TTS North

Have you tried the big milk trolleys on wheels to stack and move your wood? Ive found them pretty effective. Whereabouts in relation to Edinburgh are you north south east west? Dont be too accurate never know who's reading.

Where we get ours - https://www.gustharts.com/ca-eb-r1-12-30-050-p00-english-braids-12mm-x-50m/ Stands up well considering it gets dragged along the forest floor all day - give it a wash once in a while. Very tough coating - almost like hard plastic, the bullrope seems like silk in comparison.

Big J - been watching this thread and your toils with great interest. Learning a lot from you - thanks and well done indeed! We're thinking about ways of drying more of our product on site before moving it off to sell. I doubt we'd be as sophisticated as you, but we've so much brash etc lying around that it seems lunacy not to use it to power a drying set up somehow. We have a Sitka forest (also somewhere near Edinburgh) and some of our customers specifically ask for it. It's almost all we burn on our own stove. I think it's great stuff. Once it's dry it's so light you can move so much around at once - an issue for us as we don't sell anywhere near where the wood is cut. Light to move around when dried, dries quickly, easy to split and stack, lovely clean wood inside and out. Despite what I read elsewhere it burns great - bit quick, but hey ho! it's softwood. Mr+Mrs retired urban wood stove Tyneside love it and will pay top dollar come February for 18x24 bags which they can collect in their runabout themselves six bags at a time on a Saturday morning. If you ever throw your wood drying experiment open to the public I'd love to see it in action. Cheers and keep posting, TTS.

After a lot of research and hunting round on the US forums where they use these a lot we settled on 12mm ALLIANCE Braid-on-Braid (double braid polyester ). Very tough stuff, very low stretch. It's the bright orange one. I don't think the kernmatle ropes are well suited for use with it. The manual specifies braid on braid polyester IIRC.

Well - to my astonishment I did it. Although, after only 4 weeks the mental side is not out of my system so it's just a case of sticking with at it but it is also a lot easier now - I can go hours where it isn't on my mind and the cravings are only a few minutes long. There's no denying that was very very difficult. The first week or so is just a stress blur. It's like it wasn't me. Yes I miss it, but it's easing and I feel a lot happier about myself. I have saved c. £280. I hope others have had a good outcome for them.

Day 24 still here. Getting easier. Hope everyone else is doing well.

14th day. Still hanging in there. All the stuff I'm normally stressed out about but can cope with seems insurmountable at the minute. Still, can't believe that I am still fag free after two weeks. Best wishes to everyone else giving it a go. Mattyf - don't give up trying. One day it will work for you.

Well done. Pleased i didn't substitute fags for ecigs.

Day 8 still here.

Ditto. You got to break that routine. Avoid the behavioural trigger.

Day 4. No fags.Things are very very unreal and strange. Having to concentrate really hard and plan my days. Can't remember last time I was this mentally disciplined.

Day 2 yesterday no fags. Didn't feel like posting.

Well done mate. Rotten nights sleep last night.

It is 10.30 pm. No cigarettes all day. I'm going to bed. Hope everyone else is doing well.

Don't mind me asking how much you sell your kindling for - is it more profitable than firewood?

I'm doing Stoptober. It begins tomorrow. Starting tomorrow night I'll post how I'm doing, on a daily basis if I'm not curled up in the corner like I'm coming off heroin and haven't thrown the computer out of the window. If I fail or stumble I'll also come on and admit it. I won't bore you with details of how many I smoke, how long for, failed attempts etc - I just know it's going to be hard and I know I've brought it all on myself. Any other Stoptober people welcome to join in. I'll help if I can with some sympathy and kind words. Good luck to you - we'll all need it. Welcome to hell.

Could've helped you out - but our site is mid rotation and there's not much that big really. More cs31 size.

Apparently it's fairly likely (67%) that our jobs (Horticultural trades) will become automated. Will a robot take your job? - BBC News Suits me.

Thinking about all the good comments my thoughts are: I have - a belting heat source (but it costs.) - easily enclosed space. - power - ventilation. Rather than waiting for a long time for a dehumidifier to do it's thing I could invest not much more in something like - .:SALE:. Heat Recovery Unit/Fan Whole House Ventilation System Only 20 left | eBay and some insulation. Air flow is free! As long as I can keep as much of the heat in the system as possible it may not be too expensive to run.

Thinking about all the good comments my thoughts are: I have - a belting heat source (but it costs.) - easily enclosed space. - power - ventilation. Rather than waiting for a long time for a dehumidifier to do it's thing I could invest not much more in something like - .:SALE:. Heat Recovery Unit/Fan Whole House Ventilation System Only 20 left | eBay and some insulation. Air flow is free! As long as I can keep as much of the heat in the system as possible it may not be too expensive to run.

beachbum - is this the sort of thing you're using? [ame] [/ame]

I am talking to one of the guys from EBAC/EIPL and they are suggesting something like EIP - CD100 Industrial Dehumidifier. But I don't know if second hand units would work just as well I'm afraid I am coming to the Dehumidifier game rather late.

I did use an industrial dehumidifier a few months ago or it was supposed to take 20 litres out every 24 hours but it was nearer 10 over that period. Assuming 65 per cent moisture in a m3 I'd need to remove 450 litres which would take 45 days - that is at ambient temperature with a running cost of say £60.00 for that period. If I add heat to the equation let's say at 10 pence per kilowatt and used a 2kW heater that of course is going to drive up the cost. Question is how much quicker would the moisture be lost if I did add heat - I am sure there will be a sweet spot where the cost of production becomes less than the final value. But I'm struggling to figure out where it would be. If you managed to drive the heat waaaay up e.g. above boiling point - could you reduce the time to a few days I wonder? Good input from everyone BTW.

Thanks all. I can get the air temp up to 60-70 c. The space is 5 m3 - the actual volume of logs will be 2-3 m3 max.