Why, oh why oh why?....

[eggsarascal]

Hi, I asked the seller how big his builders bags are because I know that there is a lot of variation. He said they were approx 0.7 cubic metres. I stacked wood loosely in the woodstore then measured the stack. 1.07 metres high X 0.78 metres deep X 0.54 metres wide = 0.45 cubic metres.

 

When you say you stacked the wood loosely, did you stack them or throw them in the wood store !

[Bowlander]

Stacked. Always stacked. I'd post a pic but it's dark.

[doobin]

Stacked. Always stacked. I'd post a pic but it's dark.

 

That's STACKED volume. NOBODY sells wood by the stacked volume.

 

This has been posted here before, it might help.

[NoRush]

Is this the first time you bought logs.

[doobin]

Wrong place to whinge ay chaps?

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

I sell hardwood logs in dumpy bags for £60 per bag which i must admit do tell customers the bags hold approx 3/4 of a cubic metre. There are some very valid points from both customers and sellers on this thread and can see each of your views but as a seller i will now certainly be advertising them as dumpy bags and not cubes.

 

I dont think the seller has done anything wrong nor has the buyer. Does the buyer know the size of a dumpy bag? Surly yes? Therefor the buyer if he is chainsaw qualified and has two splitting axes and has processed his own wood before will surly have some idea to how much split timber will fit into a dumpy bag....? Yes/no?

[adowning7]

Nope; 0.7 loose - who buys a 0.7m3 solid lump of wood?! Such a lump would yield nearer 1.4m3 loose. Loose load is the term and yes the seller might / should have clarified that.

 

 

 

Never had anyone (thousands) ask what the metreage is in solid timber terms. A 1m3 loose load in our truck has consistently been very close to 350 logs sawn at hetas standard length 10" since the year dot. Volume occupied by loose logs is always bang on - it's only fair and right.

 

 

 

I think people see £ signs only. They'd rather consider £50 for 1m3 green elder than £75 for 1m3 bone dry beech

 

 

 

No it absolutely is not! The "going rate" varies dramatically regionally, even within the same county; hell even woodworks on here is 5 miles from me and can get £20 more a m3 in a more rural area...

 

If I was still at uni my 20,000 word dissertation would be 'an investigation into the variation of firewood prices in the South Hams' I've got mates all over the country and their prices don't change from village to the next like round here! Nice to know i'm not the only confused one around here:confused1:

[Bowlander]

Yes, is my first time buying. I've previously helped other foresters out with felling and got paid in wood. I wish I'd seen Doobin's post before I bought. Ho hum, you live n learn.

Edited September 23, 2013 by Bowlander

[swinny]

No it absolutely is not! The "going rate" varies dramatically regionally, even within the same county; hell even woodworks on here is 5 miles from me and can get £20 more a m3 in a more rural area...

 

Timber dear fellow

 

Builders bags varie from 35.00 - 50.00 up here bud.

 

The purchaser is 12 miles or so from me. I dont know prices near there but e pect 50.00 to be the norm.

 

Thanks

[doobin]

Yes, is my first time buying. I've previously helped other foresters out with felling and got paid in wood. I wish I'd seen Doobin's post before I bought. Ho hum, you live n learn.

 

Are the logs seasoned and relatively dry? Then relax knowing that you paid below market rate for them.