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  1. SbTVF
    Drag it off the back of our, new to us last week, Nissan cabstar currently. We have a manual crane lift thing to fit to the back this week. Not bothering with an electric hydraulic just yet, for cost and load capacity loss. Start simple and see how we go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    £5 Deposit on the bags, that covers the cost. £2.50 for barrow bags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I get about 400 10" long 2-6" wide logs in a 1m3 bag filled properly like this - Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Doing about 10-15 cube at the moment which is fine as we're trying to get our upgraded kiln built. Not doing any advertising at all either, all via word of mouth and from stove installers. Once the kiln is done I want to be at least double I would think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Buy one and sell it you'll probably not lose anything on it if you can wait to sell it till next summer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    On top of it's think yeah. Get so used to talking about prices -vat I can never recall which ones had it on! Only came from 6 miles down the road. Last lot came from even closer but not sure what we paid for that. Maybe £56p/t. Wasn't sorted though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    We have a few stacks around our place all with varying levels of exposure to the elements. stacked at the highest part of our land on big bearers with extra depth dug out between them, with the end of a logs facing the prevailing wind we can get softwood down to 20% moisture ready for the chipper within 8months. Always drys better if harvested by a machine, the feed roller punctures let the moisture out for certain and even better if the bark has fallen off too. Never had hardwood down below 25% at the time of processing yet, even stacked in the exposed spot. I prefer sycamore or beech from a big tree to burn in my own stove. Or Hawthorne, my favourite for long burns! I could absolutely do without ever having oak, very rarely feel like it burns properly on my stove. Could just be the stove though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Last load I paid £57 delivered for 8-16" sorted hardwood. Mostly ash and sycamore. Mixed size stuff a little less. We feel paying a little more per ton for sorted timber works out cheaper than ending up with half a load of 6" and down which takes far longer to process on the tajfun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Yeah as long as it's dry it burns well and hot, leaves a load of ash in my experience though. Takes for ever to dry naturally though! Most customers wouldn't be able to tell one wood species from another anyway but I'd only include it in mixed hard/soft bags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Chip for our chip boiler costs about 2p per kWh we reckon if we chip it ourselves. But that's only cos we bought the chipper for £800 initially. Also includes a sharpen of the irons at £35 a time. So it won't last if we put 100t a year through it. Even buying it in its costing us about 4p per kWh. If you've got an efficient log burner and buy in big enough bulk I don't see why you couldn't save money but most people aren't interested in that. I'd say 90% of customers just have it for effect and the enjoyment of it. It's not a money saver. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    They're not kiln dried but a friend I met at uni who is visiting his home country of Poland just posted this picture! That's a lot of timber! Wonder where it's all off to!? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Do you sell the willow in with all your other hardwood? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    If they have any kind of decent customer service, call them and they should replace it for you I would hope. If they won't you don't want to be buying from people who would leave you with crap product anyway. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Completely agree, all the arb lads round here are selling 'seasoned' timber and all customers are getting is soggy rubbish that won't burn! No wonder people want the guarantee of dry wood kilning can give them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Frank Mattocks kindling over in Cumbria. Top bloke, top product. Do a search on Facebook for his page. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    As long as you're running it at the correct PTO speed there should no issue. Its running a pump not a power Harrow gearbox or similar so power should be an issue. Especially if it's got an emergency cut off button like the Tajfun does. Fancy trying it on the old TEF20 ourely out of curiosity mind! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    We use our 400joy on a 6400 or 6800 Deere. Absolutely nothing slows it down! The splitter ram has already returned before you can pull the saw back down its that quick. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    What capacity and reach is the merlo? Is it hydrostatic or geared? Our neighbours is a great machine. Rated at 3.1t lift but easy lifted a 3.8t concrete panel. Crap in soft going, but good visibility, reach and lift capacity for its size. You'll need atleast a 6m reach to fill a walking floor wagon I think. Local contractors jcb 310s articulated Jobby struggled quite a lot. Think that has 5.8m reach. Definitely want a big old bucket or you'll be there all day too. 3m3 one does a grain wagon in 18trips usually. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    We're currently running 17" Oregon pro lite bars on our Tajfun 400. Probably adapt it to fit 18" sugi hara or similar in future as the 17" isn't very easy to get hold of. Running Oregon multi-cut full chisel chain, I think it's 64 links of 3/8" 0.058" kerf. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Can't glen farrow tell you the consumption? Surely they must be able to project how much it'll use? Our chip boiler is running within a few ton a year of what the supplier calculated when running at capacity. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I blame the mindset of the general public personally. If they had the brains to order ahead and store their wood, rather than calling up asking for wood immediately because they are 'desperate'. There wouldn't even be the kiln dried/fully seasoned market in the first place. I'd far rather just process straight into the trailer and have the customer store it rather than messing about with bags and crates. Aside from that, we sell at a sensible but affordable price, and the business stands up alone without the RHI which really only covers the drying costs, which are really quite small. About as much as one load of timber a year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Great idea for the off cuts the Tajfun clamp won't hold at the end. They'd fit perfect in dads big inset stove!! [emoji851] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Try gilbertsons and daughters over Hexham way. They're timber hauliers but will have lots of contacts I'm sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    In the round or already split? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  25. SbTVF
    We did it to start with but it didn't suit our set up, we didn't have the suitable storage for a days worth of processing at the time and we ended up with too much getting soaking wet. We've got better storage now but it's still better having our own and being able to do a couple of hours/an afternoon here or there when we have time. We probably don't make full use of the processors output currently but it's a long term investment anyway after all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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