The Pitfalls Of Importing !

[forestry]

This is for those thinking of importing from someone who does not reside in the UK.

This was a friends load from Bulgaria, all paid upfront !!

 

Sold as Premium Kiln Dried !!

Edited October 14, 2014 by forestry

[matt99]

What was the moisture content? Lol

[normandylumberjack]

and people wonder how pests and diseases come into the uk?

 

this makes me angry, what did the customer think he was doing, ordering firewood from thousands of miles away and getting a bargain? idiot!

[Lucan]

Alibaba?

[Ashes_Firewood]

I know someone who ended up with 3 or 4 crates similar to that in a container load of kiln dried crates that they ordered from Poland

[ArthurBottlesworth]

We have just had leaflet through door

 

Kild dried hardwood firewood from I'd guess baltic

 

2 cubic metres for £290........ Delivered

[Kenty]

Even if it is kiln dried, which by the looks of it is very doubtful, the shipping containers are awful for condensation, so probably not the best method for transporting logs.

[cornish wood burner]

Not just a problem with imports.

Bought some kiln dried UK chip once. It appeared to be kiln dried by the colour etc and patches certainly seemed dry but there was water running out of most of it. Bought it by the tonne so I quickly came to a conclusion about the wet patches. One supplier off my list.

[hedgesparrow]

problem with imports is what is going to come in on this wood. we had DED sudden oak ash die back what next if we allow are biosecurity to be nil.

coppicers are being pushed out of work due to imported hurdles and spars. are rubbish but cheap. its got to stop. and only timber imported is treated timber. same with trees use home grown not imported rant over

[forestry]

Alibaba?

 

Yep !