Stobart biomass not very good

[treebloke]

We sell our woodchip to Stobarts and apparently there is now a new power station and it will take up to four weeks to get the weight of the load then another four weeks to be paid, does anyone else have this problem with Stobart.

[Ian C]

I have been paid in 30 days since I started, any longer and I wouldnt bother as price per ton is rubbish.

[Goaty]

I've read plenty of it on here. Rubbish rates. Rubbish payment times. Seems standard. Only time it pays is if you have your own loader and a yard of chip you don't want.

Otherwise paying a farmer to load it makes it pointless from a cash viewpoint.

[kentjames]

Bigger the company the worse they are at paying, seems to ring true here too.

[cornish wood burner]

We run fairly large biomass boilers and sometimes buy chip in but the quality can be variable. Stobarts are no exception. What sort of moisture content are you guys talking about. Cornwall is a bit far but if it is reasonable quality then you might find a user in your area you could deal with. Normally a 1MW boiler or larger will have a fairly robust feed system

[peckerwoo]

2nd the above posts: heard from more than one supplier (reg waste sites) that Stobarts are extremely stingy paying pittance p/t!

[treebloke]

We run fairly large biomass boilers and sometimes buy chip in but the quality can be variable. Stobarts are no exception. What sort of moisture content are you guys talking about. Cornwall is a bit far but if it is reasonable quality then you might find a user in your area you could deal with. Normally a 1MW boiler or larger will have a fairly robust feed system

 

There quite a few farmers who have gone onto woodchip burners to run their farms but they will only take wood chip with no leaf, most of them buy in cordwood and hire a chipper once a year to come in and fill a barn.

[renewablejohn]

At present putting in a new drying shed once up and running we will be offering better chip rates than stobart unfortunately it will only be local as transport kills it.

[luftwaffe]

Good time to buy shares In stobart, one of the non executive directors has bought 50k worth yesterday at £1.00 per share, recently sold half their fleet of lorrys to wipe out the debt and to invest in 4 other avenues of business and they pay a dividend of 6%. shareprice at a 4 month low. DYOR.

[cornish wood burner]

There quite a few farmers who have gone onto woodchip burners to run their farms but they will only take wood chip with no leaf, most of them buy in cordwood and hire a chipper once a year to come in and fill a barn.

 

Too small a boiler on a normal farm. You need to be looking for a boiler heating 50 houses, a factory, nursery etc .We buy round wood, dry and chip it but if I was offered some chip at a reasonable price and moisture content I would buy it. Leaves and fines present no problem to us, especially when mixed with our own chip. However as renewable john has said has to be local because of the transport.