Buying Cord buy m3

[Doddy]

Hi Guys,

Hope all is well and sales are booming now the snow is here...

Just a quick one... Im used to buying in my cord by the ton and know what my margins are on that.

New supplier sells cord by the m3... I find this hard to understand as how do we agree of size of load?

Just wondered if you guys knew roughly how many m3 I would be looking at once split. Also what you reccon on price... seems dear to me...

 

Heres the ad...

Ta

 

"Seasoned Birch / Oak Cordwood for sale at roadside. Felled as thinnings in the winter of 2013/14. One year seasoned near Esher, Surrey.

Lovely straight poles, up to a diameter of 12 inches, mostly 4 - 10 inches. 100+ cubic metre.

£45 +VAT per cubic metre

[Crazy Cutter]

I buy all my wood by m3. It depends how well it is stacked and species. It rough bent stuff then you will ask for a higher air %. I find that 1.7m3 after air gives 4m3 of loose split logs 10".

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Official FC guidance says 0.7 for softwood and 0.55 for hardwood (air space in stack measures). Nice straight h/wood can be 0.6.