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This has come up on a beech or sycamore stump in my garden. Anyone know what it is? http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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From what i read on here cord is cheaper in grampian but fuel and haulage and distances you travel are the killers. Max you can get for hw is ££80 cube, sw £50 cube if you are lucky. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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The price cw charge for their product tells you all you need to know. Even with subsidy they are way above market rate. I cannot see how, as a standalone business, it can ever work. As a component of a farm business it may just manage to wipe its face. I've asked this before but does anyone actually know someone who has or does buy their logs from a national supplier? http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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All interesting stuff. I tried putting prices in the ads a while back but found that calls dropped off. A customer told me that if price was in ad they would only call if i was cheaper than others that they had called so i was missing the chance to really sell the product over the phone. As sam implies above the ad gets people to call but it is the conversation that sells. Price in the ad or on website also allows competition to price slighty under you from the off. I want to keep other suppliers on the back foot by not giving them that info to easily. Box ad v line ad....... I found that too unless your in a publication that is swamped with other firewood ads. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Billy what hit rate do you enjoy? http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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So do you feel that 40% keeps you busy enough or do you feel given your prices that you should be winning more http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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If you get 10 enquiries for firewood on average how many do you win and how many do you loose? Assume these are new customers not repeat business. What % of quotes do you think you should be losing to ensure that you are pricing to the maximum that your market will bear? Currently, i am operating at about 80% capacity every day. But i am only winning 5 out of every 10 quotes. Thoughts please. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Given that the timber is not yet stacked it will be very easy to screw yourself on the price. (been there, got the t-shirt). If i were you i would insist on a timber truck with scales or you put it over a weighbridge to get a definitive weight and pay accordingly. If stacked then macs post above covers it. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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for proper world domination of the firewood market you need one of these: Cord King CS27-40 (Model 60) Cord King also look at their bog standard log splitter : Cord King Monster Splitter Cord King. does the palax come with a chip handling system? If your installation is fixed which it probably will be with a log deck, get something to suck up all the sawdust straight from the blade and into a bag. it gets very tedious shovelling it up manually.
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Who is louie spence? http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Also dont forget to keep up your salt intake. I had flu last year. Ate nothing and only drank water for 5 days. Then forced my self to eat some salt and vinegar chrisps. Almost heaved but then felt right as rain within half an hour all aches and pains gone headache and dizzyness gone. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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All true but sort of assumes that air surrounding the log pile is still. If the pile is in the wind it will continue drying even in winter assuming the pile has roof to keep rain off. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Is it hydraulic? http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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If your working solo a log deck and loader is essential imo. I have the hakki woodran 422 gravity fed with hyd. Paddles. Cost about £2.5k new. I can just about get 2.5m3 worth of softwood on the deck at once enough for a load. The bigger the deck the better. If i was needing one now i would build one. More bang for your buck. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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The serious answer is volume. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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We are all as tight as a rats arse!!!! http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Not quite. I find sw is quicker to process as it is more uniform in shape. This equates to a saving of 15 to 30 minutes per load in both tractor time and my time. Then again perhaps im just getting rubbish hw cord. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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How far do you deliver firewood free of charge???
firewood replied to firewoodman's topic in Firewood forum
5mile radius! 10 mile radius! If only!!! I do not charge per se for delivery but like others charge it within the load price. If the customer will pay what i ask then i will go anywhere. In the highlands with its low population density distance means nothing its the money that counts. Also bear in mind there is no traffic up here so 40 miles is under an hour away. Its not like traversing manchester or london While most customers are within 30 miles i have many that are up to 50 miles away. I do these on slack days when not under pressure. They all make a contribution to profit. Many distant customers also recommend you to closer friends and relations. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk -
Up here in the aberdeenshire approx 80% of what i sell is softwood. You just need to price accordingly. At the start of every season some wll only buy hardwood but by xmas when everyone has sold out of dry hardwood dry softwood becomes even more popular! The key to making a profit is volume. If i were you bank on getting about 500m3 split up for next year to give yourself a fair shot at it. Also push mixed loads to help shift it if you encounter customer resistance. For the most part the cheaper price will sell it for you. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Beautiful motor. If my engine looked that clean i would have a glass bonnet. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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I dont thinkthey will ever be a threat to the small independent producer for two reasons: 1. transport costs are currently very high so they are at a disadvantage against local operators from the off. 2. Economies of scale in firewood are not easy to find. With only a £30k investment in kit i could produce up to 5000m3 of firewood per year ON MY OWN. Now look at CW. How many employees to produce what volume per year? At what investment cost? I will bet that per unit of labour my business is more productive albeit smaller. For that reason alone i have nothing to fear from the likes of CW. Regarding customers only burning hetas approved fuels, old wood burning hands will ignore such rubbish and new burners will ignore such advice when they find i have delivered to their neighbour for half the price they paid to cw. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Imho the website looks like wodburning snake oil. Their own cost comparison chart shows that "par char" (what ever that is) is only 0.4 p cheaper per kw than wood @ 30% mc. That tells me that my wood at 15% mc is cheaper per kw than their product. Not enough info or pics to comment on stove itself but the whole thing seems to me like a triumph of presentation over content. Marketed to new age hippies and naive goodlife types. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Thanks for the input. The temp today up here feels a lot colder than preceeding few days. Did hear that there were some snow flurries up on the higher ground earlier today but did not settle. The winter has now arrived. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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Marlon Where are you getting bags at those prices? http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
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My wife got one in maiden name last week. Usual guff about several €m held in customs in diplomatic bag(contradiction in terms straight away). The unusual thing about the letter was that it originated from spain i.e. From inside the eu. Have yet to reply but hopeful they will pay my €1000 admin fee for consideration of their offer. http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk
