Fuelwood factory

[Stephen Blair]

will it be 3 phase?

[Chris Sheppard]

I'd guess so

[woodplans]

A mate of mine was looking into one of these, price is closer to 50k. The maths just didnt add up to warrant that sort of investment. You need to be shifting a huge amount of wood to make this pay in my opinion.

[Stephen Blair]

50k wow, i wonder if it can actually produce enough logs to make that pay, it was quite slow i thought

[slasherscot]

50k wow, i wonder if it can actually produce enough logs to make that pay, it was quite slow i thought

 

over 48 months @8% £1375 a month.....if u make £25 gross profit a bag the first 55 a month are to pay the machine.......easy how many do u want sir?

[Stephen Blair]

rent for yard, electricity, down time for breakdowns(it will happen), wages, vehicles for delivery, cost of timber, bags, fuel, yard machines, advertising, bank charges, accountant fees, admin,etc. do i need to go on. calculators can make things seem very simple, and this is saying you will getr paid on time from your customers, so you will then have an overdraft facility to pay for, and lets not forget all the costs in putting a business plan together for getting the 50k in the first place:001_smile:

[Stuart A-C]

I like the music in the video, think ive heard it before in another film

[Justme]

Apparantly cedar makes excellent kindling. If you could get a lorry load of it then the fuelwood factory can do kindling too I think.

 

 

Cedar makes great kindling & brill fire wood too. When using it as firewood you dont need any kindling as it lights so easy.

 

If its cut & split it will dry to less than 20% in less than 6 months.

[Doug Blease]

£50 K.........says it all really. An unfortunate end to an interesting thread!

[slasherscot]

£50 K.........says it all really. An unfortunate end to an interesting thread!

 

£42,500+ vat and they have sold 2.........1 n anglia and 1 in ireland...... there are grants for these.....a lot of hoop jumping, as swb says u need a good yard and a large customer base.......does any1 on arbtalk sell over 1000 builders bags of firewood/kindling, perhaps u need to do a bit of contracting with it or hire

Edited December 23, 2009 by slasherscot