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[gensetsteve]

been thinking of renting another barn next to me for firewood storage,,but the figures dont add up, £2500 pa for barn,,£200 electric,£200 insurance for harvestor,£500 for net sacks, £150,chains maintenance, £500 diesel(for tractor)£470 accountant,as log business wood put my arb into vat bracket,,,,basicaly not far off £5000 running costs,,,,against average arb waste 50 ton give or take,,,,x £60 =£3000...that doesnt even include delivery of logs??? maybe I will just keep doing the odd load too tidy up the end of a days arb work,,,,,trouble I have the same as everyone else is tough to wack price up of load,,as others round here sell at crazy prices,,,,,,tough one.

 

Its easy if you dont rely on the work. But its a brave man who bucks the trend if he needs the money to pay the bills and feed the kids. I was thinking next year in october placing an ad for a high price so the competition raise there prices. You can always have a sale in November:lol:

[delabodge]

tend to wack my prices up by £5 a yr,,,as fuel costs increase etc,,,,used to be £0.85 a litre now £1.13 a litre,,,,love to wack the cost of back breaking logs by that much,,,