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Real words of wisdom there.
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That's a shrewd move linking up with suppliers, as I can see you both get something out of it. Not sure if I could persuade them to take 50/50 as it seems ingrained in retailers / fitters that the only wood that is suitable is Kiln Dried Hardwood. I should not be dissuaded as we have hundreds of customers who are happy with the product. Maybe it is because we have good quality control. If the Woodburner suppliers are getting it for free as you mentioned for commissioning purposes - who knows. Most of them seem to retail small bagged Hardwood whereas we only supply bulk deliveries due to the logistics of being located in a rural location.
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Do you have a Website?
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There's some reals gems there ! - appreciated and thanks for posting.
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We have recently pulled the plug on several distance deliveries - exactly as you say, no longer appealing! No way would we ever reduce prices - period. I hope you have raised yours this year. Facebook use as you do sounds interesting - i can't recall if you have a business page or private.
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Yes - keep the price up. Not far from John Harvey - but far enough distance wise. Hoping to get some 8 wheeler and drag loads from him soon once he gets cutting again - he's had a bad time of late - wet!
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That's living the dream!
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It looks like most of us are spending some time at home with the arrival of Snow, so it may be an ideal time start a new thread. We have the capacity to sell more Firewood and it would be interesting to hear others views on any original ideas they have apart from the obvious, that you are willing to share. Being well down South we don't plan to take anyone's customers! I have found that endeavoring to produce high quality, which is better than other Firewood available has brought in a lot of additional sales.
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Same ..... apart from no containers. But without any form of stillage, how do you dry your Firewood if you don't mind me asking?
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Knowone should ever ever move or stack for free - your time is valuable, so don't undervalue it. I've spent considerable amount of time calculating the margins in Firewood supply and even if you have a seriously efficient setup its 100% a numbers game. The largest supplies on here supply high quality products - no bags, no handling and loose tipping - that is a robust business model. Others will disagree. If you sell quality Firewood people always come back
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Don't do that ! Stick to £4 a bag - it will go slowly but it always goes. It's great however, that you a one of the few who are retailing Firewood at a sensible price and not undervaluing a quality product!
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People need to be educated that they do want logs dumped look on their driveway as it will give them at least a little much needed exercise. We supply a lot of Firewood delivered just that way and have no issues.
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Your overloaded !!!
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The science behind forced log drying
arboriculturist replied to Woodwanter's topic in Firewood forum
Previous posts on Arbtalk have discussed the costs of drying in detail. A realistic cost appears to be circa. £ 10/ m3 buying in Softwood to dry then burning as boiler fuel without RHI as I don't think everyone factored in the true amount of labour involved, purchase and replacement of equipment and all associated running costs. If you are in a rare situation where Tree Surgeons bring you free Arb arisings, which you can keep for a long time to be dry enough to burn of course this estimate would be reduced. Rings can however take up to 2 years even in stillages to reach even 25% MC. -
The science behind forced log drying
arboriculturist replied to Woodwanter's topic in Firewood forum
Some run chip others gassification. 25% MC most of them. RHI yes. RHI is a non starter now of course. -
The science behind forced log drying
arboriculturist replied to Woodwanter's topic in Firewood forum
I am amazed you have enough waste to run those numbers, but I have no knowledge of the scale of your Arb. business. The £ 10 came from large producers who buy in the Softwood to run their boilers. The boiler etc. will of course need replacing after 10 years approx. running at low return temperatures. -
The science behind forced log drying
arboriculturist replied to Woodwanter's topic in Firewood forum
Another way of looking at things - It costs approx £10,000 to dry 1000m3 using forced air. If you have the space / infastructure / suitable conditions you can air dry that amount in a season. -
VAT can be backdated - Period !
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That seems par for the course here also. Have you thought about upgrading to a S - 360 Turbo, you've had the 350 for a time now?
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Never lost a tooth - too carefull for that, but there are 96 teeth / 900mm blade.
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After processing 500m3 of hard / softwood the blade is seriously dull. There never ever seems to be chips out of blades, TCT cutters just loose there originally razor sharp edge and corners. We have 3 blades so can easily rotate usage. I am thinking it should be changed after 400m3. I am interested to hear what others with TCT blade processors find and what they get charged for sharpening.
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Do you by any chance know of / use alternative suppliers from time to time to minimise the risk of having all your eggs in one basket? - a bit like KFC have !
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Are you struggling to get timber due to weather, shooting season restrictions and landowners not wanting forwarders etc. on their land?
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Started processing for 2018 last month - problems with surface mould issues processing very early in the year if you are not careful with the horrendous weather we have been having.
