Delivering firewood

[arboriculturist]

15 minutes ago, Bogieman said:

When we started delivering it was with an Ifor Williams GD85 behind a 4x4, so all hand unloaded and sometimes stacked. The enjoyment  quickly faded so we moved on to a Transit tipper, delivering 3 cube loose. Our target is to never touch a log by hand, either in the yard or on the road, so now it's strictly tip and go. No bags, no boxes, no IBCs, I can't understand why people set out to purposefully create work!

Those who are delivering with a commercial vehicle and trailer are presumably on tacho?

Same ..... apart from no containers.

 

But without any form of stillage, how do you dry your Firewood if you don't mind me asking?

[Bogieman]

We're lucky enough to have the use of two fairly large open-fronted, concrete floored sheds with spaceboarded gables. Our home-produced roundwood is stacked in the yard for a couple of years before being processed, then tipped and spread out on the shed floors until dry matter is under 20% before going into store, all bulk handled by tractor and grain bucket.

The only slight drawback is harvest, when some of the space is temporarily commandeered by the arable side of the business for dropping barley prior to drying or (hopefully) sale direct to the maltsters.

Still, the whisky is worth the hassle!

[arboriculturist]

29 minutes ago, Bogieman said:

We're lucky enough to have the use of two fairly large open-fronted, concrete floored sheds with spaceboarded gables. Our home-produced roundwood is stacked in the yard for a couple of years before being processed, then tipped and spread out on the shed floors until dry matter is under 20% before going into store, all bulk handled by tractor and grain bucket.

The only slight drawback is harvest, when some of the space is temporarily commandeered by the arable side of the business for dropping barley prior to drying or (hopefully) sale direct to the maltsters.

Still, the whisky is worth the hassle!

That's living the dream!