Firewood prices

[Treemon]

Weve just up our prices on seasoned hardwood to £70 per cube, is that comparable to the everyone else ( one supplier near us has gone to £95 per cube and reckons we should all be around the same price )

[gensetsteve]

I found some one doing builders bags for £135 and he has sold £26,000.00 he found it funny tree surgeons feel they need to do a truck full for £100. Next year he will buy it in and rebag.

[davetaz]

ours will be going up next winter from £100 to a minimum of £105/cubic metre possibly £110 depending how much cost of fuel goes up by

[Fahrenheit]

£130 a cube around here from a local guy........everyone thinks they're getting loads because it's the back of a trailer but the trailer when measured actually comes out at 1.08 of a cube:-)

Edited March 1, 2011 by Fahrenheit

[HANJAMKAT]

i am confused with his cube stuff my truck is 8 by 6. 1 ft deep level full for 95 pounds is that about right

[Chris Gagen]

i am confused with his cube stuff my truck is 8 by 6. 1 ft deep level full for 95 pounds is that about right

 

so, your 8x6x1 works out as follows;

 

8ft/2.44m

 

6ft/1.83m

 

1ft/0.31m

 

times them all together gives your trailer volume in cubic meters

2.44 x 1.83 x 0.31 = 1.38cbm

 

simples:thumbup1:

[eggsarascal]

i am confused with his cube stuff my truck is 8 by 6. 1 ft deep level full for 95 pounds is that about right

 

what wood are you selling is it hardwood/softwood or a mix of both?

[sandbach-sticks]

Enough! my prices are going up next year, have been as low as £45 for mixed wood and £65-70 for m3 of Oak and Ash. Really good info on here and i can't believe some of my customers have moaned at my prices lol. Can you tell me if you vary your prices drastically depending on type of wood?

[windfall]

Effort doesnt change for the wood/logs you prepare so in theory your prices shouldnt too. In practice a lot of my clients seem to want Hardwood, but i dont think they know the difference! So a certain amount of education is required.

 

I ask what they are using to burn the logs and if they have a wood burning/ multifuel stove then i suggest a mixture of hard woods and softwoods. Also if they are new to the 'open fire business' then softwoods may be easier for them to get a good roaring fire.

 

Some of my clients also want Ash as they have read its the best and want to burn the best and possibly impress their fiends!

 

Anyway to answer your question i currently charge £10 less for softwood. £85 for Hard, £75 for soft, + £10 delivery if over 5 miles from my yard. Prices will be going up by £10 next season to cover increased overheads.

[ad15]

£120 for 1.2m3 of hardwood,, that's an IFOR tt85 nicely loaded..