Hows the log sales going now

[I Sell Cheap]

You see so many tree surgeons websites claiming a log of 30% moisture is seasoned and ready to burn. Not according to the solid fuel association it isn't!

 

I can honestly say that I have only seen a handful of tipped loads of logs on peoples drives that were obviously seasoned well. Almost all are blatantly green wit hose unsuspecting punters then buying coal to get the green wood to burn.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Pressing a moisture metre on the outside of your logs is not a accurate way of testing a logs moisture. You need to split the logs and test it in the middle and only 12 month old wood will be double 15%. You can kid yourself your selling seasoned as I presume your sales depend on you claiming your selling "Genuine" seasoned logs.

 

I currently have about 40 tonnes of 18 month seasoned oak stacked and covered but its still 35% in the centre once split.

 

Once customers burn "Genuine" seasoned logs most don't go back to the con artists selling green as seasoned, and I am not insinuating your are a con artist !

 

For every "Genuine" seasoned log you need to burn four unseasoned to get the same heat output and of course a chimney fire down the road or corroded flue liner.

 

I know how to test for moister! Of cause it has to be split. I know a lot of log merchants in my area that sell good quality firewood that has been cut and split and seasoned in 12 months or under. How many log merchants can tie up 20k in cord for two years.

[Joy Yeomans]

we are cutting some cord felled in summer coming out at 20% mix ash beech birch sycmore even oak is at 26%

 

 

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[Dan Earp]

Felled a 60ft ash. Max reading 26% , so split it there and then and its burning great at 18-20% same with the birches the month before

[I Sell Cheap]

15% after 12 months split moisture level ? absolute rubbish

 

Its obvious all the fresh cord to instant seasoned log merchants are going to defend the practice, but fact is it can't be done in 12 months or less.

 

So what you are saying that wood cut and seasoned for 2 years should be nearing 10% or less ? and 3 year heat log moisture levels ?

[Joy Yeomans]

timber felled by harvester and smaller diametre stacked or cut right into a windy site will soon loose a hell of a lot of moisture. and yes to check moisture levels you have to split with axe and test inside face

a customer of ours bought our logs at 110 a cube and bought to try a kiln dried cube at 170 the moisture was exactly the same at 20%

 

 

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[I Sell Cheap]

IF you told me to jump into the canal I woulnt.

 

Most kiln dried is well below 20% joy

 

Just out of interest, whats the moisture content of your kindling these days ?

[Joy Yeomans]

we sold out before xmas out of all stock until we start cutting again

anyway whos asking who to jump into a canal wtf thats all about

and i am just quoting my customer who showed me his metre levels compared to ours upon delivery

 

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[Joy Yeomans]

surely moisture levels in the air are around 16% at the moment so to keep wood at 10% it will have to be kept airtight??

 

 

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[I Sell Cheap]

Jesus, bad Christmas ?

 

The point I was trying to convey was I do not believe what someone tells me who has a vested interest.

 

Enjoy the rest of the festive period Joy and have a few drinks.