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Everything posted by briquette_seller
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Just bought a Ford Ranger super cab, as going to put a tipping body on that for the loose deliveries, and a crane on the trailer for the bulk bags. Always good to hear peoples opinions
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What would you suggest then instead of towing a trailer?
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Tacho exempt, using a "dual purpose vehicle" to tow the trailer.
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Looking to fit a crane in a 10x5 Ifor Williams trailer to unload bulk bags of firewood. Anyone done this, pros/cons?
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Is it possible to place the bundle on a pallet? Just a thought, saves carrying the pieces over to the log boiler.
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Where in the world are you?
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Riko have a very nice vertical 1.2m splitter, looks the business. I think its a Uniforest. That's my next purchase, if Santa doesn't deliver.....
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I have approx 100 tones of Spruce round wood available, felled approx 4 years ago, located in Angus, Scotland. Open to sensible offers
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Do you know how many kws you will be producing, and from what size of boiler? I looked into this years ago.
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I use an air line and blow air at the chain when its getting sharpened. Stops bluing and also keeps the grinder clean at the same time. The grinder can be a fiddle to get set right, but I wouldn't do without it. I have had a lot of guys slag it off, and most have admitted it makes a better job than them.
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Any body use/own this chipper, or similar, any good? JENZ HEM 582 D Q
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Question regarding vented bags indoors
briquette_seller replied to Ricsydney's topic in Firewood forum
Vented, without a doubt -
I put everything in log boxes to dry, takes about 3 months this way. Will take longer to dry and a heap, wouldn't take any longer than 6 months
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Larch is good stuff, when dry. Very quick and easy to process. I sell about 300 tonnes a season, and never have any complaints. Cutting and splitting Pine is a dream, like a hot knife through butter, very heavy though, doesn't really dry in the round, needs to be cut and split before it drys. Bought 150 tonnes of Pine 18 months ago, still as wet as the day it came through the door.
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Wood chip drying and business
briquette_seller replied to Tomatin Firewood's topic in Firewood forum
I could hire you a chipper. 2 hours down the road, deal to be done. -
You should look up weidemann loaders. Brilliant machines
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Stihl MS660
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Depends if you apply for a building warrant. They usually want floor vents, that can be a pain. Fitting the stove with double insulated flue ain't too hard really.
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5 within 20 miles, holly crap. Doubt they'll last, can do damage between times though
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Fair point, but does depend on the installation. E.g. If you use a 40 yard hook lift skip with a drying floor, chip straight into the skip, dry it, then deliver straight to the customer, the chance of contamination is low to nil. Chip on top of mud, scoop the chips off the mud onto the floor in a shed installation, and drive over the floor with muddy tyres, then contamination will be an issue, but surely this is plain and simple bad practice?
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It depends really, what is the main purpose of drying the wood chip? To reprocess into pellets or briquettes? Or simply to produce dry chip? If you just want dry chip with an "average" moisture content, I would say a biomass boiler and a drying floor is the best. If you want a constant moisture content, sub 15%, I would say a rotary drum drier was the best. I run a rotary drum drier, to get down to 6% moisture, to produce briquettes. This gives me a consistent 6%, and this is what I need. A drying floor will give you an average of say 20%, with the chip at the bottom being 15% and the stuff at the top being 25%, which is perfectly acceptable when selling dry chip.
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Drying isn't that expensive, about £9 a tonne using the right machine.
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Does the chipper have a screen in it? Can it produce consistent G30 and G50 chip, or is it more for volume reduction?
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Does anyone use a log bundler? How do you move/handle the bundles once you have tipped them out of the bundler?
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Opinions on the Duun VM420 firewood prossesor
briquette_seller replied to ksl's topic in Firewood forum
Hakki Pilke 1x50, looks the business. 30 tonne splitter. Dunno the price, but iam guessing it will hurt.....
