Advice wanted regarding firewood production.

[gensetsteve]

I have this exact issue, phone went mad this sept with firewood orders. And I had to keep putting people off till cultivating and drilling was more or less done. Luckily we had a mild sept and nobody minded, but it cause me a lot of stress and worry juggling it all from a tractor cab!

 

May be worth setting up a website to explain your situation in september to take the orders for delivery in November. A simple enquiry form you can pick up when you get home.

[Ashes_Firewood]

Hello all.

I'm thinking about going into the firewood business as a sideline to my farming through the winter. First of all, is this a crazy idea?

My thoughts were to acquire timber and split it with the intention of marketing it for next year.

Iv got space available should I want it and could start taking timber immediately.

At the moment I don't have any supply of wood and was wondering what is the best way to go about this?

Iv seen various websites offering timber 'roadside' for varying amounts of money per ton. But knowing very little about it makes this all quite confusing. Are there better and cheaper ways of getting timber?

This isn't something I want to rush into and lose a load of money so any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy.

 

 

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Is there no woodland on the farm? If there is you could fell your own trees to get you started and give you a feel for what the market is like near you. Minimal overheads required as presumably you already have tractors, trailers, quad etc. on the farm to help extract the wood. Fuel for machinery and your own time is all you need. Hard work though but you're doing the farm a service at the same time as there's always windblown tree's, dead or dying trees and areas of woodland that could do with a bit of thinning and tidying up.

[HandyAndy]

Thank you for all of your input lads, much appreciated. Some good ideas mentioned and things I hadn't thought about.

It seems that my biggest hurdle at the moment is sourcing supplies of timber at good prices. From experience, what are the best ways of doing this?

Thanks,

Andy.

 

 

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