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We used to but they tend to go sideways or catch on the chain and we found that if you only cut bigger stuff then you ge a lot less rubbish in the wood. We've got a Tajfun 400, probably about to get a 480 plus though. It's a really good machine, done at least 2500 tons in the last 3 and a half years and no big problems.
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Yes, I can imagine. I'm only joking, our woods pretty good in general,it's just that we usually have reasonably straight 8ft lengths. All of our 16 ft logs get cut in half to fit in the shed so we just cut them on the bend and the short stuff is only a problem trying to stack it on the trailer. Anything below 4 inch diameter we cut with a chainsaw and leave it round because it's quicker than putting small stuff through the processor.
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I've reached the end of one of our stacks of good stuff so now we get a choice between bent 16ft and straight 7ft. I'm not sure which is worse...
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No problem. Now I just need to find a use for our plastic ones.
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Just a thought, if you used the cardboard tubes that come in the middle of sillage wrap you could them to and there's alot lying around at farms who wrap bales.
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Large Cone Splitter vs 40ton + splitter for 3ft/4ft butts
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
The split wood is for another customer but we have a 199kw chip boiler. -
Large Cone Splitter vs 40ton + splitter for 3ft/4ft butts
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
It's 4ft, most the cost is in the ram and we only want to split 3-4 ft pieces for biomass boilers so we thought we'd save a few thousand and go for a short one. Ryetec build to any spec you want. -
Large Cone Splitter vs 40ton + splitter for 3ft/4ft butts
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
It's a Ryetec. We had to make a few changes to the log table because it bent when it flipped up during splitting but other than that it's a really well built machine. -
Large Cone Splitter vs 40ton + splitter for 3ft/4ft butts
gdh replied to cessna's topic in Firewood forum
We looked at both a couple of years and went with a splitter. The main reason was we don't have a 360 and a cone splitter big enough to split 3ft diameter plus needs a very high oil flow which we couldn't get from either of our loaders. Also our 40 ton splitter goes 8 ways and you just keep pushing more through whereas a cone splitter takes multiple pushes just to split in half. Of course if you have a 360 then you can get a cone splitter for 4K but a standard splitter with a few extras like ours is more like 16K and a cone splitter would probably be better for bent stuff and could do longer logs. -
Same here, even the sheds are soaked because it's going sideways.
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Click reply then go to advanced and scroll down until you see manage attachments then add the pic,click upload, click close window and they will appear when you post your reply.
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Thanks, it is . It still lifts the front end not the processor anyway, and it's on extra large tyres to get the pto at less of an angle. Still it's nice to have a proper tractor around.
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It's a Ryetec 40 ton, takes up to 4ft lengths for biomass.
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A few pictures of our last few weeks, we're flat out cutting at the moment which is nice. The big logs on the trailer are to be split into lengths .
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Obviously we're not losing money, that's the going rate around here, not just us. I would like more money, everyone would, but it's just about making sensible decisions. There's people around who sell for more and there's people who sell for less - it all depends on the area and the individual business.
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There's very little profit in it to be honest but we break even and it keeps us in work. We were up to paying £55 a ton for the last few artic loads. £90 is before delivery so it still leaves £35 to pay for cutting and everything that goes with it.
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Yes if it's collected, all oak and ash at the moment. Too much competition to put prices up. :-)
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How much can a wood processor with operative produce in one day?
gdh replied to TeaMonsta's topic in Firewood forum
It's a tajfun 400 joy. Feel free to pm me if you want to know anything about them. -
At the moment we're £90 for 1.8 cube which is about a ton, could probably knock a bit off for a large amount fresh. Seasoning would be an issue because it will go moldy in a heap. A shallow stack on pallets with plenty of airflow is the best way to season.
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How much can a wood processor with operative produce in one day?
gdh replied to TeaMonsta's topic in Firewood forum
We would normally do around 5 cube an hour of 9 inch but doing 18 inch out of straight 12inch diameter we could do , and have, 10-12 cube per hour. Obviously it's very rare to get perfect wood, especially with hardwood. -
Same for us - we get 1.8 out of 1 ton but it does go up a bit if you cut longer logs.
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We got our 400 from killworth a few years ago. The 480 will do 19inch. The tajfuns number is roughly the size in mm.
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The 400 joy is what we use now, it's a really good machine. I haven't seen one that can cut faster and it's reliable. From what I can see the 480 is just a slightly bigger version then the plus model adds the auto adjust and measures how much you cut but I'm guessing that it costs 20-22k
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A lot of people, including us, do dry using heat. The problem is that if the wood is wet it takes longer to dry and increases the risk of mould developing. Also to do large amounts you're looking at an investment of 20-50k so you need a friendly bank manager and have to justify any price increase to your customers.
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Has anyone had any experience with the new models? I like the look of them but I'm not sure if the electronics on the plus version are worth the extra cost.
