Heizomat Heating Plant/Farming Simulator 17

The Heizomat Heating Plant is a Placeable available in Farming Simulator 17. It is a placeable Sale Point where Wood Chips can be sold for a roughly average price.

Function

A Heizomat Heating Plant mimics the behavior of the Wood Chips Sale Point at the local Sawmill, with only two minor differences: It can be placed almost anywhere, and the Wood Chips are sold at a roughly average price (independent of the current market price for Wood Chips).

A Heating Plant can be placed close to your primary Forestry areas, which would mean that machines carrying or producing Wood Chips only need to drive a short distance to reach this sale point to drop off their cargo. This saves a trip all the way to the Sawmill, which may sometimes be very long and tedious. As explained further below, you can set up your entire Wood Chip production for that area around the Heating Plant.

The second important difference is the sale price. The price of Wood Chips at the Sawmill, listed in the "Prices" menu, does not correspond to the profit acquired from selling Wood Chips at the Heating Plant. The price at the Heating Plant seems significantly more stable, hovering at around $250. When the market price for Wood Chips is very low, selling Wood Chips here (especially in very large quantities) can be very profitable. Unfortunately, there is no way to see the projected sale profit for the Heating Plant before actually selling the Wood Chips.

Unloading into the Heating Plant

The Heizomat Heating Plant has a 3.0 meter wide opening on one side. This is where Wood Chips must be dumped in order to sell them. There are many different ways to do this: You can automatically unload a Container full of chips directly into the Heating Plant, pour the material in using a Bucket, set up a Conveyor Belt to spill materials into the plant, or even shoot them out of a Wood Chipper into the opening.

This schematic roughly shows where a Container's rear door needs to be in order to get the option to "Unload". The container must also be set to unload from the rear door to get this option.

Unloading Containers into a Heating Plant is somewhat tricky, as the tipping area is a small zone directly in front of the opening. Set the Container to unload from the rear door, and back it up so that the rear door is exactly aligned with the Heating Plant's opening. When done correctly, you should get the option to "Unload" (not "Unload Here"). Hitting the button Container: UnloadDefault Buttons: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/farmingsimulator/images/d/dd/FS17_Logo_PC.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20170827234847 Ihttps://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/farmingsimulator/images/6/6c/FS17_Logo_XBOX.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20170827234910 ??https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/farmingsimulator/images/e/e3/FS17_Logo_PS4.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20170828002413 ?? will automatically dump the Container's entire cargo into the receptacle.

Using a Bucket is far more straightforward, but more repetitive. Scoop up a bucketful of Wood Chips, position the bucket right in front of the opening (very close up), and tip the material out. Of course, you'll need to repeat this many times when shoveling large piles of Wood Chips.

A Conveyor Belt can make this process extremely easy. A Pickup Belt alone can lift Wood Chips from a large Pile on the ground, and dump it straight into the Heating Plant. This allows you to dump cargo easily in front of the Conveyor Belt, or even pour it into the belt, without having to deal with the Heating Plant's small receptacle area. You can use one or more Horizontal Belts to transport Wood Chips from a good distance away, if necessary.

Finally, all Wood Chippers can unload directly into the Heating Plant as they grind the Logs, but this is trickier with some models than with others. A Wood Chipper with a conveyor belt output configuration can unload into the Heating Plant just the same as any other conveyor belt (see prev. paragraph). An automated pipe output configuration, on the other hand, will not automatically recognize the Heating Plant as a valid target; Instead the pipe must be very carefully to hit the opening, and the machine itself must be set to "Unload Here" Wood Chipper: Unload HereDefault Buttons: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/farmingsimulator/images/d/dd/FS17_Logo_PC.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20170827234847 L.Ctrl + Ihttps://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/farmingsimulator/images/6/6c/FS17_Logo_XBOX.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20170827234910 ??https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/farmingsimulator/images/e/e3/FS17_Logo_PS4.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20170828002413 ?? in order to force it to shoot the wood chips directly into the opening. If the pipe is not aimed correctly, the Wood Chips may be lost entirely.

Advantages

• Place Anywhere: The Heating Plant can be placed immediately next to (or inside!) a Forestry area to allow Wood Chips to be sold without having to take them all the way to the Sawmill.
• Independent Price: The price for sold Wood Chips at the Heating Plant is nearly static at around $250. If the price at the Sawmill is lower, you can sell here for an extra profit.

Disadvantages

• Difficult to Unload Into: The receptacle of the Heating Plant has a very small unloading area. Consider using a Conveyor Belt to load materials into the machine (see above).
• Expensive: The Heating Plant costs $68,000 to purchase, and an extra $120 each day. A lot of Wood Chips need to be sold in order to make a profit - but correct placement of the Heating Plant can save a lot of time and effort too, which may be worth the expense.

Specifications

• Price: $68,000
• Maintenance Cost: $120 / day
• Footprint Dimensions:

• Width: 7.5 meters
• Length: 4.0 meters