First year selling and lost already!

[openspaceman]

You might PM the site as I may know it

[WoodlandWilf]

4 hours ago, Canal Navvy said:

😉Have you considered logging it up and selling it by the two cubic metre load for people to self season over next summer?

 

The closer you get to the end user the better the return. Firewooding with a few people is not only socialable but can be good for giving new recruits a bit of supervised saw time 

 

Hadn't considered that no, any reason why two cubic metres? Would that tend to be in a crate or bag or loose?

[WoodlandWilf]

4 hours ago, openspaceman said:

No it will have got lighter so less return.

 

The chestnut thing is a specialist market and the produce has to be selected out of the tree lengths by someone with an eye for seeing which bits of the tree are best for the assortment of produce.

 

For instance the bottom of a piece of chestnut coppice is often swept, so either cut an 8' post or discard 2' to give a 9" top 10'  length which 6 rails can be cleft from.

 

Thank you, sounss like we need to consider the length on the chesnut poles then. Although many people seem happy to burn it and pay a premium for it. I'd rather sell it for an end product if we can.

[GarethM]

Two cube falls outside of the firewood seasoning rules, technically you have to give them a leaflet explaining how to dry them tho.

 

But we'll leave that minefield of a discussion to another day.

 

[Canal Navvy]

1 hour ago, WoodlandWilf said:

 

Hadn't considered that no, any reason why two cubic metres? Would that tend to be in a crate or bag or loose?

As Gareth said it complies with the rules.

Two loose cubes also fits rather well into the ubiquitous 3.5 tonne Ifor Williams tipper trailer, isn't a struggle to cut & split a load and looks very good value to the customer. 

A lot of canal trusts do rather well out of direct log sales due to the feel good factor 👍 

 

[GarethM]

I'm assuming that's more of the charity restoration canal trusts as apposed to the CRT ?.

[WoodlandWilf]

4 hours ago, GarethM said:

Two cube falls outside of the firewood seasoning rules, technically you have to give them a leaflet explaining how to dry them tho.

 

But we'll leave that minefield of a discussion to another day.

 

 

3 hours ago, Canal Navvy said:

As Gareth said it complies with the rules.

Two loose cubes also fits rather well into the ubiquitous 3.5 tonne Ifor Williams tipper trailer, isn't a struggle to cut & split a load and looks very good value to the customer. 

A lot of canal trusts do rather well out of direct log sales due to the feel good factor 👍 

 

Got it, thank you both we will consider this option as well 👍

[Canal Navvy]

3 hours ago, GarethM said:

I'm assuming that's more of the charity restoration canal trusts as apposed to the CRT ?.

You are correct