Hows the log sales going now

[Woodworks]

The odd load here and there but basically dead. Going to try and sell some green over the summer but dithering about how best to advertise it.

 

William. Yes get as much in now cut and in cord to leave time free to deliver come the winter. Also the ground is relatively dry at the moment making getting the timber out from the woods and into the storage area much easier.

[william petts]

Yh we coppice a small bit of out woods around Feb so we havnt got to worry about to much brush and then extract it around now although we've had torrential rain, very weird weather, meant we still havnt harvested the hay yet!!

And same with us gdh always plenty to get on with

[Marko1982]

1325 tonnes

[william petts]

How do u process your wood mark, presumably with some decent kit as it may be a bit if a struggle keeping up with demand with an axe hey

[elder]

Got logs going out quiet steady just now. Surprised usually quiet this time of year.

[Logsnstuff]

Got logs going out quiet steady just now. Surprised usually quiet this time of year.

 

I'm so busy had a 4 hr nap on the sofa yesterday and watched about 9 hrs of tv today.

[elder]

I'm so busy had a 4 hr nap on the sofa yesterday and watched about 9 hrs of tv today.

 

Lol thats the normal working day for you though lol

[donnk]

where do people buy in from, what's going rate for an arctic load ?

[Marko1982]

How do u process your wood mark, presumably with some decent kit as it may be a bit if a struggle keeping up with demand with an axe hey

 

12 vertical splitters Lancman 26tons, conveyor belts, feeder.

 

Outside there are workers working with chainsaws that cut the logs to 25,33,or 50cm. Then everything goes into feeder that goes to conveyor belts which run behind the splitters. Its done with hand...thats the only way to make your pallet look good.

 

28 people morning shift, 28 people afternoon shift. 8 truckloads on a good day and I still dont have enough firewood.

[elfinwood saws]

I think that people are giving up making firewood and importing the ready made stuff from the Baltic states, we looked at it and it is cheaper than making our own and we harvest our own timber, and i think it is affecting our timber sales as firewood producers are buying the ready made,instead of buying our timber and producing there own firewood. There are in hard times ahead for small forestry and firewood production.