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Milwaukee are releasing their new batteries soon that they claim you can run TVs and microwaves on. The tools look very good but they'll be in the thousands. https://www.protoolreviews.com/tools/generators/milwaukee-mx-fuel-carry-on-1800w-power-supply/51810/
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The husqvarna cans are brilliant... for about 6 months, then the quick fill spouts seize and the seal perishes. The green topped ones were better but someone ran over mine and I stupidly binned it with one working spout on which with hindsight I could have saved.
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Oil first, top up with petrol then quick shake to be on the safe side.
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Ours closed last night then reopened to sell essential supplies this morning when they realised that.
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Winter 20/21 - corona virus effects on firewood market?
gdh replied to Big J's topic in Firewood forum
This March our sales have trippled compared to normal but a lot of that is people stocking up so I suspect it will drop off suddenly. Next winter could be interesting if the virus hasn't died down but we'll be stocking up to normal levels and seeing what happens. No point trying to guess this sort of thing. -
I think R J Fukes near us have got a press but that's mid Wales. Is there an agri dealer near you with a decent workshop?
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Make sure there's no oil on the blades if they're coming straight off. We had the same.
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It could be worse, we have a £300 travel fee before they even start. ? We do a lot of our servicing for basic stuff but a fresh pair eyes and more experience is usually worth it. The bill above shouldn't have been out by that much though.
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They allow a very small percentage of red if you're dipped, we had a visit after they found a trace when we were dipped and they said it's because the tanker has some red left in the pipe as it changes to white (we have red and white tanks). Apparently it's happened to a lot of people so I would hate to be the fuel company. ? At first I didn't really mind if red changed to claiming it back instead but the more I think about it red diesel seems a much simpler system to enforce.
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I'm assuming it's just felling odd trees? For clearfelling or thinning you would pay them a standing price and sell the wood. There's a company near us who take down overgrown hedges for free and have the chip. The other way to do it if you don't think it's worth it is to put in a quote for clearance and felling and let them keep the wood to sell.
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I agree with the first part, I just don't see how putting it in a kiln is going to increase it that much. In all honesty, part of the reason we're effecient with drying is because we go over the higher tier RHI limit so, unlike smaller businesses, and the early kilnd that the salesmen were basically encouraging you to leave open, we have to be to stay competitive. Even now I think there's room for improvement because it's all relatively new ideas.
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It's the same for a lot of our customers, wood is their sole source of heat. RHI has done it's job with quite a few of them to and they've replaced oil boilers with wood so they rely on us to keep them going as much as an oil tanker before.
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Is the 8-15 times figure just an example or from somewhere? Electric use is the only big increase I can think of over air drying. Our electric bill is about £4k for 1200 tons by the way if you want to back work it. It would be nice if everyone dried their own wood but in reality most don't have the space so I can't see it happening myself, I've never had any success selling fresh. On a side note kiln dried (or any very dry wood) is a lot lighter to transport so we're able to deliver bigger loads in the pickup now.
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I don't agree with the new regulations but I don't see kiln drying as a problem. From a personal point of view there's no way we could do the amount and quality we do consistently without it. Looking at it economically it makes sense as well - using less than 10% of your lowest grade timber is a very good trade off to ensure you never run out, can dry in any conditions and only need a fifth of the storage. Air drying obviously has benefits to, they're just different techniques to get similar results, it depends on the individual business which works best.
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My workings are a bit rough because we dry chip as well but in an average year (like the last one) we use 10% of our wood for drying. That's using softwood to dry hardwood so the percentage should be less for a direct comparison. We use a heated (and insulated) shed with fans that we're constantly tweaking to improve things.
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I think that's because they contain two types of moisture, free water and bound water, but that's beyond my knowledge of drying. ?
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If they're both the same moisture they should produce the same KW. How it's dried won't make much difference.
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I think it's more that anyone who's already selling is reposting the adverts to take advantage of the news on the new regulations. I've seen some for sale that are a few years old but unused so they obviously haven't been able to sell them yet.
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I don't often use hot but I think our electric cleanwell is only a few litres an hour to run it on hot. If you want to save a little bit you can use heating oil instead.
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I'm in mid Wales and that's exactly what we charge for a box (1.8 cube) of processed and dried firewood if it's collected. Tidy hardwood is £70+vat delivered in. Personally I would pay £20 for arbwaste up to £35 for rings if I was collecting. It's not worth a huge amount because it takes so long to process which is why from a commercial point of view I don't bother.
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Whether they're claiming RHI or not I have no idea but they won't be any more if they get an audit. Running them flat out is their loss anyway as the payment rate drops about two thirds after 1300 hours maximum.
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Yeah, it wasn't too bad. I would much prefer straight, long logs though. They had a 4ton digger with a thumb grab. Not as good as a grapple but a good cheap solution.
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Probably 25 hours of processing. It was for private use, he had spent a winter taking lower branches off all his trees and thought it would last him for years as firewood so he processed it all.
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You need an invoice from whoever you pay then put it against tax like any other cost.
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£55 a ton is reasonable for straight, tidy stuff. You could say £60 because it's been down a while so will be lighter.
