Future Firewood Demand Optimism?

[difflock]

43 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Now you ask that I must say that I haven't noticed it being done locally for a while but back a while it was done on fields I walked by that were contract growing maize for a digester so not for human consumption. Those fields are the ones I got my rye from.

 

I am also aware that over time the heavy metal build up from sewage got high enough that they had to stop on some fields.

 

A local bloke cornered the market for spreading this by purchasing some big tankers (Agilators??) with massive flotation tyres and they pulled subsoilers down which the slurry was injected. He got too cocksure that he would get the contract for another five years so increased his tender. Next I saw was a standard large tractor pulling the subsoiler and a large bore plastic pipe down which the slurry was pumped out of a large static tank with a stationary diesel pump.

 

 

Umbilical systems for dribbling slurry have now near taken over, over here in N Ireland. Much better for our generally wetter ground conditions.

Edited August 21, 2022 by difflock

[drinksloe]

44 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Now you ask that I must say that I haven't noticed it being done locally for a while but back a while it was done on fields I walked by that were contract growing maize for a digester so not for human consumption. Those fields are the ones I got my rye from.

 

I am also aware that over time the heavy metal build up from sewage got high enough that they had to stop on some fields.

 

A local bloke cornered the market for spreading this by purchasing some big tankers (Agilators??) with massive flotation tyres and they pulled subsoilers down which the slurry was injected. He got too cocksure that he would get the contract for another five years so increased his tender. Next I saw was a standard large tractor pulling the subsoiler and a large bore plastic pipe down which the slurry was pumped out of a large static tank with a stationary diesel pump.

 

 

 

They weren't Terragators were they?

Big yellow things, i think some have either 3 or 5 wheels with a big central steering wheel, 1's i drove had 4 but u could steer both axles and lock it crab like for really soft ground so every tyre on different footprint.

Big 1m wide agri bibs, was fun drivin it on narrow country roads.

I'm sure i've seen some used as secondry extraction units for timber, from forest roadside to a proper hgv accessable roadside, ( low ground pressure doesnae screw up forest tracks as much)

 

I drove 1 after the fires finished on F&M, they used them to treat and spread 'contaminated' cow slurry after F&M.

They have a dispalcement pump same as umbilical systems so u could mix slurry with lime and they guaranteed it was mixed throughout, well that was the theory.

 

Ws the same up my area 1 bloke had it sewn up, to be fair i don't think much competiton for it, was a truelly stinking job.

He won the contract for a lot of F&M work, can't mind him going back to the human slurry after that.

Dunno if the rules changed about the same time or he made so much money on F&M.

No one else started spreading it either thou

[doobin]

Animal slurry is the liquids you see being spread. Human waste is treated till solid, this is spread by contract muckspreaders, often the terra gator type.

[Woodworks]

Well sales are nuts but how much should we be putting up prices? 

 

We raised our prices by 10% in the April but with inflation expected to hit nearly 20% by January wondering about adding another 10%. And that's just to keep pace with inflation so basically standing still

 

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Edited August 22, 2022 by Woodworks

[sime42]

I foresee a lot of wet wood being "burnt" this winter, and beyond. As supplied by unscrupulous firewood producers and used by inexperienced consumers. Lots of work for chimney sweeps over the coming years on the positive side!

 

 

 

[Honda]

19 minutes ago, sime42 said:

I foresee a lot of wet wood being "burnt" this winter, and beyond. As supplied by unscrupulous firewood producers and used by inexperienced consumers. Lots of work for chimney sweeps over the coming years on the positive side!

 

 

And firemen.

 

[sime42]

8 minutes ago, Honda said:

 

Yep, unfortunately so.

[Conor Wright]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

Apparently the expected hike in electricity prices in Sweden over winter is causing a boom in stoves being installed. Wood prices are still quite steady and firewood prices are incredibly low compared to the UK, so it's being seen as an economical option for emergency heating.

 

As an example, this local firewood seller is selling mixed timber (pine, spruce, mixed hardwood) at £36/stacked cube and pure birch is £44 (collected). It's not worth me cutting it myself at that price.

 

How much (or little) does a contractor get for felling and processing to length then? I can't buy spruce here (ireland) roadside at that money, never mind processed and dry.

[sandspider]

How does the heating oil price there compare to the UK, if the Scandinavians do oil hearing?

[sandspider]

Fair. What does a litre of petrol cost? Logs sound far too cheap there, though I suppose there are a lot of woods about.