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Is it regarding smoke or the location of the building. Not much you can do about location other than blend it in if it's already built. Most smoke is worst (darkest) when it turns on so you could either get a larger buffer tank so it stays off longer or a very small one so that it's constantly on at a low use. Also worth considering a higher flue and making sure everything that goes in is dry to reduce smoke. That's just a few ideas but it depends on the problems you're having and the type of boiler / it's use.
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Thanks, 8/9 cube an hour makes more sense as a manufacturers guide
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Cords is tons right? That's a weird machine because it's very big but it's missing obvious extras like a coveyor and has a low output. Also they don't list the splitting force and the splitting wedges would make very chunky wood.
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It's been a weird month for us, you get a couple of days without orders then the phone doesn't stop ringing but it's averaging out to our target sales thankfully. Hasn't got below -4 here but it felt freezing in the wind today.
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That's how our business started 20 years ago but ours had a splitter bolted on as far as I remember. It's the next logical step but for chunky stuff like arbwaste I would invest in saws and a big splitter.
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I ordered some chains for our firewood processor, they seemed to stretch the same as normal chains (I thought they were pre stretched) but they cut as well as oregon/husqvarna and cost half the price so as long as they last between sharpens I'll be buying a lot more. Ours arrived within 2 days and I ordered late at night. Regarding the post above I assume Saturn machine knives is an old trading name as it was the same for me.
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We're a bit different to most because we dry a large amount slowly in a heated shed as well as some chip but hopefully this is still of some use to you. It takes around 3 weeks to dry 90tons, we dry 12-1300 tons a year and that takes 150 tons of chip. The chip will usually need to be a certain size - you unfortunately won't be able to use just any chip. Woodchip boilers are more efficient but you'll need to buy or hire a chipper and they cost more to buy. Unless you can justify the cost of a chp boiler rhi has dropped to a point where I can't see it covering drying.
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You can find it if you Google naac charges. I won't link because it's a pdf. A lot of their prices are a bit high compared to what I see but it's a useful guide. It's based on a survey of members I believe.
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Depends on your definition of small but it should drive a 15inch chipper and that will do 15-20cube an hour. Hedgecutting is around £35 an hour I think but it depends on competition.
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Glad you got it sorted, good outcome to.
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Had some tidy oak so made some gateposts and strainers today and also learn not to leave my tools in the processor.
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Just had the email myself. We're going to have reconsider being on it, we've got one big customer and do a few odd loads who need BSL but that's it and for £120+ and all the admin work it's doubtful it's worth it now.
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Below 20% is what most kiln-dried suppliers sell at and it should be quite a bit lower but it's often an average read on the surface. If the surface is below 20 it should burn ok depending on the type of wood but if it's wet in the middle it's worth getting in contact with the seller, it might even be a mistake in the load they took you. Always worth letting them know regardless. Worth checking a few logs as many suppliers give an average moisture content...
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As much as you can get is the easy answer. I would probably say £20 an hour plus 20 base rate for travelling around here.
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We did a bit of contracting recently and had our 180hp deutz on ours. Interesting we hardly used any diesel because we ran it idling on 1000 pto. It didn't struggle with the splitting anyway
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Yeah the 400 is good. On the 480 we can easily use the 6 way but the ram switches from 15 to 25ton when it's needed,which is most the time on the 12 way so adding the chainsaw to that can make the tractor struggle.
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Thanks. Our tractor was only 45hp when new so with the 12 way we have to let it split before we can cut the next one. Even then it's still much faster cutting big stuff than small stuff though.
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What Chains Do You Use On Your Processor?
gdh replied to Northernarbsupplies's topic in Firewood forum
We're using 84 link husqvarna or oregon chains, usually full chisel. 3/8 0.058 Bar is a 24inch oregon (had problems with the sugihara we tried) I keep meaning to try a rotatech, had one from the apf but it was the wrong size (my fault). -
Cutting some big stuff through the 12 way splitter today. Satisfying to watch but takes a lot of work to maneuver the logs through and the little tractor was struggling with revs on the knotty oak.
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Bet you were nervous cutting that to fell with all the rot.
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That's not as bad as it sounds. For example if I spend 20k on a processor and sell it after 4 years for 10k, even if I only did 500 tons a year, and you would want more for that size processor, it would only cost £4 a ton.. With the boiler we installed it's the same - it's going to be 5-10 years to pay off but that means it will only cost a tiny amount per cube.
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Shame to see someone go out of business but it's usually imported wood that's the problem if they've been undercut to the point they can't compete. I don't see the issue with drying to be honest, the aim of RHI was to get more people using renewables and it's worked. We've been selling wood for 20 years and we were trying to work out a way of selling more dry stuff through the winter so it worked perfectly for us. It was a big investment and we've still got a loan to pay off but it's helped the business to expand. RHI hasn't made our wood any cheaper, it just covers the cost of drying (except towards the end of the year when we go over the payment limit). We also don't charge extra for 'kiln dried' wood, we only dry to be able to sell more so whether we sell dry stuff in summer or use the drying shed in the winter it's still our standard £60-70 a cube.
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They're potato boxes with reinforced floors. We dry the wood in them then tip them into a pickup to deliver.
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Milwaukee impact wrench. Never had one until a few months but it will shift any nut including the ones on our chipper blades which makes the job way quicker than hanging off a bar.
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It's sequoia /giant redwood.. Weird stuff, weighs way more than you would think and has 2-4 inch thick bark that's like a carpet. We bought a load to plank because I'm making a raised garden for my mum. Do you manage to sell your oak planks, we're struggling with the ones we cut because everyone wants different sizes?
