Could it be the end for the processor?

[mendiplogs]

Once general public start to see this years hardwood log prices more and more of them will start to go over onto seasoned softwood logs(i've started doing softwood logs for the first time this year:001_cool:) of which most processors were built for:confused1:

Thanks Phil

 

HI phil ref softwood will cost just as much as hardwood they will have to use 2tons for the price of a ton of hard wood mate owell mate thanks jon

[philg]

HI phil ref softwood will cost just as much as hardwood they will have to use 2tons for the price of a ton of hard wood mate owell mate thanks jon

 

demand for hardwood logs will drop off thats for sure:thumbup: Find out whats burnt Sweden, Norway etc and they really know there timber most wood there is seasoned for 2-3 years then burnt very slowly(eg close the air vents on your burner). A friend of mine has just sold 100+ cube of beech and oak @ £67.50 roadside and sold it with 1 phone call. Hardwood is going to cost more than gas/electric soon:blushing:

[mendiplogs]

demand for hardwood logs will drop off thats for sure:thumbup: Find out whats burnt Sweden, Norway etc and they really know there timber most wood there is seasoned for 2-3 years then burnt very slowly(eg close the air vents on your burner). A friend of mine has just sold 100+ cube of beech and oak @ £67.50 roadside and sold it with 1 phone call. Hardwood is going to cost more than gas/electric soon:blushing:

HI philg your right ref the price of hardwood cord mate it going up all the time mate jon

[Michael C]

demand for hardwood logs will drop off thats for sure:thumbup: Find out whats burnt Sweden, Norway etc and they really know there timber most wood there is seasoned for 2-3 years then burnt very slowly(eg close the air vents on your burner). A friend of mine has just sold 100+ cube of beech and oak @ £67.50 roadside and sold it with 1 phone call. Hardwood is going to cost more than gas/electric soon:blushing:

 

I agree with you re hardwood getting too dear/scarce, and people will have to start burning softwood, but as Jon says, you do need to burn a lot more of it. Burning it slowly by closing down the vents etc will reduce the stove's capacity to heat the room, radiators etc.

[Alycidon]

I agree with you re hardwood getting too dear/scarce, and people will have to start burning softwood, but as Jon says, you do need to burn a lot more of it. Burning it slowly by closing down the vents etc will reduce the stove's capacity to heat the room, radiators etc.

 

 

It will also dramatically increase the production of soot and tars in the flue. Tars in the flue will lead to a chimney fire sooner or later. Running a stove on a reduced oxygen input is not recommended these days by anyone in the stove industry. Let the stove burn itself out at its usual setting, it will continue to radiate heat for some hours after the fire has gone out providing its a half decent stove. Its not as though most houses don't have central heating for the morning is it.

 

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[skyhuck]

HI phil ref softwood will cost just as much as hardwood they will have to use 2tons for the price of a ton of hard wood mate owell mate thanks jon

 

With this kind of misinformation, from those within the trade and should really know better, there is little chance of the public becoming better informed and less anti soft wood

 

Weight for weight hard wood and soft wood have pretty much the the same calorific value.

 

Soft wood is lighter (than the better hard woods), so volume for volume you will burn more. But as its generally bought in by weight and easier to process, there is scope for a decent profit if marketed well.

[Alycidon]

Firewood is sold by volume not weight !!. We buy cordword by weight yes but sell it seasoned by volume.

 

A

[skyhuck]

Firewood is sold by volume not weight !!. We buy cordword by weight yes but sell it seasoned by volume.

 

A

 

 

Did I say it wasn't????????????

[philg]

It will also dramatically increase the production of soot and tars in the flue. Tars in the flue will lead to a chimney fire sooner or later. Running a stove on a reduced oxygen input is not recommended these days by anyone in the stove industry. Let the stove burn itself out at its usual setting, it will continue to radiate heat for some hours after the fire has gone out providing its a half decent stove. Its not as though most houses don't have central heating for the morning is it.

 

A

Because people have nearly always burnt h/wood in this country. Thats why you have been taught the said tar problem by stove suppliers:sneaky2: The cost of having your chimney swept more often will outway the hardwood price and you shoudn't get too much of a tar build up of DRY s/wood keep the vents closed down:001_rolleyes: I wonder if my briquettes will sell very well this year along with softwood logs and hardwood logs:thumbup: Oh and the processor is doing nearly all my softwood so she'll be kept busy.

[philg]

With this kind of misinformation, from those within the trade and should really know better, there is little chance of the public becoming better informed and less anti soft wood

 

Weight for weight hard wood and soft wood have pretty much the the same calorific value.

 

Soft wood is lighter (than the better hard woods), so volume for volume you will burn more. But as its generally bought in by weight and easier to process, there is scope for a decent profit if marketed well.

 

And that pretty much says it all:thumbup: