difflock
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Due to the dearth of second hand winches (my excuse) I will probably hafta buy new.(plus VAT ) 4 or 5 tonne, and could just be tempted by the electro hydraulic remote control. So (i) either a Farmi (NI dealer, pile em high & sell em cheap?) (ii)Or a Kerpen? (also available locally) (iii)Or a Uniforest from Riko (iv)Or an Ingland Any odds?, other than price that is. Plus What do I need?, I am dealing with 30 year old Sitka & Lodgepole, no big stuff. Decisions decisions.
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For what its worth I have been running a 40KW Solarbayer (linked to a 2200litre buffer tank) this past 4 years or so. I burn mostly conifer, & currently working with Lodgepole pine. Her be heating near 4000 sq ft of a 1995 built house, without difficulty, though in fairness an 8KW Morso burns in the living room, which helps, the hall sits at between 18 & 20 degrees. I would say the wood does need to be DRY, the only problem is I suspect that in out North Atlantic climate it is (i) touch & go getting the timber dry enough and (ii) keeping it dry with our prevalent atmospheric moisture ( when stored in an open fronted shed) I have yet to build an insulated boiler room, but I then really need some mechanised way of bring the firewood in on rotation for say a week or two to get it up to say 20 deg before burning, this period should also drive a bit of the excess moisture out. Cheers M
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Hanjamkat, might be interested in this, is it still for sale?, I see there were other enquiries? ,a photo would be nice? pm me if you like cheers M
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I am not an arboiculturist, I merely "cut sticks", I turned up here looking for a winch for an ould 1490 DB, ( & tinternet search found that 6 tonne tajfun advertised on here) I got about 40 acres of various ages of Sitka and lodgepole ( mostly windthrown) to work my way through, & if I can ever accumulate more firewood than I burn heating the house I might even get into the firewood business, if I was not bone idle. cheers M
