Left: The Tajfun RCA 480
JOY firewood processor
in operation.Left below: Ilmers
demonstrates the joystick
controls used to operate
the Tajfun RCA 480 JOY
firewood processor.The Tajfun processor has
a 25-tonne splitting force
and the end product is
uniformly split logs.is more space to cope with the increasing
demand. We have a Wood-Mizer LT 1 0
sawmill and we can use it to produce either
for our own use or for customers who are
looking to get small runs of wood to be
milled. For the bigger runs, such as the 10 x
5 sleepers we sell, we get Keith Threadgall
Sawmill Services in for a day to mill them
using his Wood-Mizer LT40.”
The log yard has its own weighbridge,
which Richard had installed two years
ago. He said: “With the number of 25-tonne
truckloads of timber coming into the yard,
we soon found out, using the weighbridge,
that most were two to three tonnes light.
Now we pay for what we are delivered.”
Pentland Biomass has become one of
Scotland’s largest suppliers of woodchip
in recent years and has now moved into
firewood production. However, Richard is
happy with the company’s current size and
scale. “When we did the installations we had
a workforce of around 20,” he said. “Now we
are concentrating on the biomass side, this
has reduced to around half that level. I don’t
want the business to get too big and risk
losing the personal touch, which to me is so
important, but we still intend to keep moving
forward.”