The end of firewood?

[gensetsteve]

Problem was in 2010 once your stock pile ran out you were dead in the water. We could have sold ten times as many logs but the following year we did not sell a tenth of it. When there is no demand plenty of cord about hard winter = no cord or inflated prices for the following year. At the moment log merchants are paying through the nose for cord yet oil has halved in price. To make it worth doing logs again I would have to be buying in at £35 a toone delivered and that would put me back on par with 2008.

[mendiplogs]

Yes does not matter how much cord you have or how fast your processor works if its 14 deg outside it makes life difficult for people. I feel for anyone making a living from firewood at the moment as i have been there and know how hard it is. Hopefully things will come right for everyone.

 

Hi STEVE you hit the NAIL ON HEAD there 👍14c who going to have loads of fires then there's oil at 35)40p per LR 😭😭😭thanks Jon

[Daniel Jiggins]

I personally think we are sounding like whinging farmers, Yes the past two years have been a bit slow but 2010-12 were great and if you have invested that profit wisely at the time you can just sit on your stock and ride the wave.

My regular round I have built up over the last 10 or so years keeps me going beyond tick over, The more people that are giving the game up because it's a little tough at the moment surely that's a better thing for the rest of us that can stick at it.

[mendiplogs]

Problem was in 2010 once your stock pile ran out you were dead in the water. We could have sold ten times as many logs but the following year we did not sell a tenth of it. When there is no demand plenty of cord about hard winter = no cord or inflated prices for the following year. At the moment log merchants are paying through the nose for cord yet oil has halved in price. To make it worth doing logs again I would have to be buying in at £35 a toone delivered and that would put me back on par with 2008.

 

Hi STEVE as you no we will not see this price again £35 into yard 😰😰😰😰but your right thanks Jon

[R5log]

Cheer up, it not the end of the world

Summers only round the corner!!!

[woody woodpecker]

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[SamWhiting12]

I personally think we are sounding like whinging farmers, Yes the past two years have been a bit slow but 2010-12 were great and if you have invested that profit wisely at the time you can just sit on your stock and ride the wave.

My regular round I have built up over the last 10 or so years keeps me going beyond tick over, The more people that are giving the game up because it's a little tough at the moment surely that's a better thing for the rest of us that can stick at it.

 

Bang on the money!

 

If you run a good business you will have your regulars, if you look after the regulars they will look after you. Any other sales are a bonus.

 

And remember there's plenty of time for the weather to turn cold.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Bang on the money!

 

If you run a good business you will have your regulars, if you look after the regulars they will look after you. Any other sales are a bonus.

 

And remember there's plenty of time for the weather to turn cold.

 

Um yes but what about growing your business where do those new customers come from there not bonuses there a necessity.

[Logsnstuff]

Um yes but what about growing your business where do those new customers come from there not bonuses there a necessity.

 

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[gensetsteve]

We did have lots of regulars but even some of them could be suckered into buying some cheap crap. Also there memories were short they often would then do it again 3 years later. What you need is a good cold spell when people need the heat out of a decent log. I think the cold weather may be on its way. You can all get some logs gone and buy some of my kindling otherwise I will run out of room for the summer.