Firewood business for sale in Bristol

[Alycidon]

'1M3 DUMPY £85' for kiln dried ash.

 

That is so cheap.

 

What is known as a dumpy bag is usually 800x800x800 (or smaller), thats half a cube. the add only says 'dumpy bag', and as it says 15 nets fills it recon maybe 15 logs in a net so 225 logs in total. I recon 500-550 logs in a CM bag once the sides have stretch a bit, yes I have counted them.

 

So if you think about it that is half a cube, a 2 m stacked crate contains about 3 cube loose when tipped out, done that exercise as well, so 6 bags worth, so he is selling a 2 cube stacked crate in bits for 6 x 85 = £510, inc VAT I would think. So actually for what you gets its far from cheap. Having said that I would guess he is buying it ready netted rather than repacking it so will be paying probably £200 for the equiv of 2 cu m crate. Still good money though.

 

If you look at the rates for bigger volumes then they are more realistic.

 

So really its a con that just needs explaining to potential customers if you are competing with it.

 

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[sandspider]

Yep, I wouldn't buy it myself. I can set up a firewood website with decent keywords etc. in a few hours, and I could probably import containers of wood from overseas. But I don't work in firewood, so I won't! Just for interest really.