How many bags worth??

[Jack Taylor-Day]

We are a small arb company based in Derby. We process all our waste wood into firewood but we sell out every year which has made me think about buying timber in and upgrading our current splitter. 
 

my question is, if I were to buy in 26T of ash cordwood how many 90x90 vented bags would I expect to get per tonne? 
 

Any help on this would be great.

[NJA]

I used to reckon 2 bags per m2 of cordwood, unvented bags may have been 80x80?  But may give a rough guide?

[Jack Taylor-Day]

Thank you, We are just trying to work out if it worth investing in cord wood and trying to expand or stay smaller with our arb waste.  The demand seems to be crazy busy at the moment and we wouldn't want to miss out.

[doobin]

20 minutes ago, Jack Taylor-Day said:

Thank you, We are just trying to work out if it worth investing in cord wood and trying to expand or stay smaller with our arb waste.  The demand seems to be crazy busy at the moment and we wouldn't want to miss out.

You also don't want to work for a pittance. Cordwood is incredibly expensive currently, and we are on the cusp of a major recession. That means that firewood sales will dip as those for whom it's a luxury on their stretched budget go without, and also, every man and his dog will be advertising 'bulk bag of hardwood' on Facebook.

 

Sometimes it's better to sell less but make more money on it. Better to sell ten bags from at £150 per bag with no timber costs than twenty bags at £120 per bag and £50 per bag timber costs, for example.

[gdh]

2 hours ago, Jack Taylor-Day said:

We are a small arb company based in Derby. We process all our waste wood into firewood but we sell out every year which has made me think about buying timber in and upgrading our current splitter. 
 

my question is, if I were to buy in 26T of ash cordwood how many 90x90 vented bags would I expect to get per tonne? 
 

Any help on this would be great.

You would get roughly 50 from fresh ash, I work off 1.8 cube of firewood per ton (the bags stretch).

[NJA]

3 hours ago, doobin said:

You also don't want to work for a pittance. Cordwood is incredibly expensive currently, and we are on the cusp of a major recession. That means that firewood sales will dip as those for whom it's a luxury on their stretched budget go without, and also, every man and his dog will be advertising 'bulk bag of hardwood' on Facebook.

 

Sometimes it's better to sell less but make more money on it. Better to sell ten bags from at £150 per bag with no timber costs than twenty bags at £120 per bag and £50 per bag timber costs, for example.

Good advice!  Every time you put prices up a few customers drop off the bottom... keep doing this until demand meets supply?

[Dan Maynard]

Have you got an easy yard to tip at? Maybe other nearby firms would tip you off more arb waste if it saves them running around.

[Jack Taylor-Day]

That’s not a bad shout for now. I’ll bare that in mind 👍🏼 thank you

[spuddog0507]

Personally I find arb waste a night mare to process compared to nice clean straight bought in timber,, then you have the down time to consider with hitting metal and various othere items,, with bought in timber you can make a nice uniform  product, but as with arb waste if its soneone  else's who don't give a ×××× what timber or size they are tipping off fir you,, I do try to avoid othere people's waste niw a days,,,

[Steven P]

21 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Have you got an easy yard to tip at? Maybe other nearby firms would tip you off more arb waste if it saves them running around.

 

Depends how friendly you all are round your way, a 5 minute chat when they drop off waste might see you picking up the odd job helping them out or able to pick up an extra hand if you're busy.. or they might be scouting you out to undercut you.... depends how friendly they are