Price of firewood

[Bobthebuilder]

ah, not everyone is lucky enough to have "free wood". Mind you, this free wood you talk of sounds like it takes a couple of tractors, a loader, a trailer, a splitter, a chainsaw, and a huge amount of man hours to turn into a "Log". I'm sure (but don't quote me) that 1t of coal will last the same as 5t of wood.

It was felled and brashed out by the estate foresters, all the very small stuff put through a chipper, so all I had to do was pick up with muck grab and put into trailer then tip into shed, had to be cleared anyway as part of the ditch cleaning job, as for logging it, a good sharp saw doesn't take a lot of work and the home made splitter only needs a tractor for hyd power, if it's not in use at other farm I can some times get the use of a processor which with very little effort will cut into rings, split and put up elevator into trailer/bucket all by handling the timber once

 

[Bobthebuilder]

I do have this lot logged up and drying out as it is very sappy leylandii but will burn nicely next winter

 

[KMA]

Leylandii got 2 hedges that are in for a trim this year, if it was up to me I'd trim them at ground level and top dress with brushwood killer

 

[Kidds]

I do have this lot logged up and drying out as it is very sappy leylandii but will burn nicely next winter

Almost exclusively what I burn. Leave it outside a few years to season, then the bark falls off and there's no sticky sap. Split it and cover for a year and it burns as hot as any other wood.
Doesn't stay in very well but very little ash from it.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

A guy here has invested in the whole caboodle of processing and drying kiln.
He sells loads of FC softwood kiln dried for 360.00.
A load is a 8x5 Ivor with mesh sides.
He is flat out keeping up with demand.

 

[bobk]

https://www.chemicalproducts.net/shop/the-log-hut/12-crate-of-premium-kiln-dried-logs

 

[Grain Buyer]

Almost exclusively what I burn. Leave it outside a few years to season, then the bark falls off and there's no sticky sap. Split it and cover for a year and it burns as hot as any other wood.
Doesn't stay in very well but very little ash from it.

agree, it burns great.

 

[brigadoon]

Burn nothing else here , got better things to do than stack wood , although I appreciate it's a national obsession in france

No point at all in burning unseasoned wood - no heat in green logs

 

[bobk]

No point at all in burning unseasoned wood - no heat in green logs

Burn anything if it's hot enough .

 

[pycoed]

Almost exclusively what I burn. Leave it outside a few years to season, then the bark falls off and there's no sticky sap. Split it and cover for a year and it burns as hot as any other wood.
Doesn't stay in very well but very little ash from it.

I'm a big fan of leylandii - I got a supply from a neighbour's trees. He didn't want the softwood for some reason, so a friend & I took the lot. It's brilliant to start the stove & burns very hot, doesn't leave much ash however doesn't last at all. Not a problem when it's free though
Haven't got any of my own - all my stuff is oak, ash, alder, birch & willow.

 

[Grassman]

£25 per hour.

25hr is a good do with a chainsaw !

You can get a lad and a tractor including diesel for a lot less!
But operating a chainsaw just isn't as cool and would mean actually doing some work!

 

[brigadoon]

Burn anything if it's hot enough .

Exactly

 

[grainboy]

Burn anything if hot enough agreed, but all the moisture and sap you released, condenses in the chimney or flue, causing big problems latter on.

 

[brigadoon]

Burn anything if hot enough agreed, but all the moisture and sap you released, condenses in the chimney or flue, causing big problems latter on.

Its just different ways of saying the same thing. There is no point in burning unseasoned logs since you get no meaningful heat out of them and as you say tend to tar up a chimney. It should not cause any problems later on unless the fire spreads to the structure of the house.

Bob reckons burn anything if it gives out a reasonable heat and I agree - if it gives out anything useful in the way of heat it is seasoned.

Cheers
mac

 

[grainboy]

It does matter because wood resin, condensed in a chimney or flue, is not removed when swept, it is not a dust, but a strong bonded layer,

 

[TheTallGuy]

It does matter because wood resin, condensed in a chimney or flue, is not removed when swept, it is not a dust, but a strong bonded layer,

In the event of a chimney fire, the resin can burn hot enough to cause damage to the flue & surrounding building fabric.

 

[ACEngineering]

https://www.chemicalproducts.net/shop/the-log-hut/12-crate-of-premium-kiln-dried-logs

Local solid fuel/coal supplier imports container loads of kiln dried pre cut logs from Scandinavia i think? They cant get enough of it! Amazing the idiot's that buy it at 2 or 3 times the price of dads seasoned hardwood logs that are all well under 20% moisture and burn fine.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

burning unseasoned logs here and had the thermometer up to 32 in the livingroom so had to open a couple of doors to let some cool air in

 

[bobk]

burning unseasoned logs here and had the thermometer up to 32 in the livingroom so had to open a couple of doors to let some cool air in

Ditto had patio doors open all winter .... heat is unbearable at times

 

[brigadoon]

burning unseasoned logs here and had the thermometer up to 32 in the livingroom so had to open a couple of doors to let some cool air in

You call them unseasoned but unless you are shovelling coal on as well your logs are sufficiently dried to burn well - in other words at a moisture content of 25% approx .

Green, or unseasoned logs simply will not give the heat output you describe.

Irrespective of species unseasoned timber will not burn well enough to be worthwhile. most frequnetly it is mixed with coal and the heat output of the coal is sufficient to evaporate the moisture out of the wood. In actual fact it is costing money to make the wood vanish.

Cheers
mac