What about an industry standard?

[Rye Oil Ltd]

Surely if you put anything in a ton bag it becomes a ton.

It's the law.

 

 

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Does that include air Mark?

In which case your truck was really overloaded yesterday

[Mark Bolam]

Haha, 20 tons of air!

The old girl was grunting a bit on the way home!

Cheers mate!

 

 

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[Stubby]

Surely if you put anything in a ton bag it becomes a ton.

It's the law.

 

 

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Oh yea . Of course I forgot that Mark

[Woodworks]

I sell logs when I have more than I need, these logs come from my small tree surgery business. I am concerned that the terms we use to sell timber I.e. Load or cube have no technical specification. Hence I initially sold to friends who had bought before and checked they were happy with quantity and quality. My concern is a new customer could easily question my "load" price etc and I would not have a written description to fall back on. what do people feel of perhaps a % mc bracket of 20 to 25 for instance and a weight attached to said mc? I understand this would be bloody difficult and more bureacurcy, but I would be happy if I could give specific values to a product which was an industry agreed specific..... Now under dining table donning helmet and body armour awaiting the onslaught.

 

Nice in principle (for the customer) but a pretty unworkable in my view. As said different species have different calorific values by volume if not much by weight for a given moisture content. The thought of having to have a weighbridge and vary the loads according to species sounds a nightmare for the seller. From what you see on Arbtalk most firewood sellers use the loose m3 of logs to define how much you are getting so that looks like it is the unofficial standard. As for wood densities just mix the heavy timbers with some light ones to even out what any customer gets. As for moisture we go for all wood below 25% and most below 20% which makes a cube come in around 320 kg - 350 kg

 

If in doubt adopt Marks system and put in a ton bag then it must weigh a ton

[Logsnstuff]

I don't see the problem in using bags as a measure so long as you give the size in your advert and seems the standard for mc is under 25%, with the 0.75 bags I get 220kg to 290kg depending on species, I don't put the scales on every bag unless going fully loaded.

[Daythe trees]

Thanks for the responses and is what I expected, in that any standard of weight and mc would be pretty difficult and expensive for the vendor. I shall adopt the ton bag principle, I like that.

[skyhuck]

Simple .......keep your price lower than your competitors and if customers winge send them in the direction of your competitors who are more expensive .

It never fails for me but I never supply them again when they come back with there tail between there legs .

 

Ste

 

That has to be some of the worst advice I've ever read

[Ian C]

That has to be some of the worst advice I've ever read

 

same here v poor imo.

[Mark Bolam]

That must be a wind up.

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

That must be a wind up.

 

 

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Coming from you!?

 

Hahaha