8" logs

[nepia]

there is a whole new generation of small stoves coming through for this market. A

 

 

I've been waiting for this as it was inevitable wasn't it: improving tecnology = greater efficiency -> smaller logs. A bit of a pain but 'progress'!

[davetaz]

I have 6 customers requiring 6" logs, charge £115/cubic metre, they each buy 2 cubes a year, nobody else local will do any logs less than 10" so I'm quite happy to cut them small. Easy enough when cutting from billets on a Hakki Pilke Eagle saw

[Big J]

http://www.championstovecompany.co.uk/

 

The stove arrived today, 48 hours after I placed the order. I've not had chance to install it yet (still have to build the office - spent all day on the 4 side planer doing tongue and groove), but it is a lovely little thing. Excellent fit and finish, very simple operation and I like the sliding baffle plate (slide forward to start it, and back once up to temperature, I assume).

 

I'll start a dedicated thread when I get it up and running.

 

Jonathan

 

Jonathan

[josharb87]

Niftysteve fitted this burner to my mums new place. The hobbit, 4kw, biggest stove available to fit the gap already there. That will need small logs.

 

If woodburners are about efficiency, what would be the point in having a big burner in a small room???

 

[gensetsteve]

Niftysteve fitted this burner to my mums new place. The hobbit, 4kw, biggest stove available to fit the gap already there. That will need small logs.

 

If woodburners are about efficiency, what would be the point in having a big burner in a small room???

 

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No point at all but they are still a ball ache to cut. We have a 5kw in the front room and powered duct to other rooms heats the entire house unless its bitter then the central heating helps out. I find 6 in logs the best as you can get 3 or four in and still get the next ones in.

[StephF]

We have found most processors hate cutting small logs, I think it is a waste of good timber too, more cuttin means it ends up as sawdust. So should be a more expensive product. All our logs are around 8-10", seem to fit most stoves, even smaller ones, and have not had any complaints, we cut longer lengths to order off covered dry stacks 15-18 ".

6" logs are for wendy houses and I cant be bothered with them...

[Towser]

But it is soo frustrating when the damn things don't fit. Especially when still in yer PJ's trying to get fire going on a cold day. The last thing you want to do is go outside in the frost/snow and find a smaller bit or chop a bit off. I am more organised though now after three years.

 

Our Rayburn is 10" by 12" so the smaller bits get stacked one way and the longer lengths go the other and if they a bit too long they get stacked diagonally otherwise they get put to one side to be chopped up.

[Marc Lewis]

We call them 'granny logs'. Currently I don't charge any extra, but I will do soon. They take longer to process, there is more waste and there are less air gaps meaning they get more logs for their money. Basically they are a bloody pita!!

[woodworm]

We have always charged 10% extra for anything shorter than our standard 10" log. More waste, more time, why should I put the extra time and losses in and be expected to absorb the cost?

[woodland dweller]

They should cost more to the customer as surely they will get a lot more 6inch logs if you sell by the cube or in a dumpy bag than larger logs. Any one willing to count them. Plus the extra time cutting and splitting.