Current prices for Cordwood

[arboriculturist]

 

New harvester, forwarder but uses outside transport to get it back to yard.

 

Perhaps his business model is not that bad after all!

 

Don't think many on the Forum can stretch to New harvester, forwarder though.

[gensetsteve]

Perhaps his business model is not that bad after all!

 

Don't think many on the Forum can stretch to New harvester, forwarder though.

 

They may be able to if they got a grant for £250,000.00

[ballibeg]

That's an impressive grant. Any more details? Seems its put others out of work?

[arboriculturist]

There are grants available, but they seemed to require match funding not on finance, which most do not have available.

 

Perhaps there are grants that do not stipulate this criteria?

[gensetsteve]

I went for a grant for a new processor £24,000 and was told dont bother it would be quicker to earn the money than fill out the forms. Unless you want 250k not worth the bother. The harvester was bought 5 years ago so rules were different probably allowed to finance half in those days. Most of these big grants were grabbed by large companies who dabbled in logs until it got tight on profit and three years had passed they were able to sell the kit and keep the money. Grants kill more businesses and cause more unemployment than help.

We struggled to get offcuts for our kindling business while the government paid the power stations to take it. This year we are flooded and have had to turn it away.

[renewablejohn]

They may be able to if they got a grant for £250,000.00

 

Under EU rules I think the grants where capped at 200k euro's which worked out to approx 150k sterling.

[360Rope]

interesting. I went to see a customer the other day whose log shed was full of dry oak. he wanted beech from me and was going to give the oak away to the chap who works for him. he's got an open fire and he reckoned that the oak just smouldered and filled the room with smoke.

Back on topic mixed hardwood prices are between £40 and £50/ton roadside up here in n yorks

 

Where in north yorks? I'm looking to get some.

[gensetsteve]

Under EU rules I think the grants where capped at 200k euro's which worked out to approx 150k sterling.

 

150k sounds ok to me easier to match too

[log on tommy]

Where in north yorks? I'm looking to get some.

You could try arbtalk member Richie g who is based near Helmsley or failing that theres a guy from easingwold but i'll have to dig out a number for him