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Spot on. I'm the end user of the fuel so not selling it on. However, some would say it should be at 20% VAT as it is not a fuel but a raw material to be processed into a fuel. Happy at 5% though:thumbup:

Have just been offered artic of sycamore cordwood for £59/tonne +5% VAT delivered. Is this reasonable or expensive?

I'm looking at buying in an artic load of cordwood to process for my biomass boiler. I'd be looking at about 27 tonnes of hardwood in 2.5m to 3m lengths and up to about 24cm diameter. We have the space but unfortunately not the access so am looking to rent a patch of land to take delivery and process to take away. Roughly what size of foot print would this unload as a manageable stack (i.e. 2 person man handling)? It's the length of stack that's of interest. Also does anyone know what sort of reach the artic grabber will have from the side of the artic? Thanks

I'm an end user registered as a self supplier as an RHI claimant. Spoke to the RHI help desk for guidance on becoming Producer/Trader status and they seem to think that the rules will change soon so that all firewood suppliers will need to be registered on BSL even if not supplying RHI customers. So it sounds like all biomass fuel suppliers will need to prove sustainability and CO2 impact. I've not seen it in writing but was told verbally.

They replaced the starter with that of a 440e.

I've had this very same problem three times and have replaced the white plastic pulley each time. Although I start it correctly, the metal pawls gradually wear the plastic pulley and eventually a small part of the vertical wall will break away allowing one of the pawls to enter the internal section of the pulley and seizing it. This has happened three times and the same part breaks in the same place. I saw another forum post somewhere and they ended up replacing the whole pulley and cover with that of another higher model Husqvarna. I must say this chainsaw has been a big disappointment. The bar oil is another pain in only using one oil tank to four petrol fills. These are well known problems with the 435.

Also looks the same as the Sip 01977 but in black.

Thanks for that Logit. I think these are made by Balfor of Italy and are identical.

I'm looking at getting a vertical electric splitter for domestic use. Having looked on this forum the Handy Pro 7 Ton THPLS7TE gets a good review as does the Riko 7 ton THPLS7TE. Judging from the model code they are the same, even the same picture of the splitter in green. So, who actually makes these and what other badges do they come under? Thanks

We're getting an Eco Angus Orligno 40KW installed in August along with a 3000l thermal store. This is the cheaper end of the spectrum as far a log boilers go but they have good reputation. They are re-badged Eko Vimar-Orlanski boilers built in Poland. Very successful in USA. No lambda sensor but solid and simple. Good review of installation here ... 4 year report on my 25kW gasifying wood burner install (now with solar!) I just need to find a decent BSL seasoned wood supplier in Lincolnshire for 43 cubic metres!

Tim, I share your concerns about people asking for a price per tonne but here's partly the reason why. We're in the process of installing a log gasification boiler linked to the RHI. All of the figures provided by heat engineers\installers\RHI calculations all show fuel usage in tonnes. So it's not surprising that people are asking for a price per tonne when they've been told "you need x tonnes of fuel per year". I've always bought my wood by the cubic metre; usually 4 cubes per year to run two stoves. But now we're told 10 tonnes for a biomass boiler. Correct me if I'm wrong but I've worked this out at roughly 25 cubes of stacked seasoned hardwood or 43 cubes of loose. When I call firewood suppliers and ask of a price for 43 cubic metres it seems to throw them at that level of volume and THEY then ask for tonnage figures!

A bit late on this one but ... "unseasoned ash logs to a customer about 2/3 months ago". Unless he has dried it in a kiln to proper sub 20% moisture content he'll be burning, in effect, green wood. What does he expect? I assume he knew he was buying unseasoned. Not surprising if he has chimney damage. Not your problem by the sounds of it.

This is more of a rant than looking for answers but if anyone can enlighten me feel free as I'm rapidly going off the whole idea of moving away from oil. I'm an end user about to install a log gasification boiler and register for RHI payments. I'll be burning about 7-10tonnes a year. I have just been made aware of the BSL and the impending requirement for me to source my fuel from a BSL authorised supplier as of Autumn 2014. I do not own woodland but there is a good local supply. I intend on buying both green wood, to process myself, and ready processed seasoned wood. I'll also be getting waste wood from local joinery businesses. My farmer neighbour has woodland and is happy to sell me standing wood to chop whenever I like. He has no interest in being a wood producer as a business, he's a beef farmer so he's not interested in BSL. I call a large local long established woodland estate for prices on seasoned and unseasoned wood. I happen to casually mention BSL and they say they've never heard of it. As it turns out most log suppliers around here, Lincolnshire, know nowt about it. This appears to leave me in a potential predicament! If I am to get RHI payments am I forced to get wood fuel from someone that is BSL authorised but could be 100 miles away? That'll add a good quantity of diesel derived CO2 to the air. Do I become a BSL Self-Supplier as I will be processing my own wood fuel and using waste wood? According to the Questions & Answers I would be a Producer-Trader. But I won't be selling. I'll have to prove sustainability, CO2 emissions, submit quarterly reports ..... and the government is trying to promote renewable energy? Unless I am completely misunderstanding something here it seems to be complete and utter red tape bollocks.