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  1. the village idiot
    The agent for the wood I manage also looks after forest in BC. I could pass on your details if you wanted? I expect he knows everything there is to know.
  2. the village idiot
    Had a good day John?
  3. the village idiot
    Always a pleasure, never a chore.
  4. the village idiot
    I've got myself hooked on a ridiculous app game on my phone called 'my singing monsters'. You basically build islands full of a vast array of silly musical beasts who sing a tune together on a loop. In the absence of friends, these guys have become mine! I constantly have their musical masterpieces bouncing around my empty noggin as I attend to my woodland tasks.
  5. the village idiot
    14:00. 29/2. Bonny.
  6. the village idiot
    David, do you have any contact details for Glynn?
  7. the village idiot
    No, not at all! I'm really excited about biochar. It's got huge potential to do an awful lot of good, and not just potentially for Ash trees.
  8. the village idiot
    So, who wants to buy some biochar then?
  9. the village idiot
    Hi Grae, Fancy meeting you here! There are grants available for timber trailers and the like, typically 40%. It might be worth us having a chat about the potential of going in one together? Something like Pete's. It would be a cheap way to get a new trailer, and give it some more use. A lot of these small timber trailers sit around doing not very much most of the year! Oh, it's Graham by the way.
  10. the village idiot
    My first thought would be that you may be better off going horizontal rather than verticle. This makes the retort easy to load and unload. Also, it enables the firebox to run the entire length of the kiln, giving a good even temperature. Kilns with a small, localised heat source tend to produce a certain amount of unconverted wood. You may also find with your design that you get some serious flamage from the openings at the base. This may or may not cause problems. The Exeter retort temperature control is via a butterfly valve in the main chimney. This is a very simple solution and works very well. Love the forwarder by the way. I am insanely jealous!
  11. the village idiot
    Nice one! Looking forward to the updates.
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    Yup, that's pretty spot on. On the Exeter there is only one pipe coming off each chimney and they are not connected to either cylinder if I remember correctly. The gas tubes are square in section but they wouldn't have to be. They are about 2" diameter as you correctly guessed.
  13. the village idiot
    Hi Thermal, I have an Exeter retort. I haven't tried softwood in it, but I know a man who has, and I believe he gets on fine. I'll dig out his contact details for you and send them in a personal message. The charcoal produced will be light, fairly quick burning and very hot. Best to sell it by volume methinks! The Exeter is essential made up of two cylinders, one inside the other, with a space of about 10" in between them. There are two cylindrical chimneys from the internal 'charge' chamber that extend up through the outer cylinder. These chimneys release the water vapour and wood gas from the charge. On each chimney, between the two cylinders is a metal tube which follows the curve of the cylinders and terminates just short of the fire underneath the inner chamber. These tubes channel the flammable wood gas to the fire when the two chimneys are capped. Hope that makes sense? I'd draw you a picture but my mum has confiscated my crayons.
  14. the village idiot
    Here's another one!
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    I would think you should be OK if the ground conditions are good. It may help to get some wheel weights and put some water ballast in the tyres. Best thing to do is experiment. If you put too much on you have the means to lift it back off. If you do go into the woods keep a keen eye out for stumps and try not to drive over too much brash. These are the killers for compact tractors. Other than that they can be very capable woodland machines. The loader may well come in handy too!
  16. the village idiot
    How much does your tractor weigh Beau, and what sort of weights will you be carrying? Can you wait till summer for extraction? Nice trailer by the way!
  17. the village idiot
    Let me know when you're next recruiting BigJ. I want to play with all these marvellous toys! Just dipping my toes into the world of milling (Woodmizer and Alaskan). It's lovely to produce usable timber from the woods. In your experience, is there much demand for milled Ash in the UK?
  18. the village idiot
    As long as the base of the log is reasonably flat I find they don't need any support whilst cutting.
  19. the village idiot
    I've measured the stack at around 75m3. It's roughly 50/50 Ash and Birch and has been down and stacked about 14 months. I'm sure there's a boffin on here who can give us an approximate weight?
  20. the village idiot
    It's about 25 miles away.
  21. the village idiot
    I've got an old Sachs dolmar 6000i in good condition. Are these saws at all sought after?
  22. the village idiot
    I think that was Rendlesham Forest which is further towards the coast. Coincidentally, the day of the alien sightings was the same day Jon went to Rendlesham for a picnic. The official report of the sighting states that the lifeform appeared to be friendly but communication proved impossible.
  23. the village idiot
    Roger that.
  24. the village idiot
    That would be great Geoff. I need the funds to pay for a 360 to dig out some more of the ponds. We are hoping to find all sorts of goodies as the US air force reputedly chucked a load of stuff in when they left at the end of the war! See if you can sort a haulier. If not you are welcome to come and collect yourself in truckloads over time.
  25. the village idiot
    Hi Geoff, I'll measure the stack on Monday, but I'd estimate about 30 ton. Do you know any hauliers with a suitable vehicle or shall I make some enquiries? You are more than welcome to come and see the timber before committing if you'd like?

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