1 year seasoned oak logs

[lanber]

Hi gents newbie here, been offered these logs for £130 pound a tonne is this a good price for oak.

[Justme]

Is that a weighed ton as it stands now or weighed when it was felled (IE still green) or is it an estimated tonne or even worse a "tonne builders bag" which will only hold 0.5 m3 or about 250-300kg?

[NoRush]

Spilt and stacked i hope

[Alycidon]

Logs are usually sold by volume not weight, £130 for a tonne if it is a tonne now is a bit high even for an end user, ie the bloke thats burning it. I would think a tonne of oak will make about 1.2/ 1.3 cube of logs, most here sell hardwood logs for £80- £90 a cube for mixed hardwood.

 

I had two oak cubic meter bags on my trailer the other night, pulled a lot heavier than my usual Ash/sycamore.

 

I would think that it will want another summer before its fit to burn.

 

A

[lanber]

1oookg dropped on drive wcoxlogs.co.uk have a look at his website tell me what you think.

Edited February 12, 2013 by lanber

[likeitorlumpit]

1oookg dropped on drive

 

I think it's the price- this time of year- 1 year chopped and seasoned+ delivered.

Think about how to check there is 1tonne- otherwise just go ahead- you haven't got a bargain neither have you been diddled.

[NoRush]

Bit expensive. Hope you get a weigh ticket with that and check the moisture

[lanber]

Not commited yet just looking to buy

[welwell]

Just my humble opinion but oak seems to take closer to 2 years to be seasoned enough to sell (air dried that is)

[Alycidon]

5 cu yard on that trailer, say thats 4 cu m, 600kg + per cube, say 2.4 tonnes + trailer at say 700kg, must be well over the L200 towing vehicles weight limit of 2700kg, either that or the volume is less than it states.

 

Logs in that shed wont dry that well, very limited air flow, logs also look green, ie freshly sawn. Floor is not concrete so likely hood of soil etc in sample.

 

Ask for a moisture content on a recently split face, below 20% then ok. Ask for the dimensions of the trailer used and work out the volume you are getting.

 

Trailer issue makes me think that it would be best to proceed with caution, wonder if he has a tacho fitted?, he needs one.

 

A

Edited February 12, 2013 by Alycidon