conifer for logs?

[firewoodman]

cracking picture mick

[David oakman]

Here you are Mick this is a hunter with dog and i am burning well seasoned spruce and that stove is red hot and no black glass i never clean them:biggrin:

[firewoodman]

hay dave, that pic is the dogs bo11ocks mate :lol:

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

It's really not that difficult, hardwood goes in one stack, softwood in another.

Why would you not want to seperate a higher value product? I've even considered seperating Ash from the rest, as so many 'informed people' have requested it as ''everyone knows its the best firewood''.

The public get what the public want.

 

Yep, I leave the best til last and then charge more for pure ash, oak and beech loads!

[David oakman]

Ha ha i just took it and i thought i bet someone will mention his bits:biggrin:

[firewoodman]

Ha ha i just took it and i thought i bet someone will mention his bits:biggrin:

 

stick out like a sore thomb thats been mashed with a sledge hammer.............. cant miss those mate:lol:

[Tom D]

It's really not that difficult, hardwood goes in one stack, softwood in another.

Why would you not want to seperate a higher value product? I've even considered seperating Ash from the rest, as so many 'informed people' have requested it as ''everyone knows its the best firewood''.

The public get what the public want.

 

So if you do a few jobs in a day, lets say fell 1 syc and one pine and then prune a maple on the way home, you get back and start hand-balling logs around into different "species" piles????

That way madness lies.

If you do a rough time and motion study of the log business you'll see it is no where near as profitable as the tree work itself. Any extra labour is seriously eating into your profits.

Don't get me wrong if it works for you go for it, but I bet you could charge just the same for a well seasoned mixed load.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Here you are Mick this is a hunter with dog and i am burning well seasoned spruce and that stove is red hot and no black glass i never clean them:biggrin:

 

You can't compare that stove to mine. Your's is a modern Hunter with the airwash thingy at the top. Your glass should remain clean at all times, where as mine will go black before self cleaning.

 

All I'm saying here is that hardwood will burn longer than conifer, nothing else.

[Mick Stockbridge]

If your using decent dry wood, in a reasonable stove, with a proper flue system, it will produce much more heat from the same amount of fuel with its doors closed than with them open - even with softwood.

 

I'm not really looking for a lesson in how to run my stove, just saying hardwood burns longer than softwood.

[Darren]

I've only burnt Spruce for the last 3 years. Made a mistake the first year and split it too small as it burns too fast and hot. You end up spending most of your time throwing logs in. I now split it twice the size of hardwood. It's trial and error.