Prices

[Woodworks]

How much does a builders bag typically hold the woodwork?

 

Hard to say exactly the ones I have measure would hold 0.6 if they held square but with the amount the bulge it must be a bit more. I would guess 0.7 m3. Think there are different sized builders bags to complicate matters.

 

Price wise we are at £100 m3 for really dry hardwood and £75 for softwood.

Edited December 5, 2015 by Woodworks

[Chopperbob]

Yep as above builders bag holds between .6 - .7 of a cube

We're charging around £85 quid a cube hardwood.

Bob

[john p]

I am curious as well, my mate is doing these loads at £80 and I think he is a bit on the light side. Its all seasoned and measures 1.3 cubic mts.

 

 

 

 

 

I reckon that's well light, I charge £85 for a King can pick up load, I'd be asking £100 if I was him

[gdh]

From what I've seen a '1 ton' standard bag is about .7 cube when properly filled.

 

We do a few sizes of load, all tipped loose, from a pickup or trailer or some combination depending what the customer wants.

 

Currently we charge £110 for 1.8 cube or £140 for 2.4. Everything we sell is kiln dried hardwood. We're in mid Wales, most of the prices people charge depend on area and completion.

[LittleLogCo]

Would it not be easier for suppliers and consumers if logs were sold by the amount of logs? I.E one load is 140 logs, half a load 70 logs ect. Logs range between 8 and 10 inch in length for example?

[Sparkhazey]

Yep as above builders bag holds between .6 - .7 of a cube

We're charging around £85 quid a cube hardwood.

Bob

 

I agree with Bob - spot on for both! It's been said many times before but builders bags are a poor standard for measurement. I could pull 3 out of our shed and all could be different sizes.

 

We do a full cubic metre for £85 which fits nicely in our double cab buck with a slight hump in the middle.

[farmer_ben]

I reckon that's well light, I charge £85 for a King can pick up load, I'd be asking £100 if I was him

 

Im £110 for a king cab, 1.2 cube.

[gdh]

Would it not be easier for suppliers and consumers if logs were sold by the amount of logs? I.E one load is 140 logs, half a load 70 logs ect. Logs range between 8 and 10 inch in length for example?

That wouldn't work in practice since all logs are different sizes, if that was the case I would be going out to buy an 8 way splitter.

Cubic meters is the closest to fair you can get in my opinion.

 

We did once have a customer complain that they had 476 logs when last time they had 497 a few years ago though which we couldn't quite believe. Should have offered them a bag of kindling to make up the difference...

[Woodworks]

 

We did once have a customer complain that they had 476 logs when last time they had 497 a few years ago though which we couldn't quite believe. Should have offered them a bag of kindling to make up the difference...

 

 

:lol: What can you do with customer like that.

[Mark Bolam]

Cubic metres 'loose stacked' (ie thrown in) is the only level playing field IMO.

After that, it's down to quality.

I only do arb waste. They're good seasoned logs, but they're often dirty and misshapen.

I fully appreciate that some customers, posh pubs and the like prefer better looking, more uniform logs. My price reflects this.

It also reflects the fact I've got people locally offering 3-year barn stored hardwood at £50/cube.

It doesn't reflect it that well, mind.