farmer rod

it would be really cool if there was some way of sorting out the leaves for the AD and keeping the chips for biomass boilers

"To Be is to Do" Socrates "To Do is to Be" Satre "Do be do be doo" Sinatra

why three, cant you whip the one bag off, move the frame and fit a new bag?

not sure if this would be classified as philosophical, but I overheard the combine driver talking with the insurance claim guy.. "... if it had been an inch the other way it would have been a brilliant bit of driving.."

Can you post some pics of said beetle, my ash logs are full of those holes, so I have left them outside in favour of some cherry (once the fires lit it is less of a worry), but if your house is mostly wood perhaps too many un-invited guests ....

Obviously Dean should say he has got two cameras, but only get one, that way they will still be looking for the second one to knobble instead if nicking his gear. There is a good party game along these lines, you take a bloke out of the room and blindfold him. You take a girl and pin four safety pins about her person, you then wheel the bloke in and tell him he has to find the five safety pins. (For Dean of course the scheme would rely on them doing their reading first, so not sure:blushing:would it work)

James Coppard Plant Hire at Crowborough have chippers, check their website, you could have a chipper for a week nearly for 350

is that the emergency authorization which will be available next year of Azulox? thanks Rod

there was a really good thread on here about this a while back, I couldnt find it but one of the contributors was really useful with the flow/torque/power side of things. One of the ideas with splitters is the dual pump, both bits of the pump contribute oil when speed is required, but when a gnarly log stops the ram only one section of the pump is in action which saves stalling the engine of whatever is driving it. What you need is someone who can explain these things:blushing:

it might be difficult for members to reply to that question in a public forum, you could accidentally put you phone number.... Like a good boy, ive used mine up, yes really It is really annoying that they have withdrawn it, are there any useful substitutes anyone Rod

sorry, never was any good at explaining myself:001_smile: Hydraulic PTO Gearbox with Group 3 Pump 83.75 l/min ZZ000486 Free UK&EU Delivery | eBay this sort of pump goes on the back of the tractor, saves messing about with shafts and bearings, this one may be a bit large, it depends on the size of your splitter how much flow you need.

You just need One tank Suction and Pressure Hose Relief Valve if there isnt one on your splitter One Pump, and if you go for the type that fits straight on the PTO shaft at the tractor, you dont need to complicate the thing with bearings. If you choose a big enough pump you will get plenty of output without needing the revs, which will save you gallons of fuel Im bound to have forgotten something, Couplings if you really do want to connect to tractor hydraulics again, but you may find one pump is easier to put connect than two pipes. OH yes, A filter (usually goes in the tank)

have you tried it? I was thinking the scottish tray drier type of thing or hot spot spears, but cant decide which would be best

Its an awesome sight seeing a couple of 10 inch green Norway Spruce poles flying through, but in reality theres a lot of water to get rid of. Sorting out chips is more of an issue than I thought it would be! Thanks for all your help

thanks

How many tonnes/cubic metres per day would you do with the 3 tonner standing by a woodpile chipping into trailers? (random average of course) thanks Rod

John, is the 14 days comment because of heating/composting?

well not so lazy, but if you want him to go in a particular direction, probably best in that neat looking grapple:thumbup1:

Skyhuck , thanks I am quietly c...pping myself . I have been keeping a close eye, and things are actually calming down now, but there was a few loads that we chipped from the brash pile that got quite warm after only one day. I dug a great hole out of the pile with the loader and it cooled off straight away. Fingers crossed its all behaving at the moment Rod

Your going to have to feed the groundy much better if you want to shift these:lol:

Steph I am prepared to be corrected, but I think that the green elements contain more chlorine, which can attack the insides of boilers and hence why generally unwelcome in the chip. My boiler has a metal grate with primary air drawn up through holes in it, whilst Im not entirely sure, I think it was a combination of dry wood with too many fines that would slow the cooling air, but some have said it could be moist chips with an increased quantity in the hearth. Once the things alight its a bit difficult to examine whats going on. The problem manifests itself with the tipping grate sticking on a bit of slag as it opens or closes. For the last 6 months it has behaved very well (touch wood) Ive just had my wood chipped for this coming year. All of the trailer loads that I have tested work out at below 36%, but in the shed the pile is steaming. I hope that this is the excess moisture rising up and the pile will cool down and be dry at the end of the process. If Ive got it wrong then Ive got 50 tonne pile of compost. A lot of the wood is given to me, (collected from Arb jobs) some I pay for and I cut some on the farm, it is valuable, but more or less valuable depending where it is and how wet!

has anyone actually been to a Mazola party?

they dont like the itchy stuff either:lol:

Hi Andrew, sharp as ever! fuel costs only, I reckon the RHI takes care of the capital and running, in order to make any sense of running the thing efficiently I have to start with keeping average fuel cost as low as poss, some is free dropped off, some is collected with obvious costs which comes very close to just getting it delivered in. Some is cut on the farm. 2). No just for stacking on the farm, pallet forks are ok for occasional use

I have to agree with all of the above