How much should I charge for a tipper load of logs?

[Carl]

How much should I charge for a transit tipper loaded to the board level with hardwood logs, also how much for mixed hard and soft?

[Mesterh]

That is a question and a half.

 

I will sneak in quick and be nice, any idea on volume ie 1 cubic metre.....?

[Carl]

I think the rough volume of a transit tipper is about 2.5m3

[niftysteve]

this has been thrashed out so many times it depends where in the country you are as to the amount you can charge as firewood prices seem to be regional

[Carl]

Anyone know the rough price per tipper, m3 or tonne in merseyside? Does 100 quid a tipper sound fair?

[Frank]

What type of wood is it and how dry is it?

[Albedo]

According to these figures posted by Jay vee, which are a Finish standard:

 

1 SOLID m3 = 1.54 STACKED m3 = 2.5 LOOSE m3

1 STACKED m3 = 0.65 SOLID m3 = 1.63 LOOSE m3

1 LOOSE m3 = 0.62 STACKED m3 = 0.4 SOLID m3

 

You have 1.54 stacked cubic metre load there if your logs were thrown in loose to get your 2.5 cubic metre load.

 

This works out at £65 ish per stacked cubic metre if you sell your loose load for £100.

 

I was getting about this price last year for seasoned hardwood so I would say that for a mixed load of seasoned wood your price is fair.

 

This year the prices have gone up a bit so you may even get a bit more. In some parts of the country the price is double this amount.

 

I would say you could get around £80 a stacked cube this year but where you price it comes down to you really and your overheads and what the local market will bear, as in how loaded and desperate for wood people are.

 

Hope this helps.

[MaxJ]

A pal of mine in Cambridge sells the same amount of mixed seasoned wood for £120

[Albedo]

Interestingly my £80 a stacked cube works out at £120 a loose 2.5m load which agrees with what Max J has posted so we may be arriving at a fair price for you.

 

It would depend a bit on the % softwood and the seasonedness of said softwood element.

[Carl]

It's mainly likes of oak, ash, silver birch but every Now and then I nay get a load of pine, thanks for your responses