Can you give me 6inches!

[timberbear]

Had a very upset lady from our local village ring me late last night, she was after six inch logs. She had just paid two grand to have a very nice new fire installed. The company which installed it told her there would be no problem getting the size she wanted. Oh how wrong the were. I told her I'm only a ten inch man! After a lot of sobbing on the phone, I decided to go and measure her fire, and yes you can just about get six inches in there. So being the type of feller I am I've just done her a cubic meter of six inches, but what a pain in the butt it was. Lucky for her I had a load of soft wood which was so dry she will want another load next week! So the moral of the story is " before you buy a fire make sure you can get the size of wood you want"

[martwizz]

Im sure she can buy plenty of 6inch logs from B&Q for £10 a bag

[normandylumberjack]

I cleared up a few years back by selling shorter lengths, as the local suppliers only cut to 50cm- standard size for a french woodburner, I was cutting 10" for my Rayburn anyway, and a friend wanted a cube to see how it went, his wife loved the fact that she could easily lift the logs into the fire, and I have never had to cut a 20" log since!

 

They say size isn't everything, but "they" are wrong!

It often pays to measure a ladies " fireplace" before trying to force anything too big in, trust me!

[Rich2484]

I cleared up a few years back by selling shorter lengths, as the local suppliers only cut to 50cm- standard size for a french woodburner, I was cutting 10" for my Rayburn anyway, and a friend wanted a cube to see how it went, his wife loved the fact that she could easily lift the logs into the fire, and I have never had to cut a 20" log since!

 

They say size isn't everything, but "they" are wrong!

It often pays to measure a ladies " fireplace" before trying to force anything too big in, trust me!

 

:lol:

[willburt]

I have a hakki pilke, to make 5" logs I made a stop or spacer and just bolted it to the original stop. Just a piece of metal or hard wood ? A lot of cutting though. I agree with making sure you fit a decent size fire though!

[BestFirewoodUK]

Maybe worth using pellets ? 6inch isn't something everyone would do.....

[ash_smith123]

We dont go much over 7-8" now rich, we were doing them at 10-12" and people were moaning it was too big! Can never please everyone i supose

[sandbach-sticks]

We cut everything into 6 inch length for kindling the Alpine tractor circ saw has 6 inch steel over hang perfect for the job

[windfall]

I have quite a few clients that i cut a 10inch log in half for, they are very grateful! Stupidly i dont even charge extra for it....

[michaelknapp]

mine is a 6 inch girth they are always moaning it is to tight