Firewood prices

[Steve Bullman]

Although i did have a customer the other day say "Oh, i bet you guys are all jumping on the band wagon, now utility bills and the price of coal are going through the roof"!

 

i had a guy the other day make a similar comment when i gave him the prices.....i didnt say a word and just hung up the phone. firewood is in drastically short supply this year, im almost wishing what little wood i have/had i had saved for january!

[firewoodman]

you guys are not alone with those comments

 

after all mate all you do is chop wood with an axe, what expenses could you posibly have???

[THE88MAN]

fully agree.

we work dam hard and provide a good service and are professionals not just doing it for beer money.

 

when anything breaks down it all comes out of the profits as does the maint, its all oil prices though.

 

what are granny logs?

funny thing is i now actually do firewood for beer money! 10 years ago we sold 30 1/2 ton loads a week (winter) on average,£40 a load,full time job,take out fuel,overheads,two mens wages,breakdowns etc then do the maths,not viable.i have always maintained that good seasoned firewood should be nearly double the average market price but while idiots are rushing around cutting their own throats it will remain beer money.i now sell 4-5 loads a week at 60 quid on a saturday.....after i've earnt my living mon-fri,sad but true

[firewoodman]

our problem is the advice web sites which dont get updated regulary always pup the price for firewood really low.

 

if we ourselves set a national minimum then it would be worth while.

 

i do belive woodfuel will be big and you 88 will get busier

[Mark Bolam]

Granny logs are 6" and under and "the last log man used to carry them up my side alley and stack them as well"! (He's no longer in business funnily enough...)

 

Just done some rough calcs.

 

Price increase it is. I want Stella money now.

[firewoodman]

ahh! i know the sort now

 

delivered 2m3 today to a first timer with no where to tip except for on the road and asked if i could carry it up to his 3rd floor flat........ i left with the tyres smoking!!!

[Simon Rotheram]

One for you guys in the know, recently the timber market has gone crazy, but what sort of money is cordwood delivered for processing at the moment?

 

Purely out of curiosity:sneaky2:

 

Were currently flogging it on ebay for £45 per builders bag for mixed hardwood, its selling like hotcakes.

 

The firewood market has picked up over the last couple of years, probably due to the rising energy costs

[welwell]

Were currently flogging it on ebay for £45 per builders bag for mixed hardwood, its selling like hotcakes.

 

The firewood market has picked up over the last couple of years, probably due to the rising energy costs

 

Do you have a hiab on the truck or can one man lift a builders bag full of logs off the back of a truck???

[Simon Rotheram]

The logs are collection only, they come to my yard usually in a Metro car or something similar and fill it untill sparks fly off it as it leaves down the drive!

[bill]

the way things are going conifer will be going for 100 a load! i sell my unseason logs for £90 a load.