area inspector for our region based at chadderton.Every year MOT is passed without tacho certification because of the vehicle being a dual purpose vehicle. Horticulture is still part of agriculture which means I still have to fill in stupid Defra statistic forms.
  20. renewablejohn
    I have my 7.5 tonne Merc registered with VOSA as a dual purpose vehicle as it is fitted with a tow bar for towing trailers, horse boxes, etc. Added advantage exempt from tacho regulations and no operators licence requirements.
  21. renewablejohn
    log-ologist You should have gone for an appeal the revenue always try it on until they know you will stand up to them.
  22. renewablejohn
    I used to rent out christmas trees from one year to the next. Quite frankly they grow like weeds the secret is not the size of the rootball but the time of year it is transplanted.For Schools and Churches we would dig up using an excavator 15 to 20 foot trees which had been grown on ridges to encourage the tree to spread its roots lengthways along the ridge making sure not to damage the bark. Remove most of the soil to give a bare rootstock then immediately transplant into a large pot or back into the ground ensuring good drainage.Best time of year end of November so long as there is no frost in the ground
  23. renewablejohn
    Has anybody any experience of using one of these http://www.sidneyattachments.com/ I am proposing to fit a 10" to a 3 tonne excavator
  24. renewablejohn
    TC Dont touch it with a barge pole. It is an accident waiting to happen. I have a browns pto 3 point link sawbench with sliding bed and fully covered blade. Did not want to be like my father having thumbs stitched on 3 times (twice due to saws once when a flour mill exploded)
  25. renewablejohn
    I have a mercedes 814 plated for 7.5 tonnes on an ordinary driving licence (at least for an old codger like me) 2nd Merc I have had 1st one was 26 year old when we finally got rid of it but transferred the body to the newer merc.

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