Hows the log sales going now

[gensetsteve]

Why should there be any link between the cost of oil and the cost of cord? Other than haulage should be cheaper and the chainsaw oil as well for the guys cutting the trees down......

 

When oil was shooting up through the roof, cord prices didn't particularly mirror that?

 

The fact is that if other sources of fuel are cheaper, then people who have multiple options for heating their house, can choose which they want to use. Those that have woodburning stoves as an aesthetic improvement to the ambience of their house will still burn the same amount of wood irrespective of the outside temperature as their central heating will just have less to do.

 

I dont think cutters gained from the increase in cord price. I seem to remember the government brought in a £15 a tonne tax for timber from forestry commission sites. Private land owners then jumped on the band wagon and cord went up £10 a year for 4 years. This seemed to mirror the increasing price of oil very well until it reached £65 a tonne delivered in last year. Now it seems to have dropped to about £40

[Mortimer Firewood]

I dont think cutters gained from the increase in cord price. I seem to remember the government brought in a £15 a tonne tax for timber from forestry commission sites. Private land owners then jumped on the band wagon and cord went up £10 a year for 4 years. This seemed to mirror the increasing price of oil very well until it reached £65 a tonne delivered in last year. Now it seems to have dropped to about £40

 

If at levels off at £40 it would work quite well.

[skyhuck]

Oil prices being lower should help the cord price, extraction and haulage are both pretty oil hungry.

[gensetsteve]

We have a glut of timber for making kindling at the moment and renewablejohn thinks it is because power stations are not burning at the moment but from March the new grants start. It will be interesting to see how this effects the price of timber in general.

Last year we struggled to get a 100 bags of kindling on a pallet before it was sold and we were lucky to keep a few tonne of raw material flowing in.

This year we have nearly 20 pallets ready and spare and must have at least 50 tonnes of off cuts and building.

 

How times change. We are ticking over nicely but certainly no need to put in long days. Making a living and enjoying it a good way to be

[Mortimer Firewood]

Oil prices being lower should help the cord price, extraction and haulage are both pretty oil hungry.

 

Haulage will not come down as there are not enough drivers even in the quite spells.

I no of 4 brand new units been put on the road since Christmas

[briquette_seller]

Haulage will not come down as there are not enough drivers even in the quite spells.

I no of 4 brand new units been put on the road since Christmas

 

Business opportunity.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Business opportunity.

 

I'll pm you the answer!

[briquette_seller]

Delivered last load in snow today, truck sliding around on the icy slush not fun! Sales steady.

 

Aye, delivering in the snow sucks.

Makes the phone ring though.

[Logsnstuff]

12 hrs today for a delivery can normally do in 6 1/2, jacknifed lorry on the way up took 3 hrs then blew the hydraulics in the crane and 2 more lorries stuck in the snow on the way back almost 100 miles of unploughed road, on the return were getting drifts over 2ft deep.

[mendiplogs]

12 hrs today for a delivery can normally do in 6 1/2, jacknifed lorry on the way up took 3 hrs then blew the hydraulics in the crane and 2 more lorries stuck in the snow on the way back almost 100 miles of unploughed road, on the return were getting drifts over 2ft deep.

 

HI LOG sound a night mere mate thanks jon