I'm a new subscriber and am loving the content. You are a hard working and dedicated fellow and deserve all the success in the world. Good luck to you.
watchingn you from like ep 60. really aprecciate the effort to put this videos for us, for me i dont mind at all this more talk videos, we learn so much from this type of content from business owner describing their work, keep up the good work. From Portugal
Nice one archie you have got plenty off bank in yard nice one getting that drop sorted out and thanks for the mention you will do well because your not full of shit you get it done thanks buddy keep up the good work when you get time give me a bell 👍
Wild idea exhaust the air from a kiln 5 days into drying through the second kiln…..then after 5 days the second kiln becomes the primary kiln and you exhaust its air through the freshly filled kiln one. Very wet logs would get up to temperature and probably even start to dry even with the humid air… might save you a day or so and increase the regularity?
we did exactly this on the 2 timber kilns at a sawmill i used to work at......once we were on the final drying on one kiln and had gone to once thru/non reticulation the exhaust air was fed into the second kiln to preheat it and begin drying it in a slower more gentle manner.....this was saw timber kiln so the drying was done a a lot more slowly to stop it checking but the theory would work perfectly on a firewood kiln as well.
As a new subscriber i'm finding it very helpful listening to your thoughts on how you run your business and the high standard you produce your products to. Having spent 5 years doing firewood as a bolt on to the main business I've just invested in a new processor and deck at apf and now ramping up production. Having not seen all your videos yet, do you process straight into your bulk bags for seasoning or are you part seasoning in ibcs then transferring to bulk bags through the log cleaner ? Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer 👍
Nice! Well done! Thank you for your kind words, seasoned bulk bags we process part seasoned cordwood straight into the bag. The cages are mainly for the kiln. 👍🏼
Hi Archie, thank you for another great video. Have you considered staggering the two kilns such that you begin one, and then four or five days later you begin the second kiln. This way, you may have a finished batch of kiln dried logs every six or seven days. What are your thoughts on that idea? Keep up the great work!
I've been watching your videos pretty much from the beginning. It was your kiln that got my interest. I spread the word in the USA wood hound community. Ofcourse, your "touchless firewood" production is unmatchable from a "one man show" perspective, and your USA audience at that time was "behind the times" and insisted processing firewood the old way. Your business has grown, and now Back40 Firewood (Dan) has taken interest in your kindling production. Congratulations and best wishes.
Instead of running both kilns together have you thought about staggering them, so when ones 75% finished start trickling heat into the second to start getting the high levels of moisture out of the timber
It's very interesting watching your videos. DPF just keep an eye on your engine oil as I had the dpf light keep coming on my dmax and the injector had gone which was put fuel into the engine. Hope it not this. One day I will make a firewood kiln like yours.😊
Great video,, your business paln is 100% correct.... you have already proved that,,,, buying in product is not a wise thing,,,,, by the way do you get your cages with the ibc containers already removed,,,,, wishing you a mad busy season
That’s! Some of the high labour products we sometimes buy in if we get behind. Like the kindling or log nets but I don’t think I would ever sell the machine so I can do it myself. Regarding ibcs… some and some I can get lorry loads of just cages but sometimes I can get them with the plastic in from local farmers for next to nothing
I have the same issue always trying to get ahead with slabs air drying so it spends less time in the kiln, I am getting the slabs down to 8% though much less than firewood. If I let the slabs air dry for 3 months it only take a week in the kiln instead of 3 weeks with green slabs.
@ average log moisture is around 13%. Middle being 20% and outside 6% or below (tester only goes down to 6) so add the 2 together and divide by 2. A lot of companies will aim for a 20% average moisture of the log 😬👍🏼
Re the two kilns, why don’t you fill the other one whilst the first is cooking, and switch the heat over when it is dry. Maximise the use of the burner
Nice to catch up - but a repeat at 24:50 of the earlier section at 6:10 ... I would love you to do a little piece on how you do the editing. How do you 'label' the segments? What's your system? What software do you use? You've already shared a little bit about the camera hardware you use, which is interesting. I love the drone shots, the camera-follow thing, the time lapse and your voice-overs. Love from Compost John in York, currently chopping up, splitting and stacking Eucalyptus from a client's garden. I get paid to take it away!! lol
reference the auto regen, you should still be able to drive the grafter while it is on a auto regen, i used to drive my Volvo A30 articulated dump truck while it was regennning, bear in mind that the volvo dump truck is approx 18 tons empty with a "official payload" of 30 tons ,but as most are loaded until it falls off the side this can be up to 40 tons of load depending on what you are hauling,even with 30+ tons of rock it still regenned while being driven, i would definately investigate as why you were given the impression you couldnt drive the grafter during a regen program, seems a like a bit of bad advice in my experience, Keep them coming Archie & woody :)
We have a fleet of Isuzu 3.5T trucks, you don't need to pull over for it to regen, just don't turn the engine off and drive as normal. It'll complete the regen without issue.
Great video my friend.. are you renting or do you own that property? Is there room for more concrete? Also wholesale customers pay less but the cheque is much bigger.. don't know all the details but if they don't effect your ability to expand your door to door then keep it going as long as you can.. cause once they are gone it will be difficult to get them back
hey brother, hear me out...i hope this idea is good and will speed things up for you... on green machine (lol aka the hulk) what if u ran that wood that comes out, up a different conveyor, into the palax final sorta ( sorry dont know the names that good) and from the final sorta it runs up your current conveyor that you have on the hulk into totes? so basically it would be set up in a big U formation inside your shop? alot less handling...if you can decipher this lol i feel it would be a killer set up, even more so then the current one
not saying ur current set up stinks by any means....but u have that palax final sorta...use it in a way that would more automate the process further :)
Yes I have thought about this. I would like to use the roller cleaner more but I also don’t want it to be a pain when I need to clean/bag kiln dried logs. I thought about putting the finger cleaner directly on the roller cleaner then using the convayor off the roller cleaner to give me more length off the factory
@oakfarmfirewood oh so even if you ran it through the roller cleaner coming off the splitter 200 it wouldn't be clean enough to just kiln dry it? At that point it should be separated out just like when u pull it out of the kiln to run through the roller cleaner...I could be missing something though lol I'm old....but hey hopefully I didn't wake u up...I just realized it's 8pm here lol I thought i was onto something 😂🤷
Getting some wood in. That DPF is getting tiresome. I've got one on my kubota tractor. Always wants to regenerate at the most inopportune time. I would really do some careful analysis of the numbers before dropping wholesale and replacing it with increased domestic sales. Make sure the "extra" money earned isn't being completely consumed by the extra costs associated with domestic deliveries. Bags, fuel, maintainence, and most importantly, time. Does it mean adding an employee and vehicle to keep up with the increased deliveries? Business things to consider. Too many people do "uber" math and ignore the hidden costs of doing business. You seem to have a proper grasp of those costs but well worth a real look.
Yes well that is definitely true. Maybe don’t take anymore wholesale on and just keep my current customers. Thanks for the comment it’s definitely something to think about
@oakfarmfirewood the numbers may bear out regarding your current thoughts for planning forward. You have the information to know what those numbers and averages are, I don't. Keep striving for those goals though. Good luck. 👍
Some of the smaller jappo trucks require you to stop some just reduce power when they regen....not a problem if your empty but not a lot of fun when your loaded close to max
I'm a new subscriber and am loving the content. You are a hard working and dedicated fellow and deserve all the success in the world. Good luck to you.
Thank you so much!
I would like to say that I have never seen so much stock in my life. That will keep you busy for some time. Thanks for posting....
Thanks for watching! We are only just getting started 💪🏼
watchingn you from like ep 60. really aprecciate the effort to put this videos for us, for me i dont mind at all this more talk videos, we learn so much from this type of content from business owner describing their work, keep up the good work. From Portugal
Glad you like them! Thanks
Nice one archie you have got plenty off bank in yard nice one getting that drop sorted out and thanks for the mention you will do well because your not full of shit you get it done thanks buddy keep up the good work when you get time give me a bell 👍
Wild idea exhaust the air from a kiln 5 days into drying through the second kiln…..then after 5 days the second kiln becomes the primary kiln and you exhaust its air through the freshly filled kiln one. Very wet logs would get up to temperature and probably even start to dry even with the humid air… might save you a day or so and increase the regularity?
this is a good idea! will need to work out ductwork
we did exactly this on the 2 timber kilns at a sawmill i used to work at......once we were on the final drying on one kiln and had gone to once thru/non reticulation the exhaust air was fed into the second kiln to preheat it and begin drying it in a slower more gentle manner.....this was saw timber kiln so the drying was done a a lot more slowly to stop it checking but the theory would work perfectly on a firewood kiln as well.
As a new subscriber i'm finding it very helpful listening to your thoughts on how you run your business and the high standard you produce your products to. Having spent 5 years doing firewood as a bolt on to the main business
I've just invested in a new processor and deck at apf and now ramping up production.
Having not seen all your videos yet, do you process straight into your bulk bags for seasoning or are you part seasoning in ibcs then transferring to bulk bags through the log cleaner ? Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer 👍
Nice! Well done! Thank you for your kind words, seasoned bulk bags we process part seasoned cordwood straight into the bag. The cages are mainly for the kiln. 👍🏼
Hi Archie, thank you for another great video. Have you considered staggering the two kilns such that you begin one, and then four or five days later you begin the second kiln. This way, you may have a finished batch of kiln dried logs every six or seven days. What are your thoughts on that idea? Keep up the great work!
Yes I have I’ve done it before. I’m going to get the ramp sorted and start using it again
Nice video citing where you've come from, what you are doing now, and where you want to be 👍
Agree, great little business chat! Enjoyed that.
Once you have no debt you will be crushing it, keep up the hard work!
That's the plan!
The picture quality on the drone is brilliant
I've been watching your videos pretty much from the beginning.
It was your kiln that got my interest. I spread the word in the USA wood hound community.
Ofcourse, your "touchless firewood" production is unmatchable from a "one man show" perspective, and your USA audience at that time was "behind the times" and insisted processing firewood the old way.
Your business has grown, and now Back40 Firewood (Dan) has taken interest in your kindling production.
Congratulations and best wishes.
I appreciate that!
Hey, great video.🎉 Is there already a plan for the concrete surface and a permanent place for the small processor? Greetings from Germany!
There will be yes
Instead of running both kilns together have you thought about staggering them, so when ones 75% finished start trickling heat into the second to start getting the high levels of moisture out of the timber
Yes I did used to do this. Say on a 8 day cycle on day 4 start the other kiln
It's very interesting watching your videos. DPF just keep an eye on your engine oil as I had the dpf light keep coming on my dmax and the injector had gone which was put fuel into the engine. Hope it not this.
One day I will make a firewood kiln like yours.😊
Great video,, your business paln is 100% correct.... you have already proved that,,,, buying in product is not a wise thing,,,,, by the way do you get your cages with the ibc containers already removed,,,,, wishing you a mad busy season
That’s! Some of the high labour products we sometimes buy in if we get behind. Like the kindling or log nets but I don’t think I would ever sell the machine so I can do it myself.
Regarding ibcs… some and some I can get lorry loads of just cages but sometimes I can get them with the plastic in from local farmers for next to nothing
Our dmax has had regen issues lately but i think that you get the dpf cleaned rather than replacing it
I have the same issue always trying to get ahead with slabs air drying so it spends less time in the kiln, I am getting the slabs down to 8% though much less than firewood. If I let the slabs air dry for 3 months it only take a week in the kiln instead of 3 weeks with green slabs.
Nice! Makes a huge difference then!
@@oakfarmfirewood Im sure you have said many time what do you dry you firewood to? 15% MC or lower?
@ average log moisture is around 13%. Middle being 20% and outside 6% or below (tester only goes down to 6) so add the 2 together and divide by 2. A lot of companies will aim for a 20% average moisture of the log 😬👍🏼
Re the two kilns, why don’t you fill the other one whilst the first is cooking, and switch the heat over when it is dry. Maximise the use of the burner
Yes very true but it’s good to give the burner a good clean every batch or so
Nice to catch up - but a repeat at 24:50 of the earlier section at 6:10 ... I would love you to do a little piece on how you do the editing. How do you 'label' the segments? What's your system? What software do you use? You've already shared a little bit about the camera hardware you use, which is interesting.
I love the drone shots, the camera-follow thing, the time lapse and your voice-overs. Love from Compost John in York, currently chopping up, splitting and stacking Eucalyptus from a client's garden. I get paid to take it away!! lol
Well done for spotting that! That’s what 12.30am editing does to you 🤦🏻♂️
@@oakfarmfirewood It's OK - I imagine editing is quite a difficult thing to organise. I'd love to know a bit more about it.
reference the auto regen, you should still be able to drive the grafter while it is on a auto regen, i used to drive my Volvo A30 articulated dump truck while it was regennning, bear in mind that the volvo dump truck is approx 18 tons empty with a "official payload" of 30 tons ,but as most are loaded until it falls off the side this can be up to 40 tons of load depending on what you are hauling,even with 30+ tons of rock it still regenned while being driven, i would definately investigate as why you were given the impression you couldnt drive the grafter during a regen program, seems a like a bit of bad advice in my experience, Keep them coming Archie & woody :)
I’ll look into it more but I can show what it saids on my dash in the next video
We have a fleet of Isuzu 3.5T trucks, you don't need to pull over for it to regen, just don't turn the engine off and drive as normal. It'll complete the regen without issue.
Mine saids to put into N on the sticker. Will put a video up soon
Keep sharing you site to the Hartley area x
Nice cage setup 👌🏼
Thanks!
Great video my friend.. are you renting or do you own that property? Is there room for more concrete?
Also wholesale customers pay less but the cheque is much bigger.. don't know all the details but if they don't effect your ability to expand your door to door then keep it going as long as you can.. cause once they are gone it will be difficult to get them back
Yes own, this is very true I’ll just have to play it by ear!
Nice looking loads there Archie! Yard has about 4-500 tonnes of logs in stock?
INVENTORY- BETTER THAN CASH IN A BANK ANY DAY 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Probably around 500t with all the oversized yes
There’s one firewood suppliers at my second yard has over 400 full cords if not more. It’s nice to keep adding in more stock to process. Peace
How much does a load of timber cost?
£2000-£2200
Why don't you show more deliveries. ? We are very interested in what your country looks like. From NC.
I will do, providing the customer allows
hey brother, hear me out...i hope this idea is good and will speed things up for you... on green machine (lol aka the hulk) what if u ran that wood that comes out, up a different conveyor, into the palax final sorta ( sorry dont know the names that good) and from the final sorta it runs up your current conveyor that you have on the hulk into totes? so basically it would be set up in a big U formation inside your shop? alot less handling...if you can decipher this lol i feel it would be a killer set up, even more so then the current one
not saying ur current set up stinks by any means....but u have that palax final sorta...use it in a way that would more automate the process further :)
Yes I have thought about this. I would like to use the roller cleaner more but I also don’t want it to be a pain when I need to clean/bag kiln dried logs.
I thought about putting the finger cleaner directly on the roller cleaner then using the convayor off the roller cleaner to give me more length off the factory
@oakfarmfirewood oh so even if you ran it through the roller cleaner coming off the splitter 200 it wouldn't be clean enough to just kiln dry it? At that point it should be separated out just like when u pull it out of the kiln to run through the roller cleaner...I could be missing something though lol I'm old....but hey hopefully I didn't wake u up...I just realized it's 8pm here lol I thought i was onto something 😂🤷
Harvel house, my local butchers, they must have seen my posts lol x
Also try Glovers Farm, Hartley bottom, mention my name x
Getting some wood in. That DPF is getting tiresome. I've got one on my kubota tractor. Always wants to regenerate at the most inopportune time.
I would really do some careful analysis of the numbers before dropping wholesale and replacing it with increased domestic sales. Make sure the "extra" money earned isn't being completely consumed by the extra costs associated with domestic deliveries. Bags, fuel, maintainence, and most importantly, time. Does it mean adding an employee and vehicle to keep up with the increased deliveries? Business things to consider. Too many people do "uber" math and ignore the hidden costs of doing business. You seem to have a proper grasp of those costs but well worth a real look.
Yes well that is definitely true. Maybe don’t take anymore wholesale on and just keep my current customers. Thanks for the comment it’s definitely something to think about
@oakfarmfirewood the numbers may bear out regarding your current thoughts for planning forward. You have the information to know what those numbers and averages are, I don't. Keep striving for those goals though. Good luck. 👍
Love your vids, but have to say the intro is a bit long
My ram Cummins Regens while I drive never seen anyone have to stop an let it regen stoped
Some of the smaller jappo trucks require you to stop some just reduce power when they regen....not a problem if your empty but not a lot of fun when your loaded close to max
Will show what it saids on the dash in next video
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Get the dpf deleted all that emission control garbage is a fix forced regeneration sitting reving a engine to clean the soot particles its a joke