Lack of hardwood

[case mx270]

The guys that do log sales for a living are saying there is very little hardwood about why this ?

[mad matty]

Because every one has gone hippy and installed a log burner......because they think its good for the environment and cheaper than gas......

demand is outstripping supply

that's just my opinion

cheers Matty

[Treemon]

It's like rocking horse poo, and what you can get is nearly double price it was last year!!

 

 

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[Brian S]

Things like this doesn't help

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/55254-logs-going-germany-norway.htmlhttp://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/55254-logs-going-germany-norway.html

 

And the boat comes in every 10 days/2 weeks and loads up

[Treemon]

I bet they're not paying £70 a cube

 

 

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[Gillsgardening]

I wonder how much is going for biomass? I was passing harewood estate at leeds and noticed approx 100 tonnes of hardwood stacked up, a rang to make an offer and they told me it was all going for biomass, if this is happening everywhere firewood sellers will struggle, I can only imagine how many tonnes of firewood it would take to run a power station.

[gensetsteve]

With the grants on softwood they get more to extract it. If you strangle the market for hardwood the price stays high win win. but not for the small log guys.

[Wood wasp]

I'm surprised hardwood is going for biomass as I'm sure they prefer softwood and the estate should be able to get far more cash for hardwood. Did you try making a decent offer anyway?

[Coximus]

Round Leeds way, woodlands as small as 5 acres are getting thinned out, as long as you can fill an arctic with chip, or a lorry with roundwood, their is a buyer. (Cant name as I'm currently negotiating to buy timber wood from) but near harrogate, one farmer has been offered £18 a ton standing for clearfel and £28 if its stacked for collection, and thats a scraggy wood of mixed birch and alder, few sycamores and goat willow.

 

I thikn the company was stobarts, and the spec was the lot to be chipped into a wagon... Currently the wood is to be thinned of the crap and dragged to the edge, chipped into a wagon and gone...

 

I think Bramham Park has done similar to harewood as well - it makes sense for them, prices are good and its a singe buyer, doing all the work and paying in one go.

[SamWhiting12]

Round Leeds way, woodlands as small as 5 acres are getting thinned out, as long as you can fill an arctic with chip, or a lorry with roundwood, their is a buyer. (Cant name as I'm currently negotiating to buy timber wood from) but near harrogate, one farmer has been offered £18 a ton standing for clearfel and £28 if its stacked for collection, and thats a scraggy wood of mixed birch and alder, few sycamores and goat willow.

 

I thikn the company was stobarts, and the spec was the lot to be chipped into a wagon... Currently the wood is to be thinned of the crap and dragged to the edge, chipped into a wagon and gone...

 

I think Bramham Park has done similar to harewood as well - it makes sense for them, prices are good and its a singe buyer, doing all the work and paying in one go.

 

That's probably one of the main reasons for the shortage, if I could sell all my firewood to one person for a cut down price it makes my job a lot easier, unfortunately.