Well it gets it out the way if nowt else, and only 5 mins down the road for meAbout £12 per bag for swale if its worth bothering
Wool, what will you do with yours this year?
- Thread starter muleman
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You don’t have to pay haulage if you take to wb collection centre. Lucky for me that’s between my farms.
- Location
- Cei newydd
Took mine in on tuesday, to a nearby farm collection for wool board. Me and youngest boy loading monday night and i complained about getting greasy, he said "well if you sold the sheep you wouldn't have that problem"
( he doesn't like sheep)
I know there is another answer, but id rather have no sheep
( he doesn't like sheep)
I know there is another answer, but id rather have no sheep
So do they pay 45p flat rate for mules. Got my grading back for last year and had 400kg of “damaged” (must be wet wool where I stack I think) mule that only got paid 5p for.
muleman
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Yes 45p flat rate, doesnt have to be wrapped, just stuffed in the bag, we do pull the bits of dirt off them though.
livestock 1
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We don’t wrap any due to what the other lot paid us
livestock 1
Member
That’s the trouble they have a reasonable rate you just can’t get them to pay it
muleman
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We havnt wrapped as such for a long time, if you bundle it up ans stuff it in the bag it will come out grand in a fleece at the other end time its been clagged down with the grease.
livestock 1
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Rang today they are stowed out
Mustn’t just be us two that fancied a change
muleman
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No, they said they honestly expected to be half as much this year seein as other job was picking up, but have had double
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
They sell it for us, not buy it from us! If it is degraded by poor storage then they won’t get as much at auction, and frankly I’d be more pee’d off if I was subsidising it rather than the producer taking the hit tbh.
I’ve not presented fleeces any different to how @muleman describes for decades, and all gone through British Wool. I don’t put sh*t in the bags and I’m careful not to store them on a damp floor (for long).
muleman
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They are going to have to change their ways and buy it off the farmer, be brave enough to pay up and sell it on.
Most farmers seem to prefer that way.
livestock 1
Member
We aren’t going through this again now are we ?
The prices they put on their adverts are usually unobtainable!!
The balls up they have going means I’m now on a waiting list to deliver my wool
I even contemplated taking some to the woolboard this morning just to get rid of some but would have had a strike on my hands if I had done so
Or possibly a fat ear for even suggesting such a thing
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No, they said they honestly expected to be half as much this year seein as other job was picking up, but have had double
Must be a lot of wool not going on muck heaps this year then, as BW depot certainly had more in than last year too.
Talking to the fellas there, they’d seen a lot of people back that hadn’t been for a couple of years.
Hopefully the job is turning a corner (however much the
), and it will cover the cost of shearing again soon.
livestock 1
Member
Yes they auction it so why don’t they just tell us at the start you are getting sweet fa and you are waiting a year to get it instead of aggravating folks ?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
How many times do they need to tell you? Aside from scrapping the small advance payment while the global market’s in turmoil, the system hasn’t changed much in decades.
Yet still plenty don’t seem to understand that they are just auctioning it for us.
muleman
Member
Maybe different areas , round here most are going to the local collection centre for DB, it was all going on the muck heap or fire before that.Must be a lot of wool not going on muck heaps this year then, as BW depot certainly had more in than last year too.
Talking to the fellas there, they’d seen a lot of people back that hadn’t been for a couple of years.
Hopefully the job is turning a corner (however much thedeadweightdirect sellers try to undermine the auction system
I have nothing against the wool board, i will send it wherever pays best.
The woolboard havnt held it against me like a lot on here seem to do, they sent a letter to ssy they would be pleased to receive my wool in future if i wished to send.