arb waste value?

[needenginerunnin]

good afternoon all,

while reading posts on here the topic of arb waste 'non wood chip' crops up, I have noticed there are many different views on its value.

Everything from a transit full of small dia conifer stems to a lorry load of big ring, trunks etc. some good for firewood processing and some not.

What happens to this seems to range wildly from put a match to it, because

some don't have the time, interest, or the kit to process into firewood, cant or don't want to give it away to the goblins for what ever reason.

To what you going to give us for it, it will all make firewood, cant just give it away.

Granted the long straight lengths and nice hardwood types do have ready market, but the rest seems to be a mine field as to its value?

Would be interesting to hear views from producers of arb waste on here and from the firewood processors.

I do hope this isn't a can of worms just opened, so to speak.

cheers needenginerunnin jim

[Alycidon]

Welcome to the forum.

 

Value on such stuff is hard to define as it takes a lot longer to process than a 3m pole straight length of cord.

 

I have offer a couple of guys £20 a processed cube for hard cord, but the cord is delivered in. That way we both know what the end volume is but while it was agreed on the phone zero timber have ever turned up. Not heartbroken as I dont really have the time to process good cord let alone arb waste. I find it very hard to move any soft irrespective of what it is so value to me is more or less zero as I have enough soft cord coming off the family farm.

 

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[treequip]

As long as you are calling it waste it will never have much value

[Newark Jim]

As you're in Lincolnshire I'd be happy to save you the trouble of disposing of any hardwood 'waste' you might have in the Newark area

[renewablejohn]

Standard fee I pay for arb waste is the offer of a brew. Tree surgeons know they can use my farm as a free woodchip disposal site and can off load timber as well. Normally saves them the effort of dragging it back to their base.

[treebloke]

As long as you are calling it waste it will never have much value

 

Very true, why is it waste, with a bit of effort most can be used as firewood. Some people are a bit fussy and others are not.

[se7enthdevil]

As long as you are calling it waste it will never have much value

 

call it a bi product and its value will go up...

[Ashes_Firewood]

I would probably take a bit of wood from tree surgeons in South Lakes area if anyone wants to tip it if they are ever working anywhere near

[SteveA]

We're happy to take woodchip at the moment - near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

In return I offer a chocolate croissant (if you're lucky) and a cup of tea.

 

If one of the chickens has laid a fresh egg you may also get one of those.

 

cheers, steve

[renewablejohn]

We're happy to take woodchip at the moment - near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.

In return I offer a chocolate croissant (if you're lucky) and a cup of tea.

 

If one of the chickens has laid a fresh egg you may also get one of those.

 

cheers, steve

 

I cannot compete with a chocolate croissant