advice of wood buying

[timberdelf]

me again!

 

I am still researching firewood processors and more so were to buy wood in for processor?

 

what do I need to be looking for in timber?..what prices?..most competitive companys local to me?

 

 

also I assume some arb waste will go through a wood processor?

 

I am based in atherstone warickshire

[briquette_seller]

dont you sell firewood already?

[timberdelf]

dont you sell firewood already?

 

yes arb waste big rings...

 

this is my first look at processors:001_tt2:

 

its just been me axe..log splitter..looking at procesors now and what I understand it has to be fairly strait timber to put through them

[briquette_seller]

You need to source the timber, before looking for the machine.

If you can only source big rings, there is no point in having a processor.

 

Lots of different machines out there for dealing with lots of different types of timber.

[timberdelf]

I agree with what your saying but I want to run the arb waste as a separate operation as mostly 3 to 4 ft diameter rings so its mostly chainsaw work and splitter but given I pay very little for arb waste its a valuable profit margin etc .

 

 

I am looking at jap 305 towable for 12 inch timber and its portable so suits my needs reason being to reduce time spent on chainsaws and increase production on this side of things..i understand from looking at the 305 it may take most canopy woods and bought timber?

 

 

but not having looked before I do not know were to begin for cord suppliers and pitfalls?

[briquette_seller]

I personally think, you will struggle to find cord that small, in large quantities, assuming you want to process/produce large quantities

[Mortimer Firewood]

I personally think, you will struggle to find cord that small, in large quantities, assuming you want to process/produce large quantities

 

Yep sun 12 inch is the most sought after.

 

Welcome to the world of firewood.

 

Sourcing good cord is the hardest part plenty of idiots out their that want to supply you, they all try sending short loads wrong species lots if sub 3 inch stuff over size you need to go view the stack and pay once delivered. If they can't do this there worried your not going to take it don't bother.

 

I've just dropped on a harvesting operation that want all the sub 8 inch stuff and want to sell the 8 to 15 inch suits me and my machine.

[briquette_seller]

If you can get big butts, at the right price, why not look for a machine that can handle them more efficiently?

[Jimbob87]

Cheaper option is big horizontal splitter and a saw bench. Get ur arb waste suppliers to cut evrything to metre lenghs and billet the lot. Then you can buy in oversize cord which is cheaper and billet that too.

[Logsnstuff]

Pitfalls are you agree a price for hardwood and when the load comes in the forwarder driver has shoved 25% softwood into the pile because hes too lazy to grade it properly and it's just firewood, or joe bloggs down the road offered 50p a ton more so we sent your cord there instead.

 

I would agree with the others look at expanding the arb waste with a better splitter like the link I posted in jons big butts some of these look like they might have pretty good production speeds. or get into the big processors but not much point if you don't have the customer base unless your going to do contract processing.

 

can't see anyone revealing to you a supplier of cheap cord.