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    We supply them with your own branding If you want a pallet of 768
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    We sell to retail customers about 1000 boxes a year at £5 each if they are buying them with a cubic metre. Just ask with every order if they would like kindling and firelighters and a lot of people say yes, kindling £4 each or 3 for £10. 99% of the time they go for 3. On the website we put on the description of the cubic metre loads "we recommend 3 nets of kindling and 1 box of firelighters per cubic metre" and most people when ordering online also order them both.
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    I have our own branded ones I'm happy to sell you at wholesale. £3.20+vat per 50 box. I can get 30 boxes in a big box and they are £8+vat delivery.
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    I do like the look of a transaw! Was thinking of a posch 375 but think it's worth having a look at these too
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    Yes it's very much down to timber. Even on the smaller stuff "loading" person never has 2 seconds spare, we run around like blue arse flys jumping from the JCB to the forklift, loading the deck and making sure that person on the processor doesn't have to stop for anything. Ive actually looked at the idea of using a robot arm (quite cheap on ebay) to do the processor part [emoji23] but there's too many variables unfortunately.
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    How long is your day? 25 is easily achievable with 2 people and half tidy timber. 15/20 minutes per cubic metre is about right, on 12/13" with the 8 way I've timed a cubic metre in a tad over 5 minutes. On 10-13" logs the 8 way is perfect, sometimes depending on the shape of the log you need to resplit the top 2 but that takes no time. The 12 way would produce kindling on a 10" log.
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    Like people have been saying the quality of what you put in one end massively determines what you get out the other. We've had some awesome loads of ash in this year, all 10-13" dead straight and you can easily do 30/35 cubic metres in a day with a few stops. If it's mainly below 10" your probably looking 15/20. On average about 25 is right on mixed hardwood.
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    And? I could do with another 2 or 3 in reality
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    I did get a sample off a company a few years ago that looked quite good, I'll try and dig the details out for you!
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    Just wondering if anyone has successfully bought and changed over ownership of an already accredited RHI boiler? Thinking of buying a second hand kiln system but my past experiences with Ofgem haven't been great so just wondered if anyone has been successful before I take the plunge into the Ofgem abyss!
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    I use QuickBooks for all my invoicing ect It's really good!
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    Hi, we can help you with processed firewood. Unseasoned, seasoned or kiln dried. Give me a shout 07772280850 - AJ Firewood
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    Yes transit's are the way to go. So many people ask why don't we tow a trailer as well with a few cube on but some of the places we go in the south Wales valleys were made for horse and cart not a transit let alone one with a trailer on it! Someone on here did post a really nice low caged conversion and was carrying 4 cube a while back! We only carry 3 and being able to carry the extra one would be perfect!
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    Someone that finally talks sense! ? I think there's definitely a difference between people that are trying to run a commercial firewood company to pay themselves and make money with budgets/cashflow to worry about and farmers with unlimited cheap finance to spend £500k on kit without worrying and space to do what they want but don't understand the day to day of running a business.
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    Yes we have looked at the 375 and will probably go with that at the end of the summer. The 350 has just worked so well we haven't really needed to change it but with doing more and more kindling, being able to take the knife out to do rounds would be a big plus. I did look at the new palax c1000 as well but Ive always liked the poach stuff
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    Ours cost £35, sharpening and replaced a few teeth
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    You could do it with a heat exchanger.only about 50% efficient but better than wasting the heat
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    In less than a week and for less than £10 a cubic metre?
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    I’ve been watching too many episodes of Suits! ??
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    Yes our business plan still stacks up without the RHI but the £400k I was sold as being “guarentee’ed” over the next 17 years would be more than annoying if they took it away. I havnt ever looked into the finer print of the terms and conditions of the RHI accreditation but if I was accredited under the information that the eligible heat was being used to dry fuel and they take that away from me before the 20 year subsidy ends (that they agreed the terms of the “contract” then I would be looking at the option of suing Ofgem for the £400k.
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    I did, one system is on 8.9p and the other 6.9p. so from reading that it is only new applications that are effected?!
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    Where have you got this from? Do you have any proof?
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    Very true! We got tucked up on our first boiler by a company that offered the earth and delivered very little. We then helped a guy out that was also taken for most of his life savings and given a 60kw system that didn’t work for £35k!
  24. ash_smith123
    They are but we do spent a lot more on it than our Attak boiler and in all honestly it’s not as good either. Firebricks are £50 each (4 in the boiler) and in 3 years I’ve changed them twice. I had to repair the fire bricks in the firebox as they fell apart (another £200) and they did recommend sending it off to the factory for 3 months and £3000-4000 for a full rebuild ? You can get the same thing as a eco Angus for half the price. Called Orlan I think, didn’t realise this until I bought the eco Angus. But to be fair the eco Angus guys have been pretty good with after sales.
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    A ECO Angus, glen farrow’s are £40k plus and you would need a bit more than a cube a day to run it!

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