Call from the council

[Bob The Dog]

I've given this some thought, and the only reason I could come up with is - logs are odd shapes, and therefore, once in a bag, there are actually a lot of gaps within. And so if you were to chip the same amount of wood, pour the chip into the bag, it'd probably only half or three quarters fill the M3 bag. And so you're not actually selling a m3 of firewood. I hope that makes sense. Can't see any other reason why they would come up with this idea. Perhaps it should be sold as a m3 bag of firewood, rather than a m3 of firewood? All a load of nonsense really!

[Andymacp]

No that's quite sensible reasoning.

[Cae Ffynnon]

I've given this some thought, and the only reason I could come up with is - logs are odd shapes, and therefore, once in a bag, there are actually a lot of gaps within. And so if you were to chip the same amount of wood, pour the chip into the bag, it'd probably only half or three quarters fill the M3 bag. And so you're not actually selling a m3 of firewood. I hope that makes sense. Can't see any other reason why they would come up with this idea. Perhaps it should be sold as a m3 bag of firewood, rather than a m3 of firewood? All a load of nonsense really!

 

I can understand your thinking, but the same would work with buying a 1m3 bag of cobbles and then crushing them down to sand size particles, it would now fill much less of the bag.

[dig-dug-dan]

No one has spotted what I have. Firstly, The council dont phone people up about this, they write, and secondly, its not their job, it comes under trading standards, who also write.

there is some skullduggery going on somewhere!

[Arbtech Tree Services]

....You sure this weren't a bored competitor having a laugh ?

 

Is it not odd that the council would phone? I'd have asked them to put it in writing.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

 

EDIT - Digdugdan beat me to it

[Andymacp]

Aye it was from trading standards which are the council and she phoned cause where would she get my address from.

[Bob The Dog]

I can understand your thinking, but the same would work with buying a 1m3 bag of cobbles and then crushing them down to sand size particles, it would now fill much less of the bag.

 

Can't argue with that - although whenever I've bought stone etc in bags, it's just been a 'builders bag of stone please', rather than a m3 bag.

[timbernut]

Selling by the m3 is the fairest and most honest way of selling logs, logs ARE covered by weights and measures but only if you sell by weight and you don't have either weigh bridge ticket or scales that are tested, if you sell by m3 you should state LOOSE M3 and you're covered!

[Andymacp]

Is there any guidance from an industry body saying m3 is the way.

Can't really go back saying "arbtalk said"

[Mark Bolam]

Have you got a number Andy?

Post it and a few of us can ring them.