Newbie firewood questions!

[Big T]

Hiya,

 

I have been doing a few logs recently and quite enjoy it! I'm only small scale at the mo but was wondering how much an artic of cordwood costs (softwood and hardwood) and roughly how many m2 would be produced from an artic load? Just wondering if it's viable at the mo!

[leotandoh12]

my last load of hardwood cost about 1800 including vat and delivery

[Billy68]

About 50 ish cubes

[Big T]

Cheers guys!

[Windy Trick]

£1600 plus vat in Northumberland. £900 plus vat for softwood. Probably less if you're bigger than us and can buy more.

[rovers90]

That seems a high price Windy Trick!!

 

Price seems to vary regionally and how many cube you get per ton varies from person to person. I work on roughly 1.5 cube per ton, I know some reckon 2 cube per ton. Ask 5 people and you'll get 5 different answers!

[Windy Trick]

That seems a high price Windy Trick!!

 

Price seems to vary regionally and how many cube you get per ton varies from person to person. I work on roughly 1.5 cube per ton, I know some reckon 2 cube per ton. Ask 5 people and you'll get 5 different answers!

Rovers, I figured it probably was, but having expanded this year and only bought tree surgery offcuts in small amounts prior to the first lorry load, I didn't have anywhere else to compare. That was Scotts, who ended up being the cheapest, the hardwood has sold well in fairness but I had my doubts when it came as a lot didn't need splitting, but clients have lapped up the round logs, and I sold a load to a wedding party as decorative logs too. Euroforest quoted even more per lorry load and the third quote was from county durham which was higher again. Any tips for suppliers gratefully received, pm me or just put it on here. I'll take all the advice going.

[big chris the log]

£1600 plus vat in Northumberland. £900 plus vat for softwood. Probably less if you're bigger than us and can buy more.

 

Is that price delivered in .was it 25 ton load or stack measure.

Cheers Chris.

[Windy Trick]

Is that price delivered in .was it 25 ton load or stack measure.

Cheers Chris.

 

Hi Chris, that was delivered, and yes they call it a 25 tonne load. The hardwood came on a road train type lorry, the softwood on one artic. About the same amount of wood both times.