davetaz

Just wanted to make sure had some for next year and it isn't easy to come by at the moment round here

Just short of 26T on that load Will all be cut into 3ft lengths and split into billets for easy stacking and seasoning. Cut to length on bench saw next winter as it goes out

Just paid £40/T +VAT for this lot delivered to my yard. Mostly oak with about 10% pine

Bag it and sell it as off-cuts. I sell quite a few nets of scrap bits along with kindling

Makes good kindling as well

makes good firewood once seasoned, I'm selling some at the moment, no complaints from customers! Easy to split especially when green.

The "forecourt" nets tend to be supplied by larger companies such as CPL etc and they sell thousands with 8" logs in them and that's what people have got used to. If you want to compete with them and offer good value to the customer produce the same product and offer it cheaper or at the same price and claim it is "locally produced". Forecourts and DIY stores sell all these nets because either that's what people want, or people don't care and aren't that fussed about log size 8" - 10", they don't buy them according to length, they buy them because they are convenient

from what I've read and heard you need about 6 acres woodland to be self sufficient in wood fuel with out long term damage to the integrity of the woodland these two sites may be useful SWOG Forum (small woodlands owners group) SmallWoods.org.uk - Home (small woods association) in reality it depends how much wood you need to extract and what species/size trees you have, you may also be governed by felling licences and other planning controls, we manage our own 21 acre woodland and are members of both the above groups

does any one supply logs in south east london (new cross)? My brother-in-law has just had a logburner fitted and I told him I'd ask on here if any one can supply his logs for him, cheers.

The more pages you want the more it tends to cost, i think mine was about £400

5 cube a day, 5 days a week over 20 weeks = 500 cubic meters = approx 250 T That's a lot of customers to find

I approached a marina (canal) about selling my logs - they dont sell logs as it is a smoke controlled area, and so boat users aren't permitted to burn logs!

what sort of turnover do you need to have (selling firewood) to be able to pay yourself £20K a year? I was thinking some where between £30-35K, That's a lot of firewood to sell for a new business, that's why I'm happy doing my own thing - starting small and see how it grows - but I wouldn't want to depend on it for a full time living

I started my firewood business in spring 09 with a total investment of just under £9K (although I already had pick-up, trailer, 2 chainsaws). That included buying enough timber to process in to about 100 cubic metres. I will be lucky to break even this year, and that's alright by me. I hope to double the out put next year and contribute towards some of the domestic bills etc I don't want/need to work more than an average of 25 hours a week throughout the year so hopefully this will all fall in to place for me We all have different circumstances and requirements from our chosen field of work ..... so most of what we do is down to personal choice based on our own individual values - I've chosen to work less and spend more time with my family Good luck to everyone else out there selling logs

Thanks for the info and links, it looks like my supplier has got it wrong after all! Any way it's up to him to sort it out I guess.

Are you wanting it to sell this winter then? I know you can burn ash green but it still makes a mess of the chimney!

I'm wondering if it depends on how you describe it, if you had 25T timber to sell to a saw mill for planks etc then it would be VAT @ 15%, if you are selling it to a firewood producer as firewood then may be you only need to charge 5%:confused 1:

Artic load 25T

Maybe they think that they can get away with charging £5.99 a bag if it says "kiln dried" on the bag Would like to see a net of my logs next to theirs and see which sells first! "Air dried logs ....... 20% mc £3.50 a bag" ,Might have to get some labels made up

I know there has been lots of discussion on this but i've come across a situation that contradicts the 15% on buying timber theory. I was contacted today by a forestry/timber supplier to see if I was interested in buying timber for firewood as I am on his list of firewood producers. The timber is mainly oak with some ash and about 10% pine. He gave me a price which I thought was ok and I asked about VAT. He said it was 5%! I questioned this and he said they have queried this through their accountant and although I am not the end user it is still classed as fuel wood. Maybe if you are supplying timber to be processed in to firewood you can call it firewood right from the start and therefore only need to charge 5% VAT. This company, I was told, have been selling timber for firewood with only 5% VAT for some time - maybe it depends what you write on the invoice. Has any body got any definitive information or advice from own experience or from Customs & Excise on this matter?

In the above mentioned store today and noticed plastic bags of "premium kiln-dried hardwood logs.........kiln dried to an average of 20% moisture content" I'm getting close to that air drying my logs, not a very good kiln if they are only getting down to 20%, what does any one else think?

I find the website is more useful when people want information on load sizes and delivery etc. Rather than try and go in to too much detail on the phone I suggest they look at website for any further info. Also I believe it portrays a reasonably professional image

Sold 10 cubic metres since September, not cold enough yet I guess, but ok so far as it's my first year doing it properly. Could do with selling more soon so I can buy timber for next year!

Getting yourself known is the key to it. Posters, flyers etc are all really useful. I sell a reasonable amount through local farmshop, canal marina, builders merchant etc I put an advert in local papers, £100 for 4 weeks - waste of money so far, one enquiry only!

my local builders merchants is selling nets of logs for £6.96 and kindling for £6.50 ...... don't think much has been shifted though!