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why not go and see some inovative machinery being trialed and working in near as normal working conditions as you can get by visiting the Fuelwood Open days, they held one last year and they were very good showing differnt set ups and decks etc to minimise handling their next open days to register visit the Fuelwood Home - manufacturers, distributors and suppliers of forestry and firewood machinery and they are held near to Beusale,Claywood on the 20th and 21st May, free to visit just register that your coming i believe refreshments on site.

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I reckon if fahrenheit is buying 1.2 cm3 for £55, he is on a winner and best of luck to him. A quick google turns up plenty of suppliers selling 1 cm3 of kiln dried hardwood for £120 plus.

The problem is where does one get 1.2 cm3 for £55?

 

`Properly managed British woodlands` apparently :sneaky2:

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I'm not trying to teach granny how to suck eggs. It wasn't intended to sound that way anyway.

 

I've sent out over 1500 letters to my customers that have wood burners offering a summer discount so it's not too hard to get booked up every Saturday for 3 months. I'm sure if anyone did the same you'd have the same result. I'm sure the big firewood sellers on here are still doing plenty anyway. People are still suing their fires as it's still a bit nippy on an evening.

 

The only reason I decided to go into firewood was because there are a lot of poeple that have jumped on the firewood band wagon and are selling wet wood. This leaves us having to unblock tar clogged flues due to wet wood being delivered which is a nightmare.

 

I'm not really in it to make a fortune as i have a business already that earns me a good living but as it turns out we're not doing bad and it will save me a lot of hassle cleaning messed up stoves. We've sold a fair bit of wood already and have plenty booked in.

 

Our stove fitting service is more expensive than most around here but we still get the jobs due to our service, standard of finish and reputation. Just had a guy book in today who said we were £300 dearer than the other quotes he had but he still wanted us to do it. I thought i'd try and do the same with firewood....that's all.

 

I'm sorry if what i said has upset anyone but it wasn't intended to do so.

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