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  1. cornish wood burner
    I would second the good service. Had a reply to my late night email asking about a recomendation for the toughest line they sell, as I couldnt find large diameter diamond edge on the web site. 21.40 and still a reply. Now that is good customer care. Ordered some 3.9 mm diamond edge from them today. Again Brian was very helpfull on the phone. Companys like this deserve our support.
  2. cornish wood burner
    Of course, all is clear now. Thats the one in Stubby' pic Thanks.
  3. cornish wood burner
    I was going to ask which company but just noticed the label. Nice touch.I use a portek 4 line cross head on the strimmer I use for the tough stuff. A friend of mine said he was shown a head that the lengths of line just pushed in and presumably was held with a kind of ratchet system. Not seen it yet but sounds interesting.
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    Brave? I dont think so but I hope I don't live to regret it. My thoughts were, we buy our wood in and everyone here must know the price of chipwood, moisture loss is easy and chipping costs are readily available. We don't sell chip and frequently mention that price when buying so I cannot see any secrets. Not sure if this will prompt anyone to consider selling wood as chip instead of round but if they have dry wood to shift and want a quick return then would it be worth considering?
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    Buying chip, losing weight through moisture, chipping costs and our labour we end up with a cost in the region of £52 to £55/ tonne. Although I would rather not break these down further from a confidentially point of view I am sure you can work it out anyway.
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    I agree using your own wood is probably the best way to produce chip otherwise you would be paying hauliers twice. As for the £40/ ton I think they were getting paid to clear. Very poor quality chip as well. Any ideas what good quality G50 W35 is selling for, or even any offers?
  7. cornish wood burner
    Last loads we bought were about £40 /tonne delivered. We would pay more for good quality.
  8. cornish wood burner
    Space is adequate for our needs. The noise consideration for our neighbours is the main reason to buy some in. Sometimes it makes sense to top up with a couple of hundred tonnes before Christmas rather than chip with a half full shed, as chipper transport is a standard cost. It keeps options open. Yes G50 suits both although I would not turn away G100
  9. cornish wood burner
    Consistantly good is better if you want repeat orders I would think G30 would command a higher price. Councils etc don't seem to have much idea and have heard of them paying ripoff prices. Alternatively if you want a customer to start your business model we would be interested in buying around 500 tonnes of preferably G50 pa. This of course is providing the chip is reasonable quality and preferably MC 35% or better
  10. cornish wood burner
    Even with a screen you still are left with the fact that it has been shredded. Shredders normally give a long thin chip. This shape promotes the chip to lock together and stops it flowing as it should. It will bridge in the store over whatever output path it needs to take and it will jam auger infeeds. I suspect your customer will soon come to that conclusion and you will have wasted your money on a screen. The only thing I can see that a screen might be an advantage for is to take out long twigs. We have a very robust feed system and would only take a small percentage of shredded chip because of its shape. We burn 3000 tonnes a year and have been running biomass for many years so have some experience with this.
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    I would say forget it for biomass. Sorry that does not sound inviting even for free. If you look at some biomass chip specs you will see what is needed. Search G30 or G50 chip spec. The spec specifies % fines % between certain sizes, max length etc. Whole new ball game.
  12. cornish wood burner
    Shredder is bad news. Chip does not flow well, it locks together. If you have dry wood to chip it is a shame not to chip onto a concrete surface. Its a valuable commodity. If you could get it right then sell to the end user.you will make money. We have bought chip in from time to time when we didn't want to chip our own wood. What sort of chip are you guys talking about. MC, size, quantities quality etc. We are near Plymouth
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    The reason people are fussy is the problems foreign bodies cause. If you can produce good quality fairly dry chip you should have no trouble selling. Direct to the end user and cut out middle man would give you the best price. Not sure we would want to get involved with chip in an open yard not on concrtete.
  14. cornish wood burner
    You don't really mean "give " I presume
  15. cornish wood burner
    If you need to use the forklift I suppose you could charge the cells in groups to suit what charger you have. That is presuming you can access the cell links. The odd number of cells you have left can be charged with some already done. Keep the charge rate low then if you can. Remember cells gas when charged so always turn off at the mains first.
  16. cornish wood burner
    I presume the timer stops it charging after 10 or so hours. Is it part of the charger, forklift or completely separate. Might be some milage in bypassing it if you can.
  17. cornish wood burner
    As Spud says you must avoid glazing the bore. Easy to be over cautious with a new engine. Common thinking is to treat any new engine as normal but probably best to let it rest (work easy) between hard use and don't over rev it.
  18. cornish wood burner
    First thing you need to establish is power to the charger. They normally have a mains and output fuse. Check them. Have you a multimeter, if so try and trace the circuit through the charger. They are more complicated than you would think though. Probably have a monitor circuit which triggers a relay. Check the transformer output and input coils. Any printed circuit boards in there, have a look at for blackened components. If electrics are not your strong point then you might need outside help. Just a few ideas for you to start on.
  19. cornish wood burner
    If you could find a RHI compliant wood chip boiler installation that was on idle or off in the summer you might be able to do a deal with them. We are currently investigating a drier to run through the summer. Any one near you? Nursery would be a good bet.
  20. cornish wood burner
    Sorry Spaceman memory must be going. Had a look today and the wood we were chipping had a lot of small in it so I would say an average of 300mm dia. Chipper crane just picks up several instead. Some other batches would average 400 but not the one we were chipping. The guy who operates the chipper and crane is very good and with 780hp it doesn't slow down for much.
  21. cornish wood burner
    Lots of things they did wrong as well as that IMO.
  22. cornish wood burner
    I think I should have sold my shares 2 years ago.
  23. cornish wood burner
    We dry 3000 tonnes a year on a windy site and after 2 years the top of the stack is close to 25%MC. Bottom metre or so can be 40% as the wind does not get through. Stacks are up to 5 metres high and uncovered. Variety of species but a lot of larch. Average diameter around 400mm. Some up to 1metre dia which are obviously much wetter. Prevailing wind hits at 45 deg so blows up between the stacks and through them. All measurements taken in dry weather. Regards
  24. cornish wood burner
    Careful if you go down past Hayle. Pasty meat down there has a touristy flavour
  25. cornish wood burner
    Lucky escape, when I was self employed I got caught a couple of times. Not good especially if you have supplied a ruck of parts. Higher cutter prices might have been, just a couple thinking to make a bit over the top from a "green" buyer. Problem was it helped drive us to use Euro forest almost exclusively. As you say they might only make a pound or two on the cutter and haulage prices but it does mount up. I suppose our security of supply and price equates to your security of payment so we both benefit to a degree.

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