Last month to process logs to sell this coming Winter ?

[grahamc]

Hi ash smith. My own set up is that I have an 80 kw vigas log boiler on the commercial rhi to heat my workshop and office, with any spare heat going into the home. What appeals to me in installing extra capacity now is that I will have spare tier 1 tarriff available in the future should i need any extra heat due to any changes in circumstances. I dry my firewood down in polytunnels, and not the log fired kiln route. I would consider the kiln route, but I am wary about where the wood will come from with the huge demand currently out there for timber for the biomass chip market.

[arboriculturist]

Hi ash smith. My own set up is that I have an 80 kw vigas log boiler on the commercial rhi to heat my workshop and office, with any spare heat going into the home. What appeals to me in installing extra capacity now is that I will have spare tier 1 tarriff available in the future should i need any extra heat due to any changes in circumstances. I dry my firewood down in polytunnels, and not the log fired kiln route. I would consider the kiln route, but I am wary about where the wood will come from with the huge demand currently out there for timber for the biomass chip market.

 

BY THE WAY YOU ARE ON THE WRONG THREAD FOR THIS TOPIC.

 

However with tariffs tumbling I think it is clear that the 'Hay Day' of making money from the feed in tariff is coming to a close - unless you are on the previous tariff rates of course.

 

You can make the figures look more attractive of course if you don't factor in your labour costs involved with the whole forced drying process.

[grahamc]

Just continuing the debate from previous postings

[arboriculturist]

Just continuing the debate from previous postings

 

All good, knowone minds, interesting views as well:thumbup1:

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

To the OP - not heard back from x re y and z...

[arboriculturist]

To the OP - not heard back from x re y and z...

 

No panic

[Bri]

People who have gone down the kiln route have you had to up prices to the customers?or still selling at same price.

[ash_smith123]

People who have gone down the kiln route have you had to up prices to the customers?or still selling at same price.

 

 

We have kept ours the same at £120 a cube.. We were buying all our kiln dried in before so now including all processing/drying costs it's working out cheaper to get the product to the customer, and we can keep everything in house and keep on top of quality!

[Bri]

I've been toying with the idea of buying them all bought in predominantly ash,

In container loads. As buying the hardwood and processing it with all other costs incurred is becoming quite expensive and margins are tight. But couldn't get £120 a cube from my customers, eventually I think it's all going to get to expensive and lots in the industry will lose work throughout the industry. After all it's firewood and customers will only pay so much and then look for alternatives or cut back

[arboriculturist]

I've been toying with the idea of buying them all bought in predominantly ash,

In container loads. As buying the hardwood and processing it with all other costs incurred is becoming quite expensive and margins are tight. But couldn't get £120 a cube from my customers, eventually I think it's all going to get to expensive and lots in the industry will lose work throughout the industry. After all it's firewood and customers will only pay so much and then look for alternatives or cut back

 

If customers can buy quality naturally dried firewood for considerably less than kiln dried, it will not be long before they realise that kiln dried has no advantages, which is the case in fact.