Logs

[Woakesart]

Hi 

 

I'm James and I'm looking for free logs if anyone in my area has anything they can drop on my drive? I have already created it as a tip site.

So please get in touch, I'm in Berkeley Gloucestershire 

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, Woakesart said:

Hi 

 

I'm James and I'm looking for free logs if anyone in my area has anything they can drop on my drive? I have already created it as a tip site.

So please get in touch, I'm in Berkeley Gloucestershire 

Beer tokens James 🙂

[Mik the Miller]

James.

 

Why would anyone deliver to you free logs ?

 

It costs in fuel to get to you.

The firewood guys pay for good clean wood.

The bio-mass guys pay for off cuts.

 

Only the tip charges for disposal of brash ridden branches and scrub.

Where is the advantage in dropping off logs to you ?

 

If I could dispose of a 20 x 3.5m Leylandi hedge would you be happy with that ?

[Haironyourchest]

I thought free logs were a thing a few years ago (10?) Talking fresh, unsplit logs.. has the market changed then?

[Doug Tait]

Think the confusion lies in the wording.

 

To me they're only logs when they've been processed to a size for stove/fireplace, until they've been processed it is timber or unprocessed arisings. Suspect that as the OP has a registered tip site they mean timber or arisings.

 

People regularly get unprocessed arisings from us, either collecting themselves from site or we will tip a load (to suit us) in return for free/eggs/veg/refreshments/pocket money etc.

 

Has to be said, the chicken people with abundant free range eggs to offer and the community market garden charity with beautiful veg for us are our first thought when we have something they'd like.

[Tree monkey 1682]

11 hours ago, Mik the Miller said:

James.

 

Why would anyone deliver to you free logs ?

 

It costs in fuel to get to you.

The firewood guys pay for good clean wood.

The bio-mass guys pay for off cuts.

 

Only the tip charges for disposal of brash ridden branches and scrub.

Where is the advantage in dropping off logs to you ?

 

If I could dispose of a 20 x 3.5m Leylandi hedge would you be happy with that ?

It goes both ways,  I used to supply 40yrd hook bins ,grab lorry's, skips ...for tree surgeons to load foc...we weren't picky on timber ...yet they still wanted beer tokens on top of haulage costs..

Then running a yard.

Considering most tree surgeons have no yard ,no tip site,have to pay charges to dump chip or timber ...and they allready have been paid for a job.. ud think they'd be greatful to offload it onto someone ...

[Peter 1955]

6 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

 

Considering most tree surgeons have no yard ,no tip site,have to pay charges to dump chip or timber ...and they allready have been paid for a job.. ud think they'd be greatful to offload it onto someone ...

I strongly suspect an element of tongue-in-cheek with that remark. As log burners become the must have fashion, the stuff folk were happy to dispose of for free has become a valuable commodity. Round here, ready to burn logs are £165 per cubic metre, so the DIY version must now have a value.  

[Steven P]

With the tip sites you have to be aware that anyone based locally will have arrangements generally in place to dispose of their arisings - whether it is a yard, regular tip sites, or a commercial deal (preferential tip rates, selling on for biomass) - as described above.

 

Where they come into their own often is to anyone working outside their usual area who need somewhere handy to tip. As an example, I've seen tree surgeons around here from 10+ miles away and for them to fill a tipper truck, return to their local area, tip and back to the job for another load costs (20 miles van use, 2 hours labour costs for driving, job takes 2 hours longer - could be into a 2nd day, any tip fees) and then having a local tip site becomes a viable option.

 

You are then competing with all other local tip sites. Point I am making is that registering on the tip sites isn't going to bring you a driveway full of logs - people will be in contact as and when it is necessary for them. Great to have an introduction though, someone might be reading this Gloucestershire way and remember seeing your post,

 

 

Also to note as above, people see logs as a resource, the home owner with the tree sees 2m3 of oak, then pops into B&Q and does some sums, the oak wood will pay for the tree surgery! (yeah....) and decide to keep the wood themselves to sell on for massive profits - you are more likely to be offered softwoods and gnarly bits... I'd guess I'll get 75%+ as softwoods and only a small portion is hardwoods. (note: making a fortune from your garden tree... take away your time to log it up  / pay for the tree surgeon to do so, perhaps buy a chainsaw (+ safety gear) and axe if DIY (or log splitter hire), store in the garden for 1 year+, deal with facebook ads / gumtree, the value of your time eats away any profits pretty quick - often far more profitable to do a couple of hours overtime in your regular job.. so a lot of homeowners are keeping their hardwoods with that thought process)

Edited 12 hours ago by Steven P

[Tree monkey 1682]

19 hours ago, Peter 1955 said:

I strongly suspect an element of tongue-in-cheek with that remark. As log burners become the must have fashion, the stuff folk were happy to dispose of for free has become a valuable commodity. Round here, ready to burn logs are £165 per cubic metre, so the DIY version must now have a value.  

Not all all ,I can tell u its the same mostly where ever I've worked ..

Tree surgeons don't get it ,the quicker your off site the more money you make, they less chance you will be done for overloading in a 3.5 tonner .

In respect to a so called valuable commodity,  that's pointless, until logs are cut ,split , dried , delivered and monies are in your hand ,its worth f all, also don't forget the wear and tear of a saw ,just to log up oversized timber  .. then going to get the shit to start with .

Or may be tree surgeons need to stick with oversized bushes rather than proper trees that other firms can handle .

[Mick Dempsey]

I believe the waste wood market is changing.

 

Some firms are  paying for rubbish wood as chippable biomass.