average cost

[jltree]

what should i expect to pay to buy an artic load of pole hardwood for firewood and is silver birch any good for burning,

 

any work is welcome work:thumbup1:

[Martyn Amos]

sorry cant answer the cost question:blushing:

but as the silver birch goes,yes its a good burning wood:thumbup1:

i burnt alot myself this december and sold a few barrels.

only today logged up a fallen large birch,will pick up the wood tomorrow:thumbup1:

[slack ma girdle]

Between £20-30 per cube + transport

[skyhuck]

Between £20-30 per cube + transport

 

Who sells by the cube?? I've only ever sold by the tonne.

[18 stoner]

i burnt alot myself this december and sold a few barrels.

only today logged up a fallen large birch,will pick up the wood tomorrow:thumbup1:

 

Just wondering, how many logs in a barrel?

[Big J]

Who sells by the cube?? I've only ever sold by the tonne.

 

The representative from Scottish Woodlands, the guys that manage the estate I work on, has said that they are trying to move the sales of cordwood towards volume, rather than weight. This is inline with the European method of doing things and is fairer as volume is constant, but weight will decrease rapidly with time.

 

In response to the original post, I'm not a huge fan of birch myself - needs to be well dried and not durable when exposed to the elements (will rot very quickly).

 

Jonathan

[matthew65]

It burns very quickly if well seasoned, but gives off a good heat, I would mix it with other wood and not sell it by itself.

[Martyn Amos]

Just wondering, how many logs in a barrel?

 

depends on the customer!

if next door buy some they have a very small woodburner,hence i give them all the smaller logs,could be anything from 60/70 logs

others who take whatever they get,could be 50/55

£10 per barrel,mixed wood,oak,ash,beech,birch,plus a little softwood,all well seasoned-no complaints:thumbup1:

[skyhuck]

The representative from Scottish Woodlands, the guys that manage the estate I work on, has said that they are trying to move the sales of cordwood towards volume, rather than weight. This is inline with the European method of doing things and is fairer as volume is constant, but weight will decrease rapidly with time.

 

 

I can see the sense in moving to volume, but on lumpy, twisty hardwood I could see scope for a fare bit of disagreement between seller and buyer about what that volume is. Soft wood is pretty uniform and a lorry load will be more or less the same each time.

 

A weight ticket is a very easy way to go, IME.

[combined tree services]

I can see the sense in moving to volume, but on lumpy, twisty hardwood I could see scope for a fare bit of disagreement between seller and buyer about what that volume is. Soft wood is pretty uniform and a lorry load will be more or less the same each time.

 

A weight ticket is a very easy way to go, IME.

 

i agree totally with what your saying huck , but the big problem with buying by the ton is that a load of wet oak , pine , is going to weigh far more than a load of larch , ash ir sycamore that has been harvested and left at road side for a while. however i guess that the other problem is that buying by volume as oppased to weight your going to be more likely to bet smaller diamiter timber to make up the load .