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Out of interest would heat resistant stainless be resistant enough? I only ask as a few years ago I was considering using twin walled ring kiln with stainless inner (so burns were less affected by inclement weather) and my wife's late uncle,a highly experienced engineer/fabricator (who had made a half dozen or so ring kilns), said stainless would warp too much. Is the inner chamber of the Exeter made of corton steel? Am attempting to build retort and don't have much financial to allow experimentation and I am at a bit of a loss as to what to use for insulation of the outer chamber, thought a vermiculite and cement mix could be possible, any thoughts appreciated!
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Surprising fuelwood haven't come up with something before as they are an innovative company, think they originally designed the trekkasaw before selling it to Loglogic, can't believe they've never investigated it
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This chap still burning in the same place but not on the scale he used to I passed recently and he only had two of the larger ones on site ( I bought two of the small ones in 2003 ) but there were several artic loads of the wee wedges from pointing stakes waiting to be used. Incidentally I have some notes written for me by one john David of southern down in Wales who worked with all sorts of kilns on a large scale from 1930 as a boy through the war ( he wasn't allowed to fight as his job was considered vital and he had all female workforce ) right up to the late 60s when the industry was well into decline. He writes about internal flues and doing smokeless burns in more urban areas (but these were not retorts!) I have been thinking of typing this up if anyone is interested as I feel it is an insight you don't often get. He died of throat cancer in about 2000 about 3 years after id started burning Now who's boring😀
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Not boring! Always interested in how people operate big or small, I used to visit the guy who burned for big k on the fens, he had 8 9'd twin ring kilns and 4 7' ones, he produced all the charcoal for the foil trays as the imported stuff was too dense and didn't get going with the wax paper ( believe it's sometimes coated with some sort or lighter fuel as well?), the big k stuff all hardwood some from wildlife trusts, he also used s/w off cuts from mills for his own sales, not sure how much wood he used maybe 600/800,think he just does his own now (do big k now have retorts down south somewhere?)
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Yeah! It's been worked hard and although it's had more than fair share of problems it's not been out of action long😀
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'94 transit crew cab tipper have had it nearly 7 yrs on 4th lump though and several props (lots of towing) few days of the rd but most stuff done within a day. Been looking at lr hi cap to replace but want 200tdi so I can get easy fix, seems any number of minor things can cause great expense on modern vehicles
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Keep the photos coming mate😀👍🏻
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It's what it should go for but rarely does, there's only so far over the imported stuffs price you can go before the retail customer says I wanna buy ethical/local but that's just too much! I sell by volume not weight partly because I use mostly s/woods now sell small (same size as Selway packaging ones 3 kg i if h/wood)4.50 wholesale and double the size clear plastic ones for 8. over gate 6 and 11 respectively. I get by😀
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What a challenge for you, does the heat affect you much? nice one 😀👍🏻
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Yup, he's the man to use, he can mill big lumps quick and knows his onions😄👍
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True dat! So many come into the job thinking they deserve top rate before they've proved their worth, work hard and smart, earn respect and then more wonga.
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I just had this vision of polishing of a large doner kebab and then bein hunted down by defra ( like the mint sauce I'd be on the lamb!)😄sorry
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Yup the drum can go a good 60m down the road!😳
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Impressive!😄👍
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Bit like marriage then😇
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Yeah I'm well aware of the restrictions, and when I read the paper work was quite surprised as you can move it with bark on but no loose material, the timber can be taken to a licences mill who must thoroughly decontaminate mill after processing. However this larch would not be moved by road being shipped straight to BSW jetty at Fort William for milling. I originally suggested milling on site but the owner shied away from the substantial investment needed (although if someone came up with a solid business plan he'd probably invest in it). I'd love to be more involved but am tied up with my own wood in Norfolk most of the time.
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Yes mostly lovely straight and knot free primary and 2nd and some 3rd lengths, surprisingly few with rotten butts. Only about 500m from mainland but road wouldn't cope with the timber lorries so barge (think it takes approx 800t) only real option. Worked out before that wed felled about 4/5t per hour and can work it out more accurately now I know vol to wei ratio as I know what numbers of what size trees in a daily basis. I'll put up a couple of pics when I'm back laptop ( now on the lash in Sheffield woohoo!)
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There are literally hundreds of lengths at 5m with that sort of top diameter and a lot more that could be cut to whatever length and still achieve 30+, one of the guys who've been to look said that 5m was too long for larch as it moves so much when milled, were fairly sure a lot of the bigger stuff is European larch as was lighter coloured wood which I've been told is higher value and more in demand for boat building. The biggest problem is getting it off the island ie cost of building pontoon for the timber barge, which I think would have to be Troon tugs Red Princess (all way out of my league!) There are some huge and rare conifers there as one of the previous owners was one Cpt Swineburn who brought trees from al over the world and established a pinetum. There's a group of 4' dbh Sitka that well be dropping next time, and i think they'll lose a lot of specimen trees to winds as more works carried out😢
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Yeah felled n left for owner to deal with this time last year, p r infected on scottish island with no roads! Think it's goin to BSW atFort William for milling and chip, lots of big e larch (50/60cm and larger DBH) and a lot of younger hybrid (25/35cm DBH), I didn't realise it would lose so much weight but owner is havin problems getting it shifted as big firms sayin it may not be worth their while, but surely volume is the most important? In the past my guesstimates have been reasonably accurate. We did the job on a day rate and they want us back to do the rest of the larch and also some monster Sitka, wrc, hemlock (see avatar!) as now it's been opened up storms are creating havoc.
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Thanks guys, that's really helpful, I'll have to get a copy ASAP as I've got to work out what we felled last year as company comin to shift it are sayin there's about half the weight of what bottom estimate was at time of felling😕
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Sorry, what is what I want, have I missed summat? : )
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Cheers, is there a book or some such that gives weight to volume of all wood types or is yours the voice of experience?
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Hi, can anyone tell me how to work out the weight of a larch when fresh felled and how much weight it would lose in a year of being on the deck, they are de limbed some full length (between 20m and 30m) and some cut to 5m, any constructive input greatly appreciated😄 Regards John
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£120 a day a fair rate, I don't think you've shot yourself in the foot with the previous £8per hr as you can point out it's just above the living wage and you hadn't accounted what your outgoings would be as you're 'newly independent', I know some farmers can be fairly tight but they can also be reasoned with! I generally work on price but am happy to do day rate (on my terms) particularly for jobs like big windblown trees as they should be approached with a bit more caution so no pressure from worry of having underpriced (it's worth noting that international storm damage manual states saw/winch operations shouldn't be carried out as piece work for similar reasons)
