Firewood worries

[Crazy Cutter]

Don't know haven't seen? bagged or truck? lots of builders giving it a go now.

[Crazy Cutter]

do you really make £80 profit on the size load? I sell a level 10ft 5ft trailer for £150 and will be £175 this winter. Be brave I say

 

I would say there's 30 to 40.00 of wood in a split 4 cube load, split on site no doubling handling just cost of delivery. Winter price has been set at 200.00.

[eggsarascal]

gonna let me know who this lad is??? the one one by my land???

 

The lad i've been talking to today is in Chelmsford, he tells me that he has 1000 tonnes in logs!!!!!, i'm going down next week to have a look at the product, from the pictures he's sent me it looks like a mountain of logs.

 

I thought i knew most of the lads around here but i still can't find out who's got that wood next to your land:confused1:.

 

As an aside is your massy available any time soon?

[mendiplogs]

Is anyone else worrying like me?

 

Orders going nuts, can't keep up with the felling and worrying like hell that i'm going to run out of seasoned before december this year. And once you supply green hardwood or mix in s/w my customers don't come back!

 

HI crazy its nuts here too but what we do is just order 25/30% more cord then last winter but its getting harder to get good cord now at a good price i think this winter it going to be nuts:lol: thanks jon

[Billy68]

I say retrain your customers. in my experience people will buy whatever you have for sale as long as you are honest about what it is. that goes for green vs seasoned and also softwood vs hardwood. i always sell wood as it comes and leave it up to the customer to season it if they want to. i think we need to look to the way other countries do it - ie the customer buys it in and stores it and uses it when they are ready rather than the typical customer here that buys it today for burning tonight. they need to remember they're not buying gas or electric from a multinational company, they are buying a local product from (usually) a small company. i do think though that honesty is key as it educating the customers.

 

rant over

[farmer_ben]

The lad i've been talking to today is in Chelmsford, he tells me that he has 1000 tonnes in logs!!!!!, i'm going down next week to have a look at the product, from the pictures he's sent me it looks like a mountain of logs.

 

I thought i knew most of the lads around here but i still can't find out who's got that wood next to your land:confused1:.

 

As an aside is your massy available any time soon?

 

if i'd have thought i could of bought it over tomoro as the fields are to wet to run on, i'll have a think in the morning

[farmer_ben]

I say retrain your customers. in my experience people will buy whatever you have for sale as long as you are honest about what it is. that goes for green vs seasoned and also softwood vs hardwood. i always sell wood as it comes and leave it up to the customer to season it if they want to. i think we need to look to the way other countries do it - ie the customer buys it in and stores it and uses it when they are ready rather than the typical customer here that buys it today for burning tonight. they need to remember they're not buying gas or electric from a multinational company, they are buying a local product from (usually) a small company. i do think though that honesty is key as it educating the customers.

 

rant over

 

your right there bill, i have been honest with all my customers and never had a problem, always explain what they are getting and where it comes from, how its processed etc.

[mendiplogs]

your right there bill, i have been honest with all my customers and never had a problem, always explain what they are getting and where it comes from, how its processed etc.

 

HI ben thats the way to do it honest it the best way all the best jon

[eggsarascal]

if i'd have thought i could of bought it over tomoro as the fields are to wet to run on, i'll have a think in the morning

 

If you could get it over here in the morning that would be great.

[farmer_ben]

If you could get it over here in the morning that would be great.

 

how long rougly would you want it for?