Has the cold weather improved log business?

[Able Fella]

Just wondering if this ongoing cold weather has helped out with an improvement in log sales, heard that trade was generally a bit quieter than normal.

I've got some year old billets ready that I was going to retail later this year and thought it might be worth a quick ad in the village shop.

Sold out of logs before xmas! Dont know of any commercial loggers who havent had a really good year!, I just do it for a bit of pocket money over xmas but thinking of stepping it up a gear.

[mdt]

am already 30 cube behind on orders my problem is cant see or find the wood cos of snow, should have piled them.

[Rob D]

Will be sold out by the end of next week. Last few days has been frantic with calls but I'm not delivering in the ice.

 

Why do people always leave it until there last log to order more.....

[DN22 Gardening]

first year of selling logs as a sideline.

 

sold out before christmas !!!

 

took 3 ash down 5th Jan

 

kept the logs on the pikey bus to aid traction....good 2 ton

 

must have been asked 20 times if they were for sale.....

 

going to go into it better prepared next year

 

looks like i'll be buying a mechanical splitter and some form of lifting equipment

 

i.e fork truck...skidsteer

 

listening to the posts on here you guys just love throwing money at toys

 

as a sole trader..sole climber...( skint climber) we'll have to start small n build up

 

but we'll be there

 

:thumbup:

[gaz1210]

hi you seam to be in the same boat as me, ive got really good quality logs that are well seasoned but i cant seam to shift them, im, charging £55 for a level pick up load and they just dont seam to be shifting, im starting to wonder what im doing wrong?

i have changed the price a few times down to as low as £45 and yet they still didnt go, i cabt possibly go any lower because i'd be robbing myself!

hope things pick up for you mate

[Scouse Lee]

Sold 17 loads in the last 10 days & another 41 in the last half of 2009 which is fine by me as logs are just a sideline, we've had hardly any snow down in the valley where I live & work either so I'm really happy about it.

[Rob Stringer]

hi you seam to be in the same boat as me, ive got really good quality logs that are well seasoned but i cant seam to shift them, im, charging £55 for a level pick up load and they just dont seam to be shifting, im starting to wonder what im doing wrong?

i have changed the price a few times down to as low as £45 and yet they still didnt go, i cabt possibly go any lower because i'd be robbing myself!

hope things pick up for you mate

 

Strange,I could only guess you're not advertising enough(or in the right places) as that sounds cheap (depends a bit on the size of the pickup obviously).

[farmer_ben]

hi you seam to be in the same boat as me, ive got really good quality logs that are well seasoned but i cant seam to shift them, im, charging £55 for a level pick up load and they just dont seam to be shifting, im starting to wonder what im doing wrong?

i have changed the price a few times down to as low as £45 and yet they still didnt go, i cabt possibly go any lower because i'd be robbing myself!

hope things pick up for you mate

 

Mate thats way too cheap, surely better to keep hold of them then sell that cheap.

 

Like Rob said, what sort of advertising you doing???

 

Its my first year doing logs on the side and with some nice flyers i've had made up I'll have done 40 loads by end of this week

[Daniel Jiggins]

Mate thats way too cheap, surely better to keep hold of them then sell that cheap.

 

Like Rob said, what sort of advertising you doing???

 

Its my first year doing logs on the side and with some nice flyers i've had made up I'll have done 40 loads by end of this week

 

Sounds like the pickup has more than paid for itself then mate.

[Hogs Breath]

orders keep coming in with no adverts.

one transit with telegraph pole damage.

all the ice has slowed us down cause we cant deliver to every customer if their too far off the beaten track.

lots of tractor trouble too so gonna get me another.

all in all better than expected!