Selling poplar as firewood

[slack ma girdle]

Thanks, we don't sell much softwood, despite my efforts it's still only 5% of sales. The problem is although poplar's technically hardwood most people wouldn't be happy to see it in a load so I'm either going to have to take a hit and sell it as softwood or try it as chip which should work out better as we charge per kW but seems a waste of 2ft plus logs. 
 
Or try and convince people it's a good hardwood but we haven't tried any ourselves yet.

Just mix it in a little bit at a time, nobody will notice.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, briquette_seller said:

Makes good kindling. 

 

Twas Certainly how a large fireWood seller got into it

[richardwale]

It’s only in the UK that we are so bloody fussy about firewood. We all know that dry is all you need for good heat. “ oh my god, is that a willow log in my delivery”

reminds me of the catherine Tate “ oh my god kids it’s not organic, RUN”

 

[Ty Korrigan]

Just an idea, you could use it as a loss leader.

Clients buying 'x' stere of wood get one free. That free being your pop.

Or sell it as Tesco 'value' level firewood.

Stuart

Edited July 7, 2018 by Ty Korrigan

[SbTVF]

Just make it into kindling surely? Ring it up and Hire a kindlet off fuelwood or something for a week!

[gdh]

1 hour ago, SbTVF said:

Just make it into kindling surely? Ring it up and Hire a kindlet off fuelwood or something for a week!

Nice idea. Might take a while turning 100tons of this into kindling though

[SbTVF]

Nice idea. Might take a while turning 100tons of this into kindling though [emoji6]

Well even if you only do some of it surely the profit margin will be better than selling it as a cheaper firewood? And it’ll last you a few years worth of kindling if you have the storage of course.

[gdh]

1 hour ago, SbTVF said:

Well even if you only do some of it surely the profit margin will be better than selling it as a cheaper firewood? And it’ll last you a few years worth of kindling if you have the storage of course.

I would have to take a look at costs, we used to have a kindla machine but could never sell any.

[slack ma girdle]

22 hours ago, slack ma girdle said:

On 06/07/2018 at 18:00, gdh said:

Thanks, we don't sell much softwood, despite my efforts it's still only 5% of sales. The problem is although poplar's technically hardwood most people wouldn't be happy to see it in a load so I'm either going to have to take a hit and sell it as softwood or try it as chip which should work out better as we charge per kW but seems a waste of 2ft plus logs. 
 
Or try and convince people it's a good hardwood but we haven't tried any ourselves yet.

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Just mix it in a little bit at a time, nobody will notice.

Or make a point of adding a small amount of poplar to each load, and tell the customer that you have added some logs that are good for getting the fire going at no extra cost.

[Steven P]

I wouldn't sell it as poplar.

 

If (or when I have to) buy firewood I will be wanting the best for my ££, if I was offered a named wood (as opposed to 'hardwood' or 'softwood') I would check it out online. So if all the tables say 'avoid' I wouldn't pay big money for it unless I knew otherwise.