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How does anyone make money extracting cordwood?
dave fox replied to doobin's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
thanks andy for the reply i have tried that way also as well as many other ways all apple trees are different some have bigger limbs some have none, we found out the easyest way if they have big (ish) limbs is to log on the tree, standing it acts as the stablest saw hourse, also if you leave apple wood to season then log it it goes very hard and you use more chains and it needs more oil lube! also and this is the point that i think this thread is aimed at you have to handle the timber again, there is no easy way of making money from coppice or small felling, even if i hired a 360 with a share or a harvester, it still costs, ...........oh well only another 4999 to go:001_rolleyes: -
How does anyone make money extracting cordwood?
dave fox replied to doobin's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
i sympathise with you and your pradicament, i have 5000 apple trees to grub up over a period of time (not as short a time line as 6 days) but as with coppicing wood alot of handling and messing around, we prune the tree then tidy all the brush from around the row then log it (and collect the logs) then fell the trunk then grub it then push the brush up into heaps then burn the brush and roots, my point is that wheather it be coppice or in my case from an orhard its not as clear cut and fell as with the woodland guys , i was asked why the price of my wood was higher than "normal hard wood" prices :its because you do a little bit more work, for the same product. imo:001_rolleyes: -
if your vat registerd
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use it as a selling tool,
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yes but all the other things connected with processing fire wood that are vat related (20)% go up to!
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what would 20 tons be worth say hard wood split or rounds?
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what a great question, as i am a farmer first and formost, i do tree work as a second income and really because i enjoy doing it, as a child i chopped alot of fire wood , its something that i liked and like to do and if i can earn a few bob at it then great. yes diversification too , with alot of emphasis on he enviroment in farming today with els and stewidship schemes tree planting and headges then , its a great way to make these things pay twice!
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20 yrs or more thats a hella long time, dose it go light when seasond that long?
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i try and store all my wood a good 6months in pallet boxes , these realy seem to air the logs, but also protects from the elements
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surly the most perfect fire wood is 3inc x 9 inch rounds made of apple:thumbup:
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alder 4'x12 ' split summer seasoning 5 months
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apple , limbs cut 4' round x 9' 8months with summer seasoning, 20% mc
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i hear that poplar is £23 @ ton
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:thumbup:yeh i know its me!
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got some
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im afraid i do the cooking in my house does anyone cook on there log burner? i have a clearwiew i cooked a suet pudding today on mine pice of p to do 3 cups of sr flour cup of suet, add water mix it put into a cloth tie the top place into boiling water 50 min jobs a goodun. o it all to me mum farmers wife
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apple for straw walker blocks in combines! random i know,
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just out of interest simon what do you think is a honest price for the stated apple timber regarding that apple is less comon than the king of woods ash and the like? a realistic answer is appreciated!
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yes it is really isnt it , as i stated before each tree is pruned ,felled and moved by hand . with the price of oil and energy on the increase you probabley will see cord hardwood hitting these highs a year from now, we allredy sell to a costomer at that price who says'' that he will sell it out double the price'' i suppose its what people are willing to pay! sorry if this offends you egg:confused1:
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:001_tt2:i got told i was too cheap on another thread so i upped the price:001_tt2:supposed to be a nice scent for open fires you can try to eat it if you want
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we are hand felling 30 achers over 3 years ,they have to be pruned first to take all the brush off then felled then grubbed ,lot of work thats why i aint letting it go cheap! all the land is being replanted, the picture with my hand in it ,the trees were horrendously prued thats why they are comming up. all 5000 of them!!!!
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yes but it aint apple
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thought someone would put in a generouse offer like that, its £100 @ 1.6 cm logged or £75 @ ton for 6ft lengths
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must admit it we do get a bit bogged down with science speil, man has been sitting next to a fire since he made the greatest discovery of all time,if he was cold im sure he done what we do today chuck another log on the fire,
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What is your single most beneficial exercise for Arb work.
dave fox replied to coolie's topic in General chat
140kg psh press thats some good weight ,i'll shut up thats my best clean and jerk you know what your talking about,
