Unseasonned Logs

[Backpain]

Been inundated by customers saying they've had unseasonned logs delivered just lately. I suppose it's that time of the year, but I've never known it this bad.

[18 stoner]

More to do with with excessively wet summer and winter we have had. Many producers are simply splitting wet wood that isnt getting chance to season like it normally would.

 

Kilning is the way forward:thumbup1:

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

More to do with with excessively wet summer and winter we have had. Many producers are simply splitting wet wood that isnt getting chance to season like it normally would.

 

Kilning is the way forward:thumbup1:

 

Agreed re weather - buggers it right up. Kilning - not very green tho is it?!

[gensetsteve]

The wood I logged this time last year is seasoned but dark in colour. It may be wet from the rain but thats alot different from year old beech that was logged last week. Same old story just people using the wet weather as an excuse to slip green logs out.

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Customers should not leave it till they are down to their last log to think about ordering more, if they only stocked up during the summer eh

 

...Ideal world i know

[18 stoner]

Agreed re weather - buggers it right up. Kilning - not very green tho is it?!

 

Very true, unless its solar powered like mine:thumbup1:

 

 

The wood I logged this time last year is seasoned but dark in colour. It may be wet from the rain but thats alot different from year old beech that was logged last week. Same old story just people using the wet weather as an excuse to slip green logs out.

 

Sure has sorted a lot of them out this year for sure. I'd say I've had 8 new customers ring this week saying their "usual" suppliers have recently been supplying "very wet stuff".

[matt99]

18 stoner what did you give for your polly tunnel what size is it how long does the plastic last out? thanks

[gensetsteve]

I have a similar tunnel and the poly is now 10 years old and still good. Made by visqueen or similar.

[gensetsteve]

Its been dead all winter. I thought I was going to get stuck with a load of 18 month seasoned logs but last 2 weeks has been mad busy. Luckily the cold snap has dragged on otherwise it would have been a different story. I am guessing alot of people have run out and we are hearing some horror stories. Another week or so and I will be out.

[18 stoner]

18 stoner what did you give for your polly tunnel what size is it how long does the plastic last out? thanks

 

The hoops were second hand, but the cover was about £600 if I remember correctly.

 

The tunnel is 27 foot hoops and is 120 foot long. Its about 11 feet high in the middle so plenty of room for a truck or tractor etc.