Unseasoned prices

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, arboriculturist said:

document that the customer needs to keep it for 2 years before burning.

Do what?

[arboriculturist]

6 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

Not dry but we cut our logs smaller than many and this makes each cube a bit lighter and they also dry faster so win win in my book. Ignore how long it takes re-splitting all the oversized logs coming off the conveyor haha

Smaller logs, smaller air gaps, less m3/tonne - but yes, we do a LOT! of resplitting as drying time is always a bain.

[arboriculturist]

4 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Do what?

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the original leaflet they produced - 2 years, yes that is exactly what is mandatory to tell them following the legislation enacted.

[Woodworks]

9 minutes ago, arboriculturist said:

Smaller logs, smaller air gaps, less m3/tonne - but yes, we do a LOT! of resplitting as drying time is always a bain.

Try weighing the crates. Small logs are lighter for sure. Take it to the extreme and fill one with kindling and its about as heavy as jay cloth haha 

[arboriculturist]

3 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

Try weighing the crates. Small logs are lighter for sure. Take it to the extreme and fill one with kindling and its about as heavy as jay cloth haha 

You find an crate 8" logs is lighter than the same crate of 12" logs when dried for the same amount of time, Ok, you may have weighed the 2 whereas I have not.

but you will get far less m3 per tonne processing 8" as opposed to 12".

[Woodworks]

3 minutes ago, arboriculturist said:

You find an crate 8" logs is lighter than the same crate of 12" logs when dried for the same amount of time, Ok, you may have weighed the 2 whereas I have not.

but you will get far less m3 per tonne processing 8" as opposed to 12".

I was talking about how chunky they are not the length. Our 12" logs all get stacked  so dont know their weight just the shorter ones in crates

[arboriculturist]

4 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

I was talking about how chunky they are not the length. Our 12" logs all get stacked  so dont know their weight just the shorter ones in crates

Ah ok

[openspaceman]

41 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

I was talking about how chunky they are not the length. Our 12" logs all get stacked  so dont know their weight just the shorter ones in crates

I wouldn't be surprised if split and stacked 12" hardwood worked out better than cordwood as some bends would be eliminated but generally the smaller you comminute something the lower the bulk density.

[arboriculturist]

10 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I wouldn't be surprised if split and stacked 12" hardwood worked out better than cordwood as some bends would be eliminated but generally the smaller you comminute something the lower the bulk density.

So the smaller you split the firewood the less weight you would have per m3 - provided they had both been allowed to dry to the same MC?

[openspaceman]

20 minutes ago, arboriculturist said:

So the smaller you split the firewood the less weight you would have per m3 - provided they had both been allowed to dry to the same MC?

Yes if they are just jumbled into a container