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Looks like I have scored a regular supply of logs for my boiler. Its pine so no good for the stoves but perfect for the boiler as it gasifies all the resins. It's from a neighbour who manages some woodland a couple of valleys away. He will bring it back on a trailer on his way back home so in terms of transport, almost sod all carbon footprint. He reckons each trailer load would be equivalent to about 2 IBC cages worth of split logs, but we will judge that when he delivers the first load. I should be able to cover about 80% of my biomass boiler requirements this way. He will give me a final cost once we know we know how much timber is on a trailer but looking like around £60 an IBC worth. I will cut and split it, the boiler takes Eurolog lengths, 500mm long so easy to stack and quicker to load the boiler. My splitter has just about a 500mm throat so will probably cut the logs 450mm long to make sure.
It will probably be a bit damp for this coming winter but that's fine. I have a moisture meter and if its still damp I can continue to use pellets, I'll still be working so not able to load the boiler up every morning so its the year after I'm mainly interested in. I'll have to work out how to make sure its BSL registered for RHI, this probably means myself or my neighbour registering to become a self supplier which costs a couple of hundred quid, I think.
It will probably be a bit damp for this coming winter but that's fine. I have a moisture meter and if its still damp I can continue to use pellets, I'll still be working so not able to load the boiler up every morning so its the year after I'm mainly interested in. I'll have to work out how to make sure its BSL registered for RHI, this probably means myself or my neighbour registering to become a self supplier which costs a couple of hundred quid, I think.
That sounds great. Bet you are pleased!
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if it works out it will save me quite a lot and keep me fit
I am so lucky to get free wood.
Even in a well insulated house I use a lot.
This lasts about 10 days with the AGA running the other end of the house.
I have to make 2 or 3 cuts per length.
Mix of soft and hard woods bone dry.
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Unless you are a Big player there is very low return on fuel.
People forget there is a cost for in the ground petrol / diesel, the smaller interdependent has to pay COD so you have a large amount of cash sat in the ground, then the card Co. want their cut.
Then fire officer, Tank tests, Weights and measures, pump replacement, some may not cost in short term but you fail a Tank test.
Did it for years! you have to be high volume to make it pay, the chocks and crisps are a bigger margin.
We had load over load payment for fuel, the rep hated it s always offering 0.1p or some small incentive to go COD worked it out once not worth the 0.** the interest on the money was a 3/4 year payback then we were loosing + the amount we had to borrow would have risen as well.
Dont see how anyone can not increase prices at present with steel, wood, board, cladding, gas, electric, +++ going up, not taking that into consideration is the way to insolvency unless you are on a very high margin previously.
There are few local petrol stations left
People forget there is a cost for in the ground petrol / diesel, the smaller interdependent has to pay COD so you have a large amount of cash sat in the ground, then the card Co. want their cut.
Then fire officer, Tank tests, Weights and measures, pump replacement, some may not cost in short term but you fail a Tank test.
Did it for years! you have to be high volume to make it pay, the chocks and crisps are a bigger margin.
We had load over load payment for fuel, the rep hated it s always offering 0.1p or some small incentive to go COD worked it out once not worth the 0.** the interest on the money was a 3/4 year payback then we were loosing + the amount we had to borrow would have risen as well.
Dont see how anyone can not increase prices at present with steel, wood, board, cladding, gas, electric, +++ going up, not taking that into consideration is the way to insolvency unless you are on a very high margin previously.
There are few local petrol stations left
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Are you sure that table's strong enough for all that wood?
I like the foot pedal on the chopsaw.
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I wish
It only weighs 800kgAre you sure that table's strong enough for all that wood?
I like the foot pedal on the chopsaw.
My welding table usually.
The problem with the chopsaw is there is no little button to lock the trigger. Gets very painful. Cable tied the trigger and use the foot switch. It's great.
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till your half a sleep and your fingers are in it!
If you look I have an extension pole on the handle. Treat it with the utmost respect!
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Or an asteroid caves your head in, when you're not looking
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I was merely pointing out a potential of which I am sure you are aware. But as your on buisness premissis, should the unfortunate happen to someone other than you, I suspect one of Parms collegues may insert one of those bits of wood into your rectum metaphorically speaking!
You would probably prefer the random asteroid option.
Only done on weekends when no staff present. And outside as well. Too much mess otherwise.
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Sadly though he is right.
Elf and safety is rife these days. Common sense vanished a long time ago.
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One could argue that with the onset of vastly improved Elf and Safety has aided the reduction in common sense. As many seem to think its someone else's role to look after them and tell them what do, do so they dont get hurt.
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A lot of folk would be hard pushed to even find the box, ne'er mind think outside it.
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