Revising Firewood Prices

[woody woodpecker]

Hi All

I have also made a price increase this year now 1/2 cube £75 ,1 cube £140.00.

[ballibeg]

the estate, who have a sawmill, and have recently invested in a firwood processor.

 

And I bet they got a grant for the processor as well to boost local employment and fuel.

 

Annoys me.

 

Dave

[Logsnstuff]

2 more estates round me have bought processors don't know what they will be charging yet.

 

I haven't put my prices up in 3 years still £94 for 0.75m3 and £120 m3 my prices were way higher than the competition when I started but better quality logs and fast service wins and their prices are starting to catch up now.

 

cord varies in price from £35 to £55 although had someone trying for £60 couple of weeks ago.

 

thinking I should pack in the logs and go into tree surgery, ppl wanting £5k to cut 6 Leylandii and grind the stumps.

[ben_inthewoods]

And I bet they got a grant for the processor as well to boost local employment and fuel.

 

Annoys me.

 

Dave

 

We're an Estate Forestry Enterprise and we got NO grant for processor, tractor, loader or trailer.

 

Firewood helps maintain skilled forestry workforce .

 

Certainly no panacea though.

[nick channer]

There are 20 people doing firewood within 5 miles at less than. £80 for good half transit load.

Most my wood costs nothing but time to process which to be honest is not really a cost as we have to pay them anyway and most time through winter they doing nothin at all to earn us a penny

We do have 500 ton beech stacked at farm that cost less than £16 ton from our own woods and more we bought roadside at £40 ton from neighbour

This will go long way when mixed with our free wood

I take 4 loads at time out and also sell bulker loads split hardwood to get good hire rate for tractor/processor and 2 men, then much better rate than normal to deliver in bulker with a return load.

Keeps everything turning over and money coming in at time when there is little income on an arable farm

[Logsnstuff]

There are 20 people doing firewood within 5 miles at less than. £80 for good half transit load.

Most my wood costs nothing but time to process which to be honest is not really a cost as we have to pay them anyway and most time through winter they doing nothin at all to earn us a penny

We do have 500 ton beech stacked at farm that cost less than £16 ton from our own woods and more we bought roadside at £40 ton from neighbour

This will go long way when mixed with our free wood

I take 4 loads at time out and also sell bulker loads split hardwood to get good hire rate for tractor/processor and 2 men, then much better rate than normal to deliver in bulker with a return load.

Keeps everything turning over and money coming in at time when there is little income on an arable farm

 

your £16 timber still needs to be valued at £40 when your pricing your logs or your better to sell it in the round though.

[ballibeg]

Heard today that lottery funding through Leader program willing to accept applications from collaborative woodland owners to buy and share log processing equipment.

[eggsarascal]

yes you have and i looked into the same idea :thumbup:

 

Did you run with it? If not why?

[Alycidon]

Heard today that lottery funding through Leader program willing to accept applications from collaborative woodland owners to buy and share log processing equipment.

 

I wonder if they would accept applications from a group of firewood merchants, in these days of needing huge throughputs to justify a machine a group of 3 or 4 local firewood boys could form a co operative. That would also have the effect of stabilising prices.

 

A

[ballibeg]

It was mentioned in regards to one of these woodlands that's been split into lots and sold off.

 

I was very collaborative locally but there's some folk that are really sore on machines and those folk are sorer on machines that aren't theirs!