Giving up the firewood

[Treemon]

After 25 years we have given up with the firewood side of our business.

Though there are apparently more customers out there but we have found our markets have all but dried up . It appears around us every gate post , local paper etc has adverts for firewood "£50 per load brigade " . We are also finding it so much more difficult to find wood to buy in, what we can is so over priced we were struggling to make it pay. I know there will be the normal comments on here of that its someone else's turn now etc but it was a job I genuinely had a passion for and to see equipment that ive worked for being sold off is heart braking. Im not saying its the end , just hopefully a pause until the beer money chaps find another source of income.

[gensetsteve]

Sad to hear you are suspending something you enjoy. We were faced with the same problem 2 years ago. I dont regret packing it in one bit. I can get my wood fix elsewhere. Our gross margin was heading towards 30% and thats before we had accounted for our hourly labour rate. Machines and cord are now too expensive and the public are shopping around to save the last pound especially if they can talk to you on the phone. If they have to go on line or change a direct debit they dont bother. Sometimes you have to make some tough decisions to survive. Good luck with the rest of your business and I hope you can get your wood fix elsewhere.

[mendiplogs]

After 25 years we have given up with the firewood side of our business.

Though there are apparently more customers out there but we have found our markets have all but dried up . It appears around us every gate post , local paper etc has adverts for firewood "£50 per load brigade " . We are also finding it so much more difficult to find wood to buy in, what we can is so over priced we were struggling to make it pay. I know there will be the normal comments on here of that its someone else's turn now etc but it was a job I genuinely had a passion for and to see equipment that ive worked for being sold off is heart braking. Im not saying its the end , just hopefully a pause until the beer money chaps find another source of income.

 

Hi tree I'm sorry here of this mate £50 load is a joke and the price of kit and cord they make it pay mate all the best in what you do next tree Jon