Stickies wood

Really struggling to find processor grade Ash loads for delivery in Northamptonshire. 
can anyone help?

On 03/03/2021 at 22:50, Squaredy said:

Good briquettes are very good fuel, and in my experience sell well.  Doing them properly may well need a six figure investment in machinery, but I know firms who produce them and cannot keep up with demand,

 

By the way, how is your wood so dry when you process it?  Most firewood producers process fresh cut logs and then dry them.  Do you somehow do it the other way round?!  I also have the problem of producing many tons of sawdust (from sawmilling) for which I have no real market.

Sorry for delay, only just seen your message, most of the logs are seasoned for around 2 years before being cut

From what I’ve been reading you get a longer burn from the briquettes as you do from the equivalent weight of a log, so they’re not only good for the environment but meant to be good for overnight maintenance of a log burner fire, economically not sure if it will be worth investing in a machine, but anything ECO will surely have growth in popularity as we move in to a more and more ECO friendly world?

11 hours ago, Squaredy said:

And you will need a method of drying the sawdust before you can make briquettes.  All the research I have done over the years makes it quite clear the feedstock for briquettes must be really dry.

Most machines from the research I’ve done say between 13% and 18%, which is not far off what it is at the point of being sawn, they need some moisture to help with the bonding process when heated and compressed

Lovely, thanks for the response, much appreciated 👍

yes, the reason I’m looking at a briquette machine is at the moment the lovely sawdust waste is just being burned, seems such a waste, probably a couple of bulk bags a day on average, so material costs are zero, just need a reasonably priced machine to get started?!!

There must be someone here surely that knows if it’s possible to rent a kindling machine or a briquette maker?

or, anyone know where reliable used items can be bought at a price that’s reasonable??

Hi all, 

we are just in the process of taking over a log splitting firewood supply business and would like to add the option to offer kindling to customers as well as turning our log processor sawdust in to eco briquettes, but in order to see if these would be worthwhile viable additions we’d like to be able to rent machines first and see if they would be worth it. Can anyone please recommend companies we can rent from (or possibly buy cheap used machines) to help us get up and running?

thanks in advance for your responses.

Hi all, 

we are just in the process of taking over a log splitting firewood supply business and would like to add the option to offer kindling to customers as well as turning our log processor sawdust in to eco briquettes, but in order to see if these would be worthwhile viable additions we’d like to be able to rent machines first and see if they would be worth it. Can anyone please recommend companies we can rent from (or possibly buy cheap used machines) to help us get up and running?

thanks in advance for your responses.