Is this too good for firewood?

[miller-Ian]

Marko, I think what Nick means, and the point I was sarcastically meaning is that for the hassle caused by most of the "wood turners" out there, it may as well be on the firewood heap.

 

If a tree bloke gets the chance of a reliable miller or turner to take all this so called "valuable" timber away without fuss they are very, very lucky.

 

It maybe harsh, but true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S, the yew I've been burning on my stove for the last week is very hot.

 

 

 

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im a wood turner and i will take the wood with no fuss

[amersham sawmill]

I reckon I know this bloke....

[nick channer]

I reckon I know this bloke....

 

d.w.c.????

[18 stoner]

im a wood turner and i will take the wood with no fuss

 

So did you get my last e-mails regarding the puzzle logs?

[miller-Ian]

i did mate and i awating you to go have a look at them

[miller-Ian]

just seen an email i missed and have replied

[Rob D]

I'd say there was £100 worth of firewood in that![/QUOexactly... 9 times out 10 its worth as much as firewood as anything else.. also sometimes its not worth hassle of waiting for someone to come collect it. once its down and on the truck you can get paid.. customer wont pay till the butts gone.. was diff when i had a hiab lorry.. could grab it and leave it at yard..

had guy local to me who i sell any large volumes of oak butts too who offered me £250 for a decent sized bit oak.. thought i'd split it and see how price compared to split logs.. had three 1.3m3 buckets full.. so even at my low firewood prices it was bit more than he offered..

 

 

I think this depends on who comes and sorts out the wood though doesn't it - if they say 'yes I'll have it - here's the money will be over there tomorrow' - and they do that there's no problem.

 

Yes it will be worth more in firewood if you split it, dry it and deliver it - but then you need to take the costs off of doing that including your time.

 

In your example you had 4 cubic meters of split oak - what's the value of that? I'd say about £200 in the yard and around £280 if delivered green... but then you have to take your time off for splitting it and then some more for delivering it.

 

So his offer of £250 is about right - and as long as the buyer pays quickly you'll not make any additional money but you'll save the time it takes to split it.

[Rob D]

I reckon I know this bloke....

 

 

 

:confused1: what do you mean by that?

[miller-Ian]

:confused1: what do you mean by that?

 

i wondered that to