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.