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I went down a rabbit hole last night and basically no companies in America currently make or sell biomass harvesters (forestry mulcher integrated with a capture system), which is a shame for gasification and biochar production.

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Basically the closest thing I could find today are models like this with a grapple integrated into a chipper and storage unit, but a system like this would still require another machine for actually harvesting biomass and likely makes using actual forest waste not possible.

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Here is the ideal model for integrated wood chip harvesting for gasification and biochar production but it appears it's out of production.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 2y ago

well i guess it's more labor for now?

there is guys who custom build all kinds of machines, and maybe you can find someone who has one of those nice ones laying idle

if you can line it all up maybe you have an opportunity if you know of enough people who would buy such a rig

AU9913 2y ago

I'm looking to buy one to start a business that is already labor intensive enough that basically this piece of machinery is the only thing that makes it viable.

Otis Bitmeyer 2y ago

so basically a combine for the forest?

AU9913 2y ago

Exactly, biomimicry of elephants followed by fire. Ideally I would just put the biochar back on that same ground, but that would only make economic sense if I owned it or got 30 year leases.