Thanks Nick Channer

[skyhuck]

Just like to say big thanks to Nick for delivery of 26 tons seasoned cord this afternoon

 

Must be ha HUGE truck

[Chris Sheppard]

Must be ha HUGE truck

 

If you hadn't said I was going to

[Treemon]

If you hadn't said I was going to

 

Sometimes this site amazes me sometimes

[alex_m]

Sometimes this site amazes me sometimes

 

Ez mate, bit of banter going on, nothing to warrant that response! Did you not see Huck's raspberry Smiley?

[skyhuck]

Sometimes this site amazes me sometimes

 

Whats the problem:confused1:

 

Nick has made it very clear he sells by volume, i.e. a "full load", a full load of green timber would be 26T or more, but seasoned is much, much lighter, but it worth far more. No truck could carry a 26T of "seasoned" timber.

 

Chill out

[Treemon]

Nothing personal its just that sometimes you cant say anything on Arbtalk without some smartarse having to reply - all it was meant to be was a genuine thanks thats all- no debate re weight , seasoning, lenght, moisture content, how much load is lost through sawdust etc etc

[Chris Sheppard]

Sometimes this site amazes me sometimes

 

So what your trying to say is a Moderator (Huck) can have an opinion but anyone else can't? Sure sounds like it.

 

Whats the problem:confused1:

 

Nick has made it very clear he sells by volume, i.e. a "full load", a full load of green timber would be 26T or more, but seasoned is much, much lighter, but it worth far more. No truck could carry a 26T of "seasoned" timber.

 

Chill out

 

What he said ^

[nick channer]

actually your wrong.... 3 bays of 3m lengths seasoned would be light... i've never sold any cord as seasoned.. i tell the customer when it was cut, then they can make their own mind up as to what the moiusture content is...

the cord i've been selling recently was cut around may time and the mix that they produce has enough oak mixed with it to make sure the weight is around 25 ton.....

the loads i've sold are 2.4 m lenghts so they get 4 bays on load.. which makes it heavier..

when the wood is fresh felled it is stacked on various parts of the estate in 100 ton stacks.. the cutters are payed by the ton so the forwarder driver weighs every grab full that he puts in the stack...

i buy by the load but the head forester no's how many tons are in each stack and the price per load is reflected on fact that it might have lost weight due to seasoning..

now the load i took to treemon actually weighed just over 25.5 ton on my weigher..

but a load i took out few days previously to marlow weighed just under 25 tons...

usually when i take the last load out of a 100 ton [green] stack i may have to top up out the next stack with 3 or 4 grab fulls... but never any more than that..

the cord is predominantly birch and alder whichdrys very quickly...

marlow said the birch was 22%.. but i bet the oak was still 35-40.. hence the 25 ton loads...

[Stephen Blair]

Guys it's Christmas time, it's only words and really does it matter?

Chill and think happy thoughts.

 

[Treemon]

Wow well anyway thanks Nick Peace and Good Will to all (and im very happy with my load of whatever or how heavy it is !)