Briquettes

[Bri]

Would appreciate people's views on this, I have talking to a guy who I know and he's sold his wood proccesssor and equipment and putting it all into making these briquettes, he is quite shrewd and reckons the log days are going to be gone with more and more buying these briquettes apparently some give off really good heat and last for a good few hours, easy to store too, it's making me think about putting much more money in buying timber in.

[ash_smith123]

I've sold 3000+ cubic metres of firewood since I put our briquettes on our website at a very reasonable price and I've probably sold 40 x 10kg packs at max in that time. So for me, i don't think I will be chopping my processor in for a briquette machine just yet.

[Bri]

He's saying in 1-2 years time, over in Europe these are a big seller now

[Logged On]

And the clue is.....

 

'HE SAYS'!!!

 

Not for me thanks, I'll stick to logs.....

 

How much does it cost to produce a 'briquette', and then to produce a log...???

[woodworm]

He's talking tosh. Briquettes are a nightmare to store coz if they even get damp they swell up and are knackered. I bought a tonne off a manufacturer last year and gave away about 30 bags to individual log customers and not one of them wants another bag. They burn way too fast, look ugly and are expensive.

I thought they would be a good seller but not in my area.

[Bri]

He says Well it's not me, but a few customers do they say to me thy pick these up from a well kwown store at there convience, so made me think when he told me this. Lees hassle to store logs and stacking them etc definitely food for thought.

[Bri]

They store them in garage shed etc or place in house they are in cartons

[Bri]

I hope the information is wrong as they will be lots of log sellers going to the wall me included

[County 764]

Don't go for cheap ones the bark briquettes are excellent. I stocked them but was a waste of time no high volume sales just the odd person after a few packs.

[Bri]

It's not the public buying these from the log guy, it's these stores some now are solid briquettes which each one will burn for two-three hours