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In that case you sell it without adding VAT. But make sure you keep good records as the firewood industry is being investigated by the tax authorities as a lot of transactions are cash related. But buying in cord you will be charged 20% VAT that you will be unable to reclaim unless you register for VAT. A

[Q. In the last 12 months every man and his dog are selling logs. Falling gas and oil prices do not help demand and that it unlikely to change with the advent of cracking shale gas. With the Ash disease now out of control I can see every farmers son with a chainsaw becoming a wood merchant for a bit of beer money. In my local parish mag this time there were 7 people adverting logs and another 3 selling stoves who also sell logs. So short term then there will be a demand for decent splitters but I can't see many people making a sensible return on logs. A

I went to what seems to be a very similar event round here last Autumn. They ( the FC) are looking to promote the use of their timber in firewood and will advise on the possible availability of EU funding for wood fuel businesses. Its worth going if you can. At present though imported stacked crates of kiln dried is cheaper and more convenient (unless getting RHI on a kiln) than buying cord from the FC or similar at £55 a ton and having to add processing and storage costs to it, however sooner or later this will come full circle. A

I have to say it wont be much if any cheaper than the above. A

Cost is 20% as you are reselling it, sell to an end user and its 5%, sell to a shop whose will then resell then its 20%. A

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Thats probably about right. A

I have seen one working, lovely bit of kit, very sensible knife arrangement, but much more expensive than a 360 Posch when new. I did see that one yes but supply of good cord is expensive and pretty well non existant, at the end of the day its pointless having a machine like that unless it can pay for itself in a reasonable time frame. Perhaps its time a group of local competitors get together and share machinery. A

i have been looking for 2 years !!, a few promises but not a stick has appeared. I now import kiln dried instead. Looking on Woodlots there seems to be a lot of timber to the south and south west of London but only odds and sods elsewhere. A

I had a 560 sieze after 20 or so hours work, I was using standard mineral grade 2 stroke mix. Now use synthetic and no more issues although use is very light. A

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500mm is far longer than would be required for standard firewood down here. 250mm is my max length. A

Depends on several things. A, How big the processor is, ie whats the maximum diameter log it can handle. B, How is it fed, a decent machine will want a hydraulic feed rack to get a decent output. C, The diameter of your cord, a big machine can only achieve a decent output with big cord. D, How the cord is loaded onto the rack, teleporter and log grab or a timber crane is best. With all the bits in place using decent cord then something like a Posch 360 will produce at least 25 CU m bags a day and a lot more if most of the cord is 300mm - 340mm. A smaller machine or a machine with some of the support gear such as a feed rack missing will produce a lot less. Frankly buying in cord at £55 a ton + VAT, having it processed, storing it, delivering it and selling it at £85 a cube inc VAT ay 5% is financially a non starter. Far better to import ready processed kiln dried product from the Baltic, at least you can make some money that way. A

Nick Channor who sometimes posts here could probably bring you a bulker trailer full of assorted green arb waste. He does have his own firewood buisness so I would not think there would be much nice timber in there and oversize Leylandi etc would probably feature. You would be looking at a 24 ton load, cost would usually be just the delivery costs but it is only available at odd times of year. A

Thats keen. They are a superb bit of kit for sure, widely copied these days. A

A while ago there was a thread from someone looking for the above, Have just seen a 22 rapid 7 FAC on Pigeon Watch, with mod, but its a LH stock and FAC. Custom Stocks in Sheffield made the stocks so that should be resolvable at a cost. Theoben Rapid 7 MK2 FAC .22 - Guns for Sale (Private Sales) - Pigeon Watch Forums A

What the cord is does not matter, cut it to length, split it, into the bag, dry for 6 months ideally under cover, say a dutch barn, sell in the bag. I can see no point at all in putting split billets into a bag, better putting them into rings ( hoops) and banding them together to dry. A

Agreed for sure, I have ordered 100 ton ( 4 x 25t loads or thereabouts) of hard cord sub 300mm from 3 suppliers over the last 18 months or so, all have said yes no problem, none has yet to appear. Far to wet now to get it where it needs to go though, usually I like deliveries in July Aug Sept then process it the following spring. I ordered a container of kiln dried, it was in my yard 2 weeks after I had paid for it. A

Expensive and difficult to source, its as cheap to bring in kiln dried from the Baltic at present. A

Depending on what you want to use the trailer for you may also need a tacho installing into the towing vehicle. A

Tread very carefully and take up references from UK companies. If there are none walk away. Do not support anyone who sells direct to end customers, ie your customers. There are a few posting here who will quite happily sell direct all be it probably at a slightly higher rate. A

Dont get hung up about efficiency, there are several different ways of measuring it. Some use logs with a zero percent moisture level, of course that gives a higher reading as no energy is lost evaporating remaining water. Efficiency figures can be misleading as can nominal output figures. All stoves have to have an efficiency of 65% in order to gain the legally required CE marking. Clearview are not bad stoves but look at all the glossy house mags, full or half page Clearview adds in every one, who is paying for that, you the end customer is. Morso make the best stoves in the world in my opinion, where else could you buy parts for a 40 year old stove off the shelf. Look after your Morso at thats the sort of life you will get out of it. A 5kw traditional stove then Badger 3112 at around £1050 or 04 at a similar price ( prices rose 1 Jan so unsure of new prices). Traditional looking but very advanced under the surface. A

End grain measurements would depend on how the log has been stored. If exposed it will probably be higher than the center. If the log has not been properly kiln dried then I would expect an end grain measurement to generally be lower than than the center of the log. A

Sounds like you have some poor quality logs. Split a log, measure the center of the newly exposed face, that is the real moisture level. Depending on your stove put anything above 18% aside to dry for next winter, use anything below that. If your stove is a modern contempory woodburner with a terciery air system that can take advantage of very low MCs then try and use logs below about 10%. If the product is kiln dried properly then you should be looking at MCs well below 10%. I bought some KD logs in the summer than averaged about 3%. These have now risen to about 8%- 10% externally thanks to the moisture in the air. Internal is about 5%. A