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Firewood orders gone very quiet cos everyone else is doing it
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<blockquote data-quote="Chasingmytail" data-source="post: 5948932" data-attributes="member: 21680"><p>We are selling at £80pcm and we have priced up that's around £20 profit per metre after delivery. Anyone who thinks its easy will have a shock. People want it delivered on different days. Flatbed trailer does not work in the terraces and back streets of welsh towns. People want it tipped on the drive or reversed up the back street. some of the nightmares of places and even steepest roads a trailer is a no no. Landrover tipper wins every time but you cant get the weight on.</p><p></p><p>A few years ago I must of had all the customers in the area like everyone has said every kid is loading the truck and selling for £50 cash. Marketing costs too much money advertising is where you can plough all your profits. The biggest problem with any small business is the advertising overheads and from experience it doesn't pay unless you really endlessly keep up weekly.</p><p></p><p>Processors are only ok for straight small pieces we have huge trucks and knarly branches. Every small scale processor we looked only works for certain diameters. Be using a splitter. Our wood has come from jobs and fallen trees on the farm. Farmer has all the chainsaws but its exhausting him fitting it all in. The stories we can tell of leaving lads cut up what disasters! Last time we spent 2 days cutting so he well understood the thickness of each piece we came in the evening to find he'd taken on himself to cut all the oak into kindling size and at £10ph we could of cried. Just proves you cannot leave anyone to do anything. Over the years lads have be left to cut the wood and ended up with 14" lengths and pieces so big you could heat the local hospital. </p><p></p><p>I agree its not worth the bother.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chasingmytail, post: 5948932, member: 21680"] We are selling at £80pcm and we have priced up that's around £20 profit per metre after delivery. Anyone who thinks its easy will have a shock. People want it delivered on different days. Flatbed trailer does not work in the terraces and back streets of welsh towns. People want it tipped on the drive or reversed up the back street. some of the nightmares of places and even steepest roads a trailer is a no no. Landrover tipper wins every time but you cant get the weight on. A few years ago I must of had all the customers in the area like everyone has said every kid is loading the truck and selling for £50 cash. Marketing costs too much money advertising is where you can plough all your profits. The biggest problem with any small business is the advertising overheads and from experience it doesn't pay unless you really endlessly keep up weekly. Processors are only ok for straight small pieces we have huge trucks and knarly branches. Every small scale processor we looked only works for certain diameters. Be using a splitter. Our wood has come from jobs and fallen trees on the farm. Farmer has all the chainsaws but its exhausting him fitting it all in. The stories we can tell of leaving lads cut up what disasters! Last time we spent 2 days cutting so he well understood the thickness of each piece we came in the evening to find he'd taken on himself to cut all the oak into kindling size and at £10ph we could of cried. Just proves you cannot leave anyone to do anything. Over the years lads have be left to cut the wood and ended up with 14" lengths and pieces so big you could heat the local hospital. I agree its not worth the bother. [/QUOTE]
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