Reasonable M/C for retail netted logs

[aesmith]

Hi,

 

I've just been checking a couple of sample nets, to be sold retail. I wanted to get an idea of what a reasonable m/c expectation would be from a supplier. I was thinking that a typical customer who picks up a couple of nets at a filling station or garden centre is going to want to be able to use them straight away, so should be at or below 20%. Is that a reasonable expectation?

 

The sample that I checked, first log out of the bag read something like 28% on a freshly split surface (Ash by the way). To me that's too wet. It didn't feel dry either, compared to our home use firewood. On the other hand our stock is carefully stacked under cover for a couple of years and I don't have to pay for either the wood or the labour, so that may not be a fair comparison with someone turning out netted logs as a business?

 

Cheers, Tony S

[Logsnstuff]

Hi,

 

I've just been checking a couple of sample nets, to be sold retail. I wanted to get an idea of what a reasonable m/c expectation would be from a supplier. I was thinking that a typical customer who picks up a couple of nets at a filling station or garden centre is going to want to be able to use them straight away, so should be at or below 20%. Is that a reasonable expectation?

 

The sample that I checked, first log out of the bag read something like 28% on a freshly split surface (Ash by the way). To me that's too wet. It didn't feel dry either, compared to our home use firewood. On the other hand our stock is carefully stacked under cover for a couple of years and I don't have to pay for either the wood or the labour, so that may not be a fair comparison with someone turning out netted logs as a business?

 

Cheers, Tony S

25% or below is ok doesn't need to be 20% most nets from the ones I tested are 35%+

[felixthelogchopper]

Don't sell what you wouldn't be happy to buy. I don't sell logs higher than 20% mc but they are only a side line for me.

[Logged On]

If you've given the wood 'time' to season, like you said, been under cover for a few years...

 

The moisture content should be fine. We find ours goes up and down a bit due to the weather outside, even though it's covered too...

 

So, if you've seasoned you wood, you should be fine....