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Originally Posted by shvl73 From I've been told, the pto unit is adapted from the standard mill and needs the gears changed to run at 540rpm. If it were done stateside, it would be a little more costly. Might also be, just a whole lot more profit in that unit. |
The pic of that
PTO unit does not show a gear box... looks like it goes straight in. Maybe they change some internal gears? Adapting the shaft might be a bit tricky depending on what it looks like on the pellet mill side. If you look at the one on eBay it lists the prices for the different models. The one with an engine is $560 more than the one without. The one without is just the straight mill, no
pto shaft, adapters etc.
How good are Chinese diesel engines?
Apparently if you are using softwood a binding agent should not be needed. Might be needed if using hardwoods. I was wondering this morning if you could use the glycerin byproduct of biodiesel as a binding agent. Lo and behold someone has or has applied for a patent on it. Still not clear if it would be a good idea though, might not be that clean burning.
I'm definitely curious enough to run some numbers but the guy that normally advertises sawdust doesn't have an ad running this week.