am thinking of selling coal as well as logs this year advice please

[splitter18]

as per title does anyone sell coal as well as logs? is it worth it? can anyone recommend a wholesaler? thanks guys:biggrin:

[Logsnstuff]

Also been thinking of doing coal for a couple of years now and occasional customer asking for peat as well now.

[detritus21]

For prepack try cpl they do alot of the common smokeless varieties. They also do loose

[Goaty]

I tried kindling this year. Bought in 200 nets. Sold about 25. Moral of the story can you do it competitively? Will you have alot on hand come warmer weather. Coal merchants do it for a living, they are set up to handle it right though to your coal bunker.

[kindlett]

has anyone any idea how much cpl wholesale 20kg house coal and the 20kg smokeless coal bags .

[rovers90]

I looked in to this at the start of the season but it was not viable. I would have had to bought at least a ton from a local merchant and I only had a few customers asking for it.

 

Goaty - I too bought in kindling - 160 nets and sol the lot. You just have to mention it to every customer when they ring and always carry some when you do a delivery as quite often people will say "I don't suppose you brought some kindling??"

[doobin]

All selling a few bags of coal means is that your customers will take an extra week to burn the wood you sell them. It would be OK if you made as much money on coal as the wood, but that's not the case IME.

[oldwoodcutter]

Most coal boys ive known had a big back problem, rather than a big bank balance.

[Jimbob87]

We stock 25kg pre packed coal of local merchant sell about hundred a winter at the door make a cpl of quid a bag.

 

 

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[philcaegrug]

If you're selling coal you should be an Approved Coal Merchant before being able to buy any for resale. Also keep an eye on VAT. iF YOU BUY MORE THAN 1 TONNE YOU WILL PAY 20% VAT. But at the point of sale to domestic users you should only be charging 5%. As with logs it is very seasonal and when the temperature rises the sales fall. Most merchants buy in bulk with an average delivery of 20 tonnes which brings the price per tonne down a few pounds. As mentioned any coal you sell will probably mean they buy less logs.