Price of (at roadside) firewood grade timber as mentioned in Farmers Weekly yesterday

[Paul in the woods]

14 hours ago, openspaceman said:

The chap I pulled 50m3 of alder out for in mid Hants doesn’t appear to be getting much interest.

As a private user I'd love that. Shame transport is so expensive, that and the fact you'll not get a suitable lorry down my lane.

 

But it does lead me to another question. Does anyone supply logs for outdoor firepits, chimineas etc? I would have said alder would be ideal for them.

[slasherscot]

ash and beech 3m firewood lengths...70 roadside atm

 

[Vedhoggar]

13 hours ago, cessna said:

Many thanks for all your recent replies as they are all useful information as to how much wood is costing at roadside.

With some furloughed last autumn/winter prices may be a bit inflated due to supply and demand, therefore it might be worth reviewing pricing once things settle down and get back to some sort or normality.

[Squaredy]

21 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Define decent.

 

The chap I pulled 50m3 of alder out for in mid Hants doesn’t appear to be getting much interest.

If he can arrange haulage to South Wales I would pay a decent price for two loads of Alder and I would mill it.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

If he can arrange haulage to South Wales I would pay a decent price for two loads of Alder and I would mill it.

I'll put that to him. TDUB?

[Squaredy]

48 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I'll put that to him. TDUB?

No idea what TDUB means sorry!

[Vedhoggar]

14 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

No idea what TDUB means sorry!

It’ll be top dia under bark

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Vedhoggar said:

It’ll be top dia under bark

Yes that's right, sorry I thought @Squaredy would be familiar with the term.

[Squaredy]

2 hours ago, openspaceman said:

I'll put that to him. TDUB?

Ah well if TDUB is top diameter under bark then I would say approx 200mm as a minimum.  I would also need to know what lengths the logs are and see a pic or two to assess quality.  I do not expect perfection, but I need to see I am not buying rubbish either!

[Squaredy]

15 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Yes that's right, sorry I thought @Squaredy would be familiar with the term.

I mainly buy hardwoods so rarely come across this term, and when I do it is not abbreviated.  As a general rule I am offered a parcel of sawlogs, and usually then I get a log list giving measurements of every log. Just occasionally I buy hardwood logs by weight and as long as they are sawlog size I am not too fussy about top diameter.  Length is more important to me - ideally multiples of eight foot or 2.5 metres saves me waste and handling.  And of course quality - no-one likes knotty or shaky logs for milling.