logs size???

[farmboymark]

hi all,

just wondered if there was a standard log size that logs are sold in??

i'm currently cutting and splitting into 10-12" lengths?

is this to long?????

[eggsarascal]

hi all,

just wondered if there was a standard log size that logs are sold in??

i'm currently cutting and splitting into 10-12" lengths?

is this to long?????

 

I cut mine 10", but i also ask the customer what size fire/stove they have.Theres nothing worse than getting to the customers house and them saying the logs are to big for my fire.

[windfall]

I started doing them 10 - 12 but now i do them 8 - 10 inch. I also make them narrower now than i did when i started all of 3 months ago.

 

As above, i do also check what size fire they have as some people want 12-16.

[Justme]

My personal logs are 7" as we only have an Aga little wenlock & a Rayburn. But one customer wants 15" logs for there stove. So the bulk of what we prep is 7" & then we do about 6m3 in 15" which is pre ordered. Anyone just turning up gets the 7" like it or lump it. We do it that way cos we cut & split when green.

[mixedangased]

normally cut mine between 8-10 inchs unless a customer wants longer in which case will have to wait for when im processing again

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

7-9"

 

[Dave Martin]

This might help

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/10859-how-big-your-log.html

[Mark Bolam]

I generally keep everything below 12", but you have to look at the timber and work out what length it will split at. This applies to my arb stuff more than straight grained forestry cord.

 

I'm happier doing big logs for pubs etc., but I refuse to do pathetic 4" logs for people who were thick enough to buy stoves with tiny doors. They won't pay twice the money, so I won't do twice the work.

 

God, I'm a bad man.

[Hodge]

i have my processor set at 9" but allways ask the customer what size they require when they order, i have a customer who requires 23" logs and a customer who requires 8" so i allways ask just to make sure.

[Mark Bolam]

Hodge, do you take the 8" as a maximum? I mean if you had a 52" length of cord, that's 6 logs at 8", and a 4" log, minus kerf.

 

Would you chuck the small log in the load, or separate it?

 

I had a solicitor ring me last year 'instructing' me to supply him with 'seasoned ash logs, 6 inches in length. Not 5 inches. Not 7 inches. 6 inches - do you understand?'

 

I understood all right. I hope he's still waiting!