Mobile wood shaving producing service

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Loftyrules

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Would people be interested if someone was to offer a shaving producing service, turning up to your yard, supplying the wood and making shavings? Either putting them into bulk bags or straight onto a dry floor?

Thoughts or things you'd want to have to make this work much appreciated
 
We looked at the Tonka mini shavings machine. Haven't got the money to outlay but really liked the idea. We back on to (and rent part of ) a wood and have loads of fallen trees so would have been ideal.
My neighbour has a Percheron and I was trying to encourage him to train horse to pull the trees from the wood - he would prefer to use his tractor!

If I was in the market I'd want to know how fine the shavings come out, want to check they are dust free. Do you need to take the bark from the trees, what trees are suitable, do you chop them too and what is the cost?
 
Would also be worth considering bark clippings (don't know if it does this) for gardens, paths etc.

So place would provide wood and you would chip? Definitely think it has some mileage in it. Is the machine easily transported?
 
Thanks that's a good idea.

I could also provide the wood as I have a supply of softwood. Machine is compact and light enough to go on a trailer and be towed to the locations. Moving the dumpy bags of shavings is my next issue
 
Thanks that's a good idea.

I could also provide the wood as I have a supply of softwood. Machine is compact and light enough to go on a trailer and be towed to the locations. Moving the dumpy bags of shavings is my next issue
 
Good idea, but would they not be quiet wet? if the moisture content was high I'd be a bit concerned that they would rot in the bag or produce mold spores, or would you be using dried softwood, would that splinter?
 
Leaf said:
Good idea, but would they not be quiet wet? if the moisture content was high I'd be a bit concerned that they would rot in the bag or produce mold spores, or would you be using dried softwood, would that splinter?
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thats what i was thinking. The yard next to ours runs a wood chipping business too and they always look very wet, not suitable for horse bedding.

How would you guarantee that the wood being used was suitable and the shavings would last?
 
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Paint Me Proud said:
thats what i was thinking. The yard next to ours runs a wood chipping business too and they always look very wet, not suitable for horse bedding.

How would you guarantee that the wood being used was suitable and the shavings would last?
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Both very good points, I would need to find out the optimum moisture % for the wood, it's certaunly not as simple as it first looked.
 
Am I right in thinking that hard woods are not suitable for use as bedding, so no point n using up your fallen oaks or beech trees? (I'm sure someone will come along shortly to tell me I'm mistaken!? .... Or not ..... !!)
 
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