Lord Ferguson Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Finally.. and having enlisted the help of my son (how bloody old and useless does that make me feel)... I have uploaded the DVD I was given for the composting machine... If you've got 17 minutes or so spare.. take a look at this machine... looks very impressive to me... I'm evaluating this machine with a view to starting my long term dream of composting (in windrows and not closed vessel)... anyway..... have a look and ask any questions you like... Part one... Part two is still 'processing' whatever that means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 video 2 now almost finished so it says.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuarty C Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 she look the bizz marky and alot of fun you have the added bonus that you could dispose of a few ford fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 :D - and maybe lure the odd JD fan as well with that colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Pwwwtt Thought I'd better take a look but sue enough I got bored Lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuarty C Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 :D whats the hp requirement, would Hattie handle it or do you get to upgrade yet again think weve found the first victim marky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 :D whats the hp requirement, would Hattie handle it or do you get to upgrade yet again think weve found the first victim marky plenty of power in Hattie... thankfully... otherwise I couldn't even consider it \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeredriver Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Wow good job you tube doesn't have smell a vision It looks like a tidy machine and its from Cheshire I bet its not cheap though ehh. at first i thought the augers looked like they were a bit thin and would wear pretty fast but after seeing it grind up the logs and all the wood i think i changed my opinion on that . It does a really good job of mixing and grinding it altogether Thx for showing us Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 no probs.. its made in Italy... and you have to specify the size of the flights on the augers depending on your application.. As for price... more than I paid for my house :D - will have to be a finance jobbie if I go ahead with it that's for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 do you think you would get alot of work with it then mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Havn't watched the footage yet Mark but I just read an article in AME magazine about my old employer, Agrivert. Big into static site composting and spreading across Oxon, Herts and others. If you're going into spreading. . . . . . erm. . . . . What are house prices like up your way. . . . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM190 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Cor Blimey Marky! That things lethal!!!! :o Whats your idea then. Get people to bring there stuff to you and mix it in your yard or to drive around with it to there yard? Definitely interesting that's for sure, well to me anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Mark. . . Actually I'll pm you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Impressive looking machine in the video Mark....not too impressed with your choice of background music though ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 :D - music not chosen by me.. honest Gov... In short... my plans are this... I have access to a good 50-75t per week of fruit & veg waste including fruit and root veg... also a small qty of green waste weekly (just a few tonnes per week at the present time).. I have an outlet for all my F & V waste at the moment so to 'divert' from this waste stream and into a composting system is simple and can be 'adjusted' to suit the green waste input. PROVIDED you are composting wood, green waste, paper, cardboard and Fruit & Vegetable waste ONLY... then you can trade under an exemption to the DEFRA rules which means you can compost in windrows as apose to an 'in-vessel' method which has to be deployed in all other composting involving food wastes. We would charge to collect greenwaste from the local area (trade and Public)... as well as open a reception centre for taking in gren waste deliveries too. I have a local farmer who wants to use his land.. so things are looking promising at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuarty C Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 go for it marky! only live once ehh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Good on Marky, this time next year your be miwwonairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 there's one being pulled between the bath / tetbury / stroud area mark , & working well by all accounts , hauled by a fastrac, & visits all the local schools & playing fields & municipal parks where ever the council have contracted the workout to , to collect tree thinnings , grass cuttings etc looked a fair bit of kit , but it looked pretty battlescarred , it may well chomp tree limbs,logs & pallets , but id try to avoid them if at all poss, what ever the the one i followed had been fed certainly didnt agree with it , well not going by the ammount of bulges dents & metal patches welded to it so if you get to buy one of these at an astranomical price & it doesn't quite work out ,you'll soon be the proud owner of a 4 berth caravan & a house reposession order :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 thanks for the advice Marcus... As for the last comment... I think that's almost certainly true... which make me think that I shouldn't be doing it really \ :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Pallet waste isn't a problem, nails don't compost so I shouldn't you'll be worrying too much about taking on pallets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Pallet waste isn't a problem, nails don't compost so I shouldn't you'll be worrying too much about taking on pallets I was thinking the same tris, Whay use this machine to compost mark, why not strat of the old school way, pile and turn to get the ball rolling then buy this when you get into the market proper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 blimey i doubt that thing would stop for much once its going, pallets even telegraph poles are mince meat for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted September 21, 2009 Author Share Posted September 21, 2009 The machine has a powerful magnet on the unloading spout to remove nails. This machine mixes and blends the product Nick.. then you output it to windrows and let nature do it's stuff... with a little turning once a week. blimey i doubt that thing would stop for much once its going, pallets even telegraph poles are mince meat for that wood up to 180mm evidently... after that it's good for logs anyway... so I'll sell them to Trissy :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 So once it has churned it out will you bag it and sell straight away or will you be looking at a small site to be able to windrow it? I like what you're doing, top Marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I myself am trying to start a new busness up, hence my questions/negitivity can you start out with a wood chipper and a mixer wagonand chipp it in to the wagon and start off like that till your established and have a flow of customers? Hvae you got any space to lay the mounds out, i understand they need a fair bit of space, and how do you turn the compost? most around here have huge turning machines that straddle the rows I know that all sounds negative but im intersted on a serious note, its a bloody good idea but a very costly one if it goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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