gilmour mckellar

I know that you guys are busy doing the day job but when you find time click on this link and have a read - it brought a smile to my face.

Country Life with Country Wife: How to (or how not to) buy firewood -Updated

Cheers - Gilmour

The way I would look at it Johnny, is the green should not be less money, but the seasoned should be more!

100% behind you on that one.

Expect more for Properly dried product - sell the benefits -

warn against the pitfalls of burning wet wood - especially to the new generation of stove owners -

we love them all!

Thanks anyway Andy.

Your Woodfule guide on your web site is full of excellent information - well written

We all agree that your first line "It is a sad fact that there is an awful lot of rubbish being sold as firewood these days." is very true.

I would like to think that some people would rather sell a quality kiln dried product ( even from abroad) rather than " this wet stuff is all I've got mate - take it or leave it!"

Any way - a lot depends on the weather and people's understanding of what quality of fuel they should have to ensure their specific appliance does what it should do.

I am up in Carlisle so may look in when passing some time - it would be good to compare notes with somebody knowledgeable like yourself.

Cheers

get a pallet and try it id say 70 nets max

nets just out of the kiln.

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members/gilmour-mckellar-albums-birch-firewood-picture4673-nets-after-drying-1619.jpg

then stacked for despatch - 66 on a pallet - (40 litre nets)

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members/gilmour-mckellar-albums-birch-firewood-picture4671-nets-ready-despatch-size-ca-900-x-1200-x-2250-2350mm.jpg

66.36m3 on a full artic load making each net weigh approx 15 kilos

Cheers

Gilmour

I happened to find this article in the Farmers Weekly after my last post - have a look

Biomass industry cannot rely on imported wood - 9/12/2011 - Farmers Weekly

The RSPB want the UK Govornment to give even more support to burning UK grown timber. More pressure on supply in the coming months and years!

As in all things timber the UK is lagging behind mainland Europe in how they utilise timber in construction and in the generation of heat and power. Europe is far more advanced in timber use as an engineered product and as a fuel.

The figures quoted in the paper will be correct if all the plans on the drawing boards get the go ahead. OF COURSE the bulk of this biomass will have to be Imported but we are already seeing a strain being put on the UK resource.

This is most noticable in the panel manufacturing ind sector ( Plywood, Chipboard etc) who are seeing the cost of their raw material doubling. They are lobbying govornment saying it will cost UK jobs as they will not be viable businesses if prices continue to rise.

This would not be happening if the Govornment subsidies did not exist but they do and for the reason of encourgaing us all to stop burning fossil fuel.

The answer is to plant more trees - A SUSTAINABLE CROP! - there are thousands of acres of land that are suitable but there will no doubt be the battles with the "save our moorlands" brigade to be fought along the way.

More planting is a long term solution but there will definitely be short term pain as supplies tighten.

Todays storms will keep some people happy locally but it is the big picture that we all need to keep our eye on.

Cheers

Gilmour

Well spotted that man.

These are they pallets that they are dried on - they have spacers between them to allow air flow in the kiln.

This is what you would have dld - each pallet has 66 nets

Cheers

Gilmour

Would these products be of interest? - All KD Birch

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http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/members/gilmour-mckellar-albums-birch-firewood-picture4672-crates-outside-940-x-1200-x-1170mm-inside-measurements-inside-900-x-1110-x-1030mm-inside-measurements.jpg

they could be shipped to Hull in full artic loads - 52 - 1m3 crates per load or 24 pallets of nets - each pallet containing 66 nets.

Cheers - Gilmour

OK Jon - appreciate your sentiment.

I am sure there will be enough trade to keep all UK suppliers happy but the fact is that there is a demand greater than the current supply as you can see from the following stats.

These tonnages come under the heading FUELWOOD

TONNAGE OF UK IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO JUNE 2011 COMPARED WITH 2010

Jan/June January February March April May June

Year tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes

2010 228060 11089 50268 12158 60450 32762 61334

2011 499891 66383 28220 87659 85634 148712 83282

% Change 119% 499% -44% 621% 42% 354% 36%

Crown Copyright Acknowledged. Produced from data issued by HMRC.

The UK does need to plant a lot more and manage more forests!!

This is what I have to offer - 1m3 pallets of KD Birch - IN FULL LOADS

This is what i have to offer - picture shows nets prior to loading onto pallets of 66 nets per pallet.

Good prices for Highland Forestry - Is there any material being brought in by sea to Inverness - not only wood chip but even in the form of firewood logs?

Can you take a full 24 tonne load supplied as 24 pallets with 66 - 40 litre bags on each pallet? If yes - pm with contact details. Cheers

I know you are looking for loose delivered but i have access to 1m3 pallets of KD Birch - 52 pallets per load. Any interest?

Hello - I am in the early stages of investigating the supply of crates of dry hardwood from the Baltic states - could this be of interest to you?

Many thanks - Very informative.

Even though as you say it is an expensive product they must have customers who are willing to take it. Could it only be selling when or where there are shortages in the market?

Agreed on the poorer green credentials!

G

Has any body come across it anywhere? I saw an advert in a fencing magazine from a company called Westbank. They seem to be using wooden cradles to transport it.