briquette_seller

Intresting.

 

Was warned that it would put nasty loads on the linkages and be unstable. We only have a 55hp compact so not very heavy. As you say would be a nice stepping stone if it worked.

Depends how rough the operator is I guess.

Never had any problems.

If you have a forklift, get an adaptor to adapt your forklift to take a 3 point linkage, and fit it on that.

Forklifts have good pumps.

Adaptors on ebay, fyi

definitely want to cut product and not whole tree it?

What do you have?

Has to be cut.

I had a 3 point linkage on the tractor, while I saved up for the trailer.

It worked well, far from useless

Has anyone fed billets through a bilke processor.?seems the ideal way to cut them ...or do you get a load of kindling?

Bilke split everything, so you would have to billet really chunky, to allow for this.

You will get lots of small kindling bits, so you will have to screen this out.

The logs wont be the tidiest looking, compared to processor stuff, but I do see it working well.

Alot cheaper than an automatic saw

What type of bundler do you have? Or is it a home engineered job?

I bought a Uniforest.

Does what it says on the tin really

Anybody?

How do you sell your logs.

 

A, Hardwood and Softwood separated.

 

B, As A but lower grade hardwood separated and sold at a lower price.

 

C, Mixed wood.

 

A

Whats lower grade hardwood?

Wet, rotten, dazed?

Anyone got an 8 tonner or similar with a head for first thinnings in North East Scotland?

Britain on benefits

That's some beautiful looking wood

And no rhi!

Doesn't bother me.

How much roughly do you air dry?

Everything, all my logs

Sorry, massive firewood cubic meterage output.

 

I assumed you had a kiln as I guessed you processed 2-3000 cu m of firewood annually. Had no idea you air dried that amount?

No kiln, all air dried.

I know what you mean - perhaps it is just so much easier and more efficient to kiln dry, as you are dealing with such small amounts of timber at any one time and can have a massive meterage output on a very small footprint?

What's a massive meterage output?

Air drying is ideal for those that have the space, capital to invest in containerisation, undercover storage, stocks of roundwood and associated processing costs.

 

The kiln dryers can instantly react to demand with little yard/storage space and minimal capital.

 

Enviromentally not great, but how many profitable businesses are.

So you invest 50k in a kiln, maybe less maybe more?

Well for that, you could easily rent more yard/roof space, buy a fair old heap of cord wood and buy enough "containers" to store all your wood and probably still spare cash

Cost of cash tied up in stock drying, ability to react to demand, yard space taken up, ability to charge a premium for kiln dried. If none of these are a concern ( and they could genuinely well not be) then no need to kiln dry.

Just seems, to me, madness to burn wood to dry wood for burning?

I don't see the sustainability?

whats wrong with air drying?

.....

Never seen Larch at 65%

 

Pressure and Flow appear excellent (for a 7-8t) so if correct you could definately enjoy productive processing even with the larger Nisula 500; I bang on about them becuase they are light and no more expensive than Keto.

 

Compact Excavators Zerotail > 6 t | 75Z3 | Wacker Neuson

 

The Neuson is a good machine, plenty power, and fast with that flow.

 

Thanks for all the info/guidance

at what pressure?

 

Working pressure is 260 bar

But can you not see the problem in that video. The stand has been thinned in the past and is now being clear felled with the 8 tonne. The problem would be the previous thinning to get to that stand an 8 tonne excavator would be just to big and clumsy.

*13 tonner, not 8

Deffo speak to FMS and/or Richard Court; 8 tonner will just run a Keto 100 but if you're wanting that new head, the Nisula picks up where the Arbro/Dinoma never qualified. The weight and oil flow requirements of the Nisula should be spot on; runs really sweet on this 13t.

 

 

PS your oil flow specs will be at pump, not at the end of the stick; good idea to get em measured.

Meant to be running @ 209 litres per minute

If a customer/client asks "what would you like for lunch?"

Is it wrong to reply:

 

"Twa mince pees, a plen ane an an ingin ane an a"

Aye da ken if aye speld it wright?