Anyone on here in the Firewood game?

[Ben M]

I started 4yrs ago supplying firewood on a small scale and has rapidly grown year on year, just wondering if anyone else on here is involved in Firewood. Be good to hear what kit you use, what tonnages your doing etc!

 

[Dave Applesquasher]

I am obsessed recently with cutting, splitting and burning it. I don't sell it though.
With a damned big draughty farmhouse to heat I get through a lot.
My most recent acquisition is a splitter made by Hand Engineering which I have coupled to my adapted bale elevator.

 

[Dave Applesquasher]

 

[Thick Farmer]

You must have a huge fire place judging by the size of those logs!

 

[Dave Applesquasher]

I do make them a bit smaller first.

 

[nick channer]

I started 4yrs ago supplying firewood on a small scale and has rapidly grown year on year, just wondering if anyone else on here is involved in Firewood. Be good to hear what kit you use, what tonnages your doing etc!

Morning Ben..
Delivered nearly 500 load since last September.. Surprisingly still doing 3 or 4 a week now.... All that bar one artic load sawn with chain saw and split with vertical splitter..
Have you seen that processor on eBay..??? One with built in log deck, crane and hakki pilke bolted to floor.. All towed behind a tractor... Tribd buying it without processor but not much luck yet... Would be good demand round here for thst hired with operator at £350 day I reckon...

 

[B&B Pig Man]

What sort of money do you guys charge for firewood?!

Currently buy hardwood logs, about 10" - 12" in length in 1m³ builders bags.

 

[nick channer]

I sell 1.3 cubic metres for £80.. That's too cheap to be honest..
If buying artic load cordwood from me you would need to be charging £100 a metre to make any money..
90% of my wood is for nothing though from tree work..
We do take 4 loads at time out though in purpose built transit tipper..

 

[B&B Pig Man]

I sell 1.3 cubic metres for £80.. That's too cheap to be honest..
If buying artic load cordwood from me you would need to be charging £100 a metre to make any money..
90% of my wood is for nothing though from tree work..
We do take 4 loads at time out though in purpose built transit tipper..

I bought 25 bags for around £50 each last year!
Must be cheap around here!

 

[multi power]

I bought 25 bags for around £50 each last year!
Must be cheap around here!

how much heating do you get from that ?

i used to pay £90 for a 10ftx5 trailer load 1.5ft deep but felt it was expensive heating

 

[B&B Pig Man]

how much heating do you get from that ?

i used to pay £90 for a 10ftx5 trailer load 1.5ft deep but felt it was expensive heating

Bit difficult to say really - they have heated 2 farmhouses all autumn/winter/spring. ( When I say 2 farmhouses - I mean 2 woodburners in each house - 4 in total - and obviously only heat the downstairs etc. )

I basically run woodburners through the day - then have the central heating on for a couple of hours in the morning, and a couple of hours at night to warm bedrooms.

 

[multi power]

to run log burners in 2 houses that sounds fine

i use about a 10x5 trailer load now n maybe 1250liters oil to heat 3 bedroom house, but no draughts so easy to heat

 

[roscoe erf]

i use a chainsaw saw bench and a hydraulic splitter hardwood in builders bags £40 collected,use a lot myself in a big solid fuel boiler to heat the house as well as a rayburn .
also do kindling from recycled pallet wood

 

[nick channer]

This is what I can deliver if anyone interested

 

[B&B Pig Man]

This is what I can deliver if anyone interested

How much is a load like that?
How much wood on a load?

 

[pellow]

a residential neighbour had a pallet roughly 4 ft by 4 ft 6 ft high of cut logs all neatly stacked and bound with a couple of wood battons and clear plastic, delivered by courier, not sure of price but thought it looked smart

 

[nick channer]

That load costs me between £875 and £1000... Actual wood in photo was £1000... Roughly 25-26 ton depending on species.. Although if it were pure oak or beeck the rear bay would only be 3/4 full.. Then haulage on top..

 

[Ben M]

how much heating do you get from that ?

i used to pay £90 for a 10ftx5 trailer load 1.5ft deep but felt it was expensive heating

If i could buy 1m3 bags for £50 a pop i wouldnt even bother processing myself, thats stupidly cheap!

 

[Ben M]

a residential neighbour had a pallet roughly 4 ft by 4 ft 6 ft high of cut logs all neatly stacked and bound with a couple of wood battons and clear plastic, delivered by courier, not sure of price but thought it looked smart

That would be from abroad i reckon and bloody expensive!

 

[Ben M]

Morning Ben..
Delivered nearly 500 load since last September.. Surprisingly still doing 3 or 4 a week now.... All that bar one artic load sawn with chain saw and split with vertical splitter..
Have you seen that processor on eBay..??? One with built in log deck, crane and hakki pilke bolted to floor.. All towed behind a tractor... Tribd buying it without processor but not much luck yet... Would be good demand round here for thst hired with operator at £350 day I reckon...

Hi ya Nick who you doing mate?

So you arent currently using a processor? That processor on ebay looks the nuts! Some serious thought and design gone into that!