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Manual swing lift for £150 off eBay. Cheapest way you'll do it and easy unloading at the other end. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If it's 10% on the outside and 30% inside its probably averaging less than 20% across the whole log anyway. So of course it burns well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks eddie, I guess that about covers it all! Spot on! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As the title says, are there any alternative ways to piping up a 2nd auxiliary line on the tb175 for a rotator? I've heard mention of putting a diverter on the bucket ram, is that feasible? Would certainly give me proportional control of it rather than just the remaining buttons on the joystick to connect to potentially. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In most cases it's a floating raised floor for drying grain on so hot air will rise out of holes through it, through the piles of logs. None of the air will be recirculated and therefore is wasted. The efficient way to dry logs is by recirculating air until it has reached peak air humidity and then exhausting it as air can only pick up so much moisture from something if it only passes by it once. They probably end up with patches of inconsistently dry logs too, instead of full batches of logs all dried to the same moisture content like they should be when done properly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok fair enough, I get you. You're only talking 2-4pence per kWh difference off the big systems. We're on 8p with our 150kw boiler. Even on lower payments, economies of scale kicks in for sure when you're talking 500kw plus. Temperature is important for getting it under 20% moisture. Ash and oak in particular are a pain to dry to the core without a lot of heat in my experience. Though too much and they can case harden! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My dads physio says the same. If you can manage without, do it. You'll be stronger in the long term as long as you stretch properly. You become dependant on them otherwise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not true. There are broiler producers around here with 1MW boilers heating their chicken houses raking in 100k in RHI payments. The boilers are very expensive and they have to buy equal capacity oil/gas boilers as a backup system in most cases. Our nearby farm on this is using 1000+ ton of softwood a year! Also no way is a false floor drying system More efficient for drying logs than a proper kiln. You'll never get the temperature required to kill off the bugs etc that is part of the aim of kilning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why always miles away from us !!!?!?? [emoji853] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh right. How do I get hold of them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's from Rotatech. I can't imagine they make many to be honest hence the price. Special order type thing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Must be on a 3-400kw boiler or similar for that amount? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry for the slow post in my findings but I've finally got round to giving both narrow Kerf chains a good try and was able to compare them to full chisel standard kerf on our 550xp. All fresh out the box it was easy to see a difference over the standard kerf chain straightaway, even with the old style narrow. It absolutely flew through some solid old dead elm and was fantastic in freshly felled sycamore. Particularly for de-limbing. I can't say in my less experienced hands I could feel any huge discernible differences between the two narrow kerfs but time will tell as to which product I buy in the future with regards to overall longevity, ease of sharpening and so on. The sugi hara bar is also excellent! I appreciate the opportunity to try it out Rob. Thank you very much. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They need to last 5 times longer then! I'll get a solid Sugi-hara if we find it wears too quickly. I plan on maintaining it as well as I can either way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do the cannon bars last significantly longer? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

20t so far. Should have been a lot more but I've been too busy with land work and harvest to get any more done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh right. Not had any issue with the standard bar yet. Seems absolutely fine to us. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Only got the standard pro-lite 17" bar on ours. Why'd you go to a 18" like? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How much do you want for the chains? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You say in your post that the conditions for entry into the hat are that they have to 'share' 'like' and 'tag a friend' or similar to qualify. It's a very very cheap and easy way to trace your demographic too! Especially if you do a 'boosted' post, Facebook will give you lots of information on the age and locations of the people who interact with your post. Or if you know your market well you can target your post to a specific area, age range, their interests, their sex even! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's a fault of unscrupulous people who can't help but take advantage of the loopholes in the policy or try to work their way round the wording of the rules to work it in their favour. The rules are pretty sensible and simple but there are always those who take the piss because they have the audacity to get away with it. There's chicken producers throughout the country leaving the doors open during turnaround to generate more RHI when they should be turning the heat off. Unless a government inspector turns up and sees it they'll never get found out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Any contacts for the guy, can't seem to find a website or details for them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You're completely missing my point. I have no issue with CHP or biomass in general, I'm taking about using the heat generated as a side product being used in a totally inefficient way because it's not their objective. We have a biomass installation because we want just the heat and we use it as efficiently as possible, including for drying firewood in a properly designed insulated chamber/kiln. Our boiler went in for heating our livestock sheds and saving electricity. We save more in electric&gas that we get in RHI so the logs are just as side line. Anyone blasting air into a hangar or shed to 'dry' logs, should have their RHI payments removed imho. (Grain drying floors excluded) There are a few people I've heard of drying green waste with and to burn in their CHP systems, after already being paid to take it from the council, who are then being paid RHI. Now that's just burning wood for the sake of burning wood and is completely immoral. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was referring to their method of drying logs. Blasting hot air into a hangar without any recirculation or humidity control is a massive waste. It could be put to much better use for very little expense. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I find it weird they have such a 'professional' looking site and business yet have zero reviews on their products? They must be paying absolutely sod all for their round wood to charge those prices though. All the faffing around of processing, bagging and storing really adds up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk