Hardwood roundwood wanted - Devon / Cornwall / Somerset

[arboriculturist]

Should any one have 8 wheeler and drag loads of Processor size Hardwood roadside - now or coming up,  please PM me. Can collect if required.

 

Everything you hear of is going up to Sandwich in Kent and this is going to kill off many independent Firewood suppliers in the South West if it continues.

 

From what I hear, they are chipping everything from sawlogs to quality Hardwood and many of the Hauliers are feeling ashamed to be shifting it.

 

How is everyone else managing sourcing timber - I would be interested to hear ? 

Edited July 27, 2018 by arboriculturist

[Stere]

So its all going here?

 

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The plant will source its fuel predominantly from traditionally managed coppiced woodlands, stimulating the local forestry industry and improving traditionally managed forests.

 

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http://www.estover.co.uk/sandwich-chp/

[arboriculturist]

32 minutes ago, Stere said:

So its all going here?

 

 

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http://www.estover.co.uk/sandwich-chp/

Yes and here it is in all it's glory - NOT !

 

They have been hauling timber there all this week from 4 1/2 hours on turnaround and returning empty - 9 hrs on the road - work that one out....      It's shamefull

 

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Edited July 27, 2018 by arboriculturist

[arboriculturist]

Here we have another red herring funded by foreign investment.

Apparently they have yet to get it run a full cycle of 28 days without breakdown.

 

We just haven't the sustainable levels of woodfuel in the UK that this scale of consumption demands.

[Alex O]

Here we have another red herring funded by foreign investment.
Apparently they have yet to get it run a full cycle of 28 days without breakdown.
 
We just haven't the sustainable levels of woodfuel in the UK that this scale of consumption demands.

Have heard all about this today from TCD, unbelievable it is, small business and hand cutters will and are suffering under these companies. Very sad.

[woodwizzard]

• Abundant local fuel - 430,000 acres of unmanaged woodland in South East England

Love to know where all this is then!

[john k]

Surely Estover aren’t paying the same price for this as a firewood merchant would though?

[arboriculturist]

It's not a level playing field out there these days.

 

The smaller independents can't outbid the big boys on standing timber and invariably end up cutting/harvesting for them!

 

I've been trying to buy roundwood from independents for a long time now, but unfortunately they just can't get the timber.

[arboriculturist]

2 minutes ago, john k said:

Surely Estover aren’t paying the same price for this as a firewood merchant would though?

The thing is, they pay a contract price on tonnage and will take whatever timber shows up on the lorries, size, species, soft, hard makes no difference. Flatbeds running in and out of there all day like Ants.

[john k]

Are the suppliers struggling to meet their contracts then? It can’t make sense to sell processor sized timber for the price of low grade chip wood.