Price of Firewood

[Ted_165]

I am selling 'medium' quality firewood by the trailer load - 2.42m cubed, I'm selling the trailer load for £120, that makes it about £50 per m3, does that seem too much or too little?

[Justme]

2.42m cubed is actually 14.7m3

 

I think you mean 2.42 cubic meters or 2.42m3.

 

£50 per m3 does seem very low.

[Ted_165]

Yes aye, 2.42m3, I wouldn't say its the best, I've seen around, but its not the worst! What do you reckon I should be selling it for?

[StephF]

Too low, (unless it is softwood?) should be looking at £70 + to recover costs

[felixthelogchopper]

I am selling 'medium' quality firewood by the trailer load - 2.42m cubed, I'm selling the trailer load for £120, that makes it about £50 per m3, does that seem too much or too little?

 

What do you mean by 'medium quality'? Is it seasoned or still green, hardwood or softwood, actual logs or carpentry off-cuts? Lot of variables to affect the value of your load.

[Ted_165]

Well I have dry softwood and hardwood, they are proper logs but some of softwood as started to go rotten, but hardwood has a bit of mould growing, but will the mould effect the price?

[tree monkey]

if its sycamore it always seem to get some mold on it if it had started to rot id personally be reluctant to sell it id use it myself.

if you do it cheap when you get some good stuff customers will expect the same price i have found anyway

[Ian C]

Well I have dry softwood and hardwood, they are proper logs but some of softwood as started to go rotten, but hardwood has a bit of mould growing, but will the mould effect the price?

 

mould shows you don't have good air flow through the wood.

 

I sell mixed seasoned cube bags for £80 min of 2 bags outside a 5 mile area of my yard.

[Ted_165]

Aye its sycamore and a bit of ash, its only really going rotten around the outside, just chop it off, you can get some bad bits, as it has been lying outside in 10 foot logs for the last 3 years! I'm just using fallen wood at the moment but, I think I might have to start buying it in, which could up the price a bit. I was going to plant a ash coppice because it grows like a weed around us, but now with the dieback, theres no point!

[Stereo]

Yeah syc always does that. White or blue spots usually. Great firewood though.