Stobarts not collecting wood chip anymore!! Now what to do with it Ideas???

[richy_B]

Not sure if it's permanently we are in Southampton and they have said the nearest power station is north East England and there's no money in it for transporting it up there! It just seems crazy that there's a lot of potential energy sat there!!

 

Also it would be good to give it back to the woodlands/land but that is classed a fly tipping these days!!!

 

Drax in n.yorkshire I expect.

 

My understanding is there is good availability of dry wood (shredded pallets, wooden construction waste, etc) which will obviously be far easier to burn than wet chip so hardly anywhere wants it now. I've heard £2-4 a ton plus you have to have a machine to load it. As you say, now it's hard to give it away.

 

The logistics, as you mentioned, must be a killer. I can't remember exactly but in the past we had a lorry collect it to take it to Slough and they could only get 16 or 17 ton in at a time. We're relatively close but it would easily be an hour coming to us, 30-40 mins loading etc then an hour back plus whatever time to queue/tip at the other end. Once dried it's probably only 9-10 tons a load.

Edited October 12, 2015 by richy_B

[gensetsteve]

So who's can a young lad starting a business get rid of wood chip if he doesn't have a yard? There must be ways?

 

I guess you do the same as me with my waste oil and filters shop around for the best deal. Some times I pay to dispose of oil if the price is high enough I get a penny or so a litre.

[agg221]

So who's can a young lad starting a business get rid of wood chip if he doesn't have a yard? There must be ways?

 

Yes, you find your local person like me, who will happily take anything going leylandii and sweepings included

 

Alec

[hamdogg]

Yes, you find your local person like me, who will happily take anything going leylandii and sweepings included

 

 

 

Alec

 

 

Easier said than done lol

[simonm]

Easier said than done lol

 

We must have dumped 100 tonne at a riding school, local allotments are eating it faster than we can chip it. Sometimes i have found that the longer you are in business the more things tend to come to you "including people asking for chip"

[felixthelogchopper]

Easier said than done lol

 

Have you tried Woodalert on Facebook? You could also try local selling pages on there or as a freebie on Gumtree.

[Will Heal]

Not sure if it's permanently we are in Southampton and they have said the nearest power station is north East England and there's no money in it for transporting it up there! It just seems crazy that there's a lot of potential energy sat there!!

 

Also it would be good to give it back to the woodlands/land but that is classed a fly tipping these days!!!

 

 

Ours goes in artic lorry to Europe about 2 loads a week, we have a tele handler to load it tho

[Ian C]

Stobarts still taking mine.

[Stock]

Any composting waste? Know of a company close to me here in the emerald isle that will swap compost load for load of wood chip..............

[HRG Tree Services]

Where are you based Ian!

 

Will what company is that with?