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The Firewood Guys

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  1. have re-sent the pm :-)
  2. Ours is through the NFU and its a 54 plate L200 4work Clubcab, and its around £400 mark, for one plus a named driver fully Comp!
  3. Hi Chris, have sent you a PM Regards David
  4. Hi Chris, we have a Posch 280 Processor that we hire out, and costs vary depending on distance, duration of time etc....

     

    For a rough estimate (Pm if you need further details! )

     

    Its a great machine, cuts timber 11inch Diameter for a full process, or you can just drop up to 15 inch rings for splitting only.

     

    It has a 2m infeed conveyor, and a 4m outfeed to drop into trailer/bag etc...

     

    It can split logs into 2/4/6 billets.

     

    We hire our machine out with a man to operate, we deliver but you must have means of lifting it off the trailer your end... We deliver to various locations, for an exact cost, your postcode would be needed.

     

    Our prices are worked out on a basis of one man to operate for 8hrs a day, you supply another man to feed the timber, & a tractor/diesel for PTO.

     

    We charge £250 per day plus mileage costs (to &from) plus vat.(receipt provided)

    We will pay for accomadation for our operator..

     

    If you need any further information, let me know,

     

    Regards,

     

    David

  5. Hi, also tried to pm you :-) can we have a couple of prices please...undelivered and delivered to NG33 Grantham Many thanks Lisa
  6. Hi Tom, its David Guy Firewood Merchants, nr Ropsley..Where are you? Look forward to hearing from you!
  7. One of our log bags waiting to be cracked open!
  8. Thanks Joy, just looked at your website! Flippin heck! Thought we had a lot on! You must be extremely busy! We do need to bite the bullet and to be fair, most of our customers are great, and the ones that aren't won't be a great loss!
  9. Thanks for that! Nice to meet you! Assume your nets are the same size? Do u stack or chuck em in?! How are you finding the kindling job?!
  10. pmsl think i dug myself a hole! lol!
  11. Thanks Joy, some great advice there, and your right, we do need to follow our needs rather than that of others..our problem really is that as operations grew, and demand increased we realised last year that our prices were way under as we had not increased prices in accordance with inflation for fear of upsetting the grumbly customers! We had only increased say £5 a year for a few yrs on some and now paying the price! So we re-jigged our prices in September for 'new customers' and trying desperately to get the 'old ones' in line by gradually bringing their prices up too..Seems like we are always playing catch up as we can't keep up with the rising prices of timber! I think we need to be a little tougher! Being a small(ish) operation compared to some we are still learning constantly, which is why this site is such a great find for us! We know our product is worth it (seasoned, barn stored for a year etc.. ) but boy do they moan!!! Thinking of getting a recording..and just press play when we arrive.. You know the score " Rising price of timber for us to buy in, wood is a fuel remember... etc........" sometimes we feel like shouting "We are a business not a charity!!" And why is it, its the huge houses with Rangerovers that moan the most! The guy down the road in the 2 up, 2 down never moans and understands like everyone we have to make money! (No offence intended to those with Rangerovers!!!!!!!!) Sorry rant over...!
  12. Morning all! We (My partner David and I) have a log business, ran from home for 20 or so years, (smallscale to start with of course, but progressing nicely due to flippin hard work!) We have recently discovered this site, and chuffed to bits as its always good to talk to people in the know for feedback and new ideas! We have just started doing Kindling too, started after our log customers became interested. Bought softwood and hired a Kindlett, all bagged and seasoning as we speak but wondering if anyone had any tips on pricing? Our log customers pay £3 a bag (40x 50cm mf net) and we sell to a couple of shops at £2 a net ( they only take 10/20 at a time but regular) My research indicates bulk prices of around the £1.40 net wholesale (50 plus orders) am i about right?? We are looking at wrapping pallets for larger orders but obviously more expense eats into profits so weighing up all options at the moment! We supply seasoned, barn stored hardwood logs, and so always on the lookout for any Hardwood timber delivered to NG33 for the future Keeping up with demand and not upsetting customers with the price increases is an ongoing battle but we love it! Prices for logs seem to vary a lot, would be great to see what everyone else is charging for a 1m3 load, 2m3 load and bulk bag collected. Would be great to hear from anyone regarding advice, price advice, cordwood for sale! Many thanks in advance, Lisa ( & David!)

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