Premium for Cedar?

[Dave Martin]

Does anyone charge a premium for cedar over other soft woods? ..... and can anyone tell me why I always end up humming `Tell me have you seen her` by the Chi-Lites whenever I`m processing it

[Fentiger]

Never had any Cedar.... as for the Chi-Lites, come and lay on the couch:closedeyes:

[gensetsteve]

The only cedar I get is par for cladding buildings. Seems very light in weight I would think it would make good kindling. I think it is good for cladding buildings because of the natural oils it last for decades unlike pine.

[dave fox]

are you talking about blue cedar? must admit i put it in with the hard wood,burns nice and hot!

[Dave Martin]

I thought that cedar was considered an excellant firewood.

 

I quote,

 

 

Cedar makes excellent firewood. Cedar has a distinct cell structure that reduces moisture, helping it to dry out faster than other woods. The wood contains many air pockets within the structure, and high oil content, so it heats quickly and burns hot. The one problem with cedar is that it doesn't burn long, so it is best to use cedar with a slower burning wood to create a longer lasting fire.

[VEG]

Cedar is in big demand for making bee hives at the moment.

[davetaz]

Cedar makes A1 kindling

1t fresh cedar, when seasoned weighs about say 600kg

This will produce 120 x 5kg nets kindling (2 days labour)

If you wholesale them at £2/net = £240 (less cost of nets 120 x 12p, £14.40)

Or if you can, retail them at £4/net = £480

[APC]

Cedar makes A1 kindling

1t fresh cedar, when seasoned weighs about say 600kg

This will produce 120 x 5kg nets kindling (2 days labour)

If you wholesale them at £2/net = £240 (less cost of nets 120 x 12p, £14.40)

Or if you can, retail them at £4/net = £480

 

 

That's food for thought.

[gensetsteve]

Cedar makes A1 kindling

1t fresh cedar, when seasoned weighs about say 600kg

This will produce 120 x 5kg nets kindling (2 days labour)

If you wholesale them at £2/net = £240 (less cost of nets 120 x 12p, £14.40)

Or if you can, retail them at £4/net = £480

 

5kg of cedar kindling would be a very large bag of kindling for £2. we use 50X40 nets and put a good quality pine par in them comes to 4kg. Builders merchant stuff comes to 3kg if its straight enough to cut into 6" pieces:lol: