what does a firewood sale cost you in timber?

[farmer_ben]

Been messing around with some prices and budgets for next year today, and been ultering prices and potential profit to compensate for cord wood to keep rising. My loads (I have 3 different cubic metre sizes) currently cost me 20% of the sale in timber. I dont think thats too bad, obviously the more cheaper timber I can source the better but if im honest if the % was to be much more (say 30%) I dont think id keep pushing the firewood game.

 

Just intrigued what others are working out the timber per load costs are. Makes me wonder how/why some guys are cheaper then me and source all there timber in the cord at a premium.

[Mortimer Firewood]

There either cheaper because it's free wood ie tree surgeons doing it on the side or there buying in a 1000t and need it to go quick so sell below market value. The cost of timber in my load is 25%. Unless I can find a bigger yard I'll be packing it in need to be turning a lot of timber over to make a good living.

Plus it looks like I am building a house for the boy on my current yard

[RealEstate]

The cost of timber in my load is 25%.

So if for sake of argument, you're selling chopped, seasoned firewood for £100/m3, you wouldn't want to pay more than £25/m3 for chordwood in your yard. ie about £75/tonne for chordwood?

[Wood wasp]

Is it possible to get 3m3 sawn/split firewood out of 1 ton hardwood?

[Mortimer Firewood]

So if for sake of argument, you're selling chopped, seasoned firewood for £100/m3, you wouldn't want to pay more than £25/m3 for chordwood in your yard. ie about £75/tonne for chordwood?

 

It cost 50£ to 55£ to get cord in the yard 90% ash so I am getting 2m3 to a tonne if I had to pay 75£ I would not bother matter a fact if it hits 60 I'll be giving it up. If you payed 75 for beach you would only get 1.3 m3 to a tonne waste of time

[R5log]

Is it possible to get 3m3 sawn/split firewood out of 1 ton hardwood?

 

2.2 to 2.5 cube to a ton

Quote me if I'm wrong

 

Weighed my £200 load of green Oak cut at 8-10 inch at 1.2 tons which is 2.7 cube

 

So £55 a ton leaves £65 ish of cord to make £200 of logs

 

So in a lorry load roughly £4000 delivered

 

Mark up is 2 thirds

[tothby1]

1.5 cube logs costs £30 at £60 tonne selling 1.5 at £110 at moment

[Alycidon]

I worked my cost of cord out at about £38 a cube, sell £115. By the time all the other costs are covered I am not making much. About 5% of my of my turnover is firewood, yet it accounts for probably 15% of my time.

 

 

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[farmer_ben]

Thanks for thr ingeresting rrplies. Seems most who replied are around ghe 25-30% mark also.

[R5log]

I weighed my on Oak being one of the heaviest woods