Today's milling

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Boy said:

Let's just say I would give him much more than he gets for firewood.  Sadistic streak or just plain stupid. 

How much a ton then? 

[Boy]

24 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

He knows it’s inaccessible.
Otherwise it’d be sold

They are very much accessible they sit in his yard until I enquire about them and then boom! Rung up and processed. 

[Boy]

35 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

How much a ton then? 

Don't know. I've asked him how many bags he would get out of them and  then better the price he sells the for. 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Boy said:

Don't know. I've asked him how many bags he would get out of them and  then better the price he sells the for. 

Does not sound remotely like a 'very good price' to me. Id ring them up as well if thats how you play it. You need to make it properly worth his while.

 

What does Oak Saw Logs sell your way per ton? £120, £150? £200 a ton? Figure that out and come to a realistic deal with him, not try and bottom dollar him on it. If you're offering pennies above what he'd get as firewood and firewood is a business for him why would/should he flog you his source or partial source of income? Logs are flying off the shelves just now and perhaps he has to keep his customer base happy and supplied or he'll lose them? 

[Rough Hewn]

Boys logs? 

No Spuddog’s.
Big burred elm, huge olive ash...
🥲🥲🥲🤣[emoji106]

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Rough Hewn said:

No Spuddog’s.
Big burred elm, huge olive ash...
🥲🥲🥲🤣

But I was replying to Boy?  

 

He's just teasing you.  

[Boy]

23 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Does not sound remotely like a 'very good price' to me. Id ring them up as well if thats how you play it. You need to make it properly worth his while.

 

What does Oak Saw Logs sell your way per ton? £120, £150? £200 a ton? Figure that out and come to a realistic deal with him, not try and bottom dollar him on it. If you're offering pennies above what he'd get as firewood and firewood is a business for him why would/should he flog you his source or partial source of income? Logs are flying off the shelves just now and perhaps he has to keep his customer base happy and supplied or he'll lose them? 

First of all he only sells logs on the side and I offer him much more than bottom dollar IMHO. He sells logs between £95-£110 a ton bag. The last one he cut up he said he got 3 bags out of it so I offered to pay the equivalent of £250 a ton. Please tell me if I'm wrong and that is pennies above. I just don't like seeing good quality timber going to firewood. 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Boy said:

First of all he only sells logs on the side and I offer him much more than bottom dollar IMHO. He sells logs between £95-£110 a ton bag. The last one he cut up he said he got 3 bags out of it so I offered to pay the equivalent of £250 a ton. Please tell me if I'm wrong and that is pennies above. I just don't like seeing good quality timber going to firewood. 

I did suggest it might be his side business above. 

 

If he's getting £330 out of that log and you offered £250 then its less than pennies above.  Why on earth would he sell it to you for that when he can maximize his profits? Yes he has to do the processing but it can take as little as an hour to split and fill three bags of logs. 

 

Ring them up I say.  Money is money. 

[Boy]

5 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I did suggest it might be his side business above. 

 

If he's getting £330 out of that log and you offered £250 then its less than pennies above.  Why on earth would he sell it to you for that when he can maximize his profits? Yes he has to do the processing but it can take as little as an hour to split and fill three bags of logs. 

 

Ring them up I say.  Money is money. 

Bless you trigger. When I said I offer £250 a ton I meant on that last log I had offered him £750. As you pointed out he would get £330 so £750 is a tad bit more than he made. 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Boy said:

Bless you trigger. When I said I offer £250 a ton I meant on that last log I had offered him £750. As you pointed out he would get £330 so £750 is a tad bit more than he made. 

Your figures are certainly confusing.  

 

You can fill 2-3 1ton dumpy bags with 1 ton of wood, loose stacked of course. So when you mention the figures of three bags and you offering £250 a ton for the same log then its fairly safe to assume that the £250 a ton and filling three bags with the same log all tie in to mean a 1 ton log.

 

There is simply no way a neatly stacked 1 ton bag will hold 1 ton of Oak when Oak is about 720kg m3. Thats a perfect 1m cube, no air gaps. Generally you're around 350kg a Dumpy bag. 

 

If anyone is needing Blessed its you Boy, for it seems like you're telling a few porkies here. Maybe you need to head down to Confession, it is Sunday after all.