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Got mine from Bag supplies, 50 cost about £160 They do vented ones as well I think, may try some this summer One or two of mine are showing some wear but they do get hammered a bit some times Did 2 cubic metres for one customer (10 sacks) 18" logs (fit just nicely in sacks), tipped in his back garden near his shed in 10 minutes - quality delivery service

use good sack truck and Ifor Williams GD85

I totally agree If this is permissive then just put up asign warning of potential risks. You will only be sued in court if they can prove you were negligent. Fewer people are getting away with ridiculous claims as courts now understand there is only a certain amount you can do as a land owner/manager - people using the countryside for what ever pursuits have to take some responsibility for what they do

You need to be very thorough with the potential legal implications which is really for you and solicitor to sort out - also check with local planning office for any issues, talk to some of locals that may use it. Find out if freehold or leashold, and therefore how long lease has left on it As far as price goes it sounds too good to be true, generally the smaller a woodland the more expensive per acre. Many 4-5 acre woodlands sell for £20-£30K. We bought 21 acres in rural north wales 2 years ago for £53K, a few weeks later an adjoining piece of wood (16acres) sold for £60K If you want any other advice check this forum SWOG Forum Good luck, it was the best thing we ever did

Mine goes out in barrow bags at £20 each (equates to £100/cube). One day may be I'll have a crane and truck for dealing with cubic metre bags -0 just need to sell a lot more wood first!

Tell them you need the bags any way as you are so busy shifting loads and loads of logs - makes them realise what a good business you have!

How much you guys selling those cubic metre bags of logs for then?

I deliver all mine in barrow bags, £20 per bag, min order 3 bags, otherwise £30/bag. Free delivery up to 10 miles but most customers within 5 miles anyway, and most of them order min 3 bags. Logs tipped out somewhere conveneint for customer as i can wheel them into shed/garage/round to back of house - even did one delivery to a terraced house and wheeled them through the house in to back yard! I reckon they are great things and look like good value to most people Some people do ask to keep bags but i generally put them off by asking for a £10 deposit per bag!

Any wood will make fire wood, even willow and pop it just needs 2 years to season and it will burn fast. We have sold 35T (50 cube) of poplar this winter. It was felled last march, and reached 20 - 25 % mc by october. Have had mostly repeat customers throughout winter paying £100/cubic metre for it As has been said many times before all wood has same calorific value per kg so softwood burns hotter and quicker We've just installed woodburning rayburn at home and their advice is to burn softwood duting day and use hardwood to bank it up over night

Even if you just mention a weight (ie in a 1 Ton bag) you are implying it has been weighed. The law will benefit the consumer. Also if selling by weight you will have to weigh and stamp the product using scales verified by trading standards. The only way really is to sell by volume, but it may be worth saying that your bags or loads were X cubic metres when packed and settling may occur during transit. This way everyone knows what they are getting

With out sounding too desperate, has any body got any surplus seasoned firewood? Processed or not doesn't matter. My stocks are running very low and still getting calls from new customers as well as repeat customers. Can collect on trailer (up to 2T or 2-3 cubic metres), 30 miles or so from Nantwich. Cheers

I did question the company concerned about only paying 5% VAT and was told their accountant had checked it out. I do agree with you as I'm not the end user, but hey, I'm not complaining From what I beleive, if they are ever made to pay the full back-dated VAT rate it will fall on them to pay it!

It tows ok behind my L200 so long as not going above 50mph and you are not going too far with it. Also depends on state of roads. The info with it reckons it can be towed up to 60mph, I think. It is quite heavy and has counter weight near the coupling so not too much bounce Has twin speed pump, auto return, 10Hp B&S petrol engine Can be used horizontal as well as vertical and can split 1m long timber easily (13T splitting pressure) Bought it last summer, hiring it out with operator from £25/hour. Had 3 clients so far where I have just turned up to split their own logs.

I like my Thor road towable splitter Thor Logsplitter

I bought two artics mainly oak/ash, 26T per load, £39/T + 5%VAT delivered. Very mixed diameter stuff though but should make good firewood when sold next winter for £100/cubic metre. Should split in to 80 cubic metres Total outlay = £2130 80 cube = £8000 It's worth what ever some one will pay for it.

Customer last week wanted to know how long half a cubic metre of logs would last on a log burner! I just said I couldn't answer that one as there are too many variables - too many what? So I told them I'd run out already

Absolutely! Let's face it, timber is the only readily available sustainable fuel around ( as we all know wood grows from the power of sun light so is actually the original solar-powered fuel!) So many people are installing log-burners at huge costs and don't seem to mind paying for the fuel to go in them

Re-using our pot grown Nordman fir from last year. I heard they are all in a bit of short supply this year hence price increases. Local supplier wants £6.50/foot!!!

Treefeller, where in south cheshire are you?

sold 26cube since September, not bad for first year. Lots of customers telling me they have always struggled getting decent seasoned logs in the past

Funny thing is you don't see Energy companies selling their energy for what they can get away with depending on where you are! They have fixed prices and various tariffs for you as a customer to choose from. As firewood producers we are in competition with them to some degree and as an industry should, I believe, be trying to sell quality firewood at a similar price throughout the land! Petrol and diesel doesn't vary that much up and down the country on the whole, it's all fuel which ever way you look at it. Went to a business seminar once and was told (according to research) if you put prices up by 10% you can afford to lose 25% customers and make the same profit. By lowering prices by 10% you would need to generate 50% more business in order to make the same profit.

the length of time it takes to "seaon" wood depends on what species, how and where it is split/stacked, and gegraphical location 20% seems to be what most people aim for and that's what mine gets down to

I started doing firewood this year on a larger scale as so many people were asking about it last winter. Not being a tree surgeon and not having my own yard I decided to buy in some timber and rent a yard on a nearby farm ........ if I sell my firewood for anything less than £100 per cube it wouldn't be worth doing! There are lots of customers out there looking for firewood and the industry couldn't be sustained by tree surgery waste/arisings and so it needs other people doing it on more of a commercial basis (a bit like myself) I reckon anyone selling decent firewood for less than £80-£100 per cube is selling it too cheap - regardless of where the wood has come from I know there are geographical variations but I don't believe there should be such huge differences I also know of a bloke in north wales selling hardwood at £85 for a 2cube trailer load - and he's buying it in at £40/T, probably not even making enough to cover the delivery costs!

If it is over 2 cubic metres I'd expect to sell it for £200+ (£100/cube)

Nice stacking, should season nicely too! Does it really matter which way up the bark side is stacked?