Mouldy logs and vented bags.

[Dave Martin]

thats what sycamore and h/chestnut go like anyway tbh - if you left it in the cord wood, youd find that when you cut it you get a fine black power dust from the drying of the wood - those logs look fine - looking well seasoned, splitting at ends and will burn just great - you will never get them to look nice and clean - thats the nature of that wood. sycamore is great firewood but doesnt look particulary clean looking, beech will go a nice dark colour once seasoned, birch can go over if not sold just at the precise time, ash stays nice and clean looking

 

tbh thats why we dont fell alot chestnut, just for the shear length of time to dry on a commercial basis - we stick with beech, ash, oak, birch then sycamore in that order - only use the chestnuts if we fell in part of our tree surgery basis and then probably only give it to relatives etc as it smoulders weve found.

 

dont worry dave youve done everything fine

 

Thanks Logbaron .. Thats just what I wanted to hear I was just about to mention the black powder on the sycamore.

[Tom D]

summer felled syc will always go like that whatever you do, thats why the saw mills will only take winter felled stuff, its the sugars in the sap.

 

Get em burnt!

[firewoodman]

they are fine mate.

 

you are selling them to be burnt at the end of the day, they are not for decoration!!

 

its the potato syndrome.....when you look at the outside, they are covered in crap (unless washed) but the inside is lovely!!!

 

customers are after the heat, not the beauty.

 

but if you can keep them cleaner you can charge more, but then its all relative to time, effort and expense

 

in my opinon anyway!

[Joy Yeomans]

 

but if you can keep them cleaner you can charge more, but then its all relative to time, effort and expense

 

in my opinon anyway!

 

 

how do you mean?

[firewoodman]

i had a customer who insisted his firewood was clean, almost to planed finish, i told him this would cost more as more care and effort was involved

 

to do this the wood needed to almost instant dry on the outside and needed to stay this way so it was stored in smaller tham M3 batches and was constantly moved into the sun and in shelted from rain

 

it is easier to store in big pile, but wood goes mouldy, more effort and expense to store in crates, so pass extra on to client and add on the FUSSY TAX

 

therefore premium product=premium price

 

but i would rather do less work for a product recieved buy the ungrateful to just be burnt without a thought to the effort involved

 

all of my wood is now stored in vented crates and undercover and some still goes mouldy

 

fussy customer is now gone, but not to anyone local and my life is easier

[Busy Daddy]

I have a problem with my logs at the moment

Worm holes in the ash only , thousands of little holes , customers think they are woodworm and look very bad

I clear all my stock every year and still they come back , anyone have the same problem ?

[Dave Martin]

i had a customer who insisted his firewood was clean, almost to planed finish, i told him this would cost more as more care and effort was involved

 

to do this the wood needed to almost instant dry on the outside and needed to stay this way so it was stored in smaller tham M3 batches and was constantly moved into the sun and in shelted from rain

 

it is easier to store in big pile, but wood goes mouldy, more effort and expense to store in crates, so pass extra on to client and add on the FUSSY TAX

 

therefore premium product=premium price

 

but i would rather do less work for a product recieved buy the ungrateful to just be burnt without a thought to the effort involved

 

all of my wood is now stored in vented crates and undercover and some still goes mouldy

 

fussy customer is now gone, but not to anyone local and my life is easier

 

I may be one of these `FUSSY` people myself I like to store the wood in the inglenooks and like it to look clean and `pretty`

[Joy Yeomans]

I may be one of these `FUSSY` people myself I like to store the wood in the inglenooks and like it to look clean and `pretty`

 

OMG - i dont believe it - and you call yourself a firewood man!

 

better send some pledge over for you dave - are you turning all Tony Blackburn on us all

[Dave Martin]

OMG - i dont believe it - and you call yourself a firewood man!

 

better send some pledge over for you dave - are you turning all Tony Blackburn on us all

 

:blushing:

[pro bros]

we cut alot of sycamore last november to leave native woodland for SNH and sap was pouring from stumps this was when it was freezing as site was around a loch . removed sycamore last week at a mansion house with absolutely none ,noticed this many times.sycamore burns best when red dots appear on bark dont you agree