MonsterMonster

I got a kelfri bucket for my Schaffer, cheap but does the job. The other stuff I looked at when I picked it up seemed reasonable given prices....But I’d be be tempted to hire a loader or digger and a processor for the day and have it all done.

Where are you in the country and would you ever be interested in freelance tree work?

Give up wood cutting and work the doors?!

Shifting 40+ tonnes

I've been looking at options for shifting 3m long 30cm diameter logs from pile to saw bench. Currently manual lifting. Was looking at International 475 sized tractor with front loader but have seen Kellfri trailer and grabber. Any thoughts on Kellfri?

I've been looking at options for shifting 3m long 30cm diameter logs from pile to saw bench. Currently manual lifting. Was looking at International 475 sized tractor with front loader but have seen Kellfri trailer and grabber. Any thoughts on Kellfri?

I've been looking for a couple of artic loads of softwood but am finding it difficult. Last I was paying £43 +vat per tonne, this year nowt available all I can find is birch at £65/tonne.

It may have come from woodland that doesn't have an approved management plan. A felling licence doesn't require a full plan to be in place. Until recently a FC approved management plan didn't require a separate felling licence, so a standalone licence may suggest that there is no management plan.
Was it sold to you as guaranteed UKFS compliant?
If you've got a copy of the felling licence then you could contact the local FC Woodland Officer to see if they can tell you any more info.

Does anyone have experience or knowledge in obtaining a copy of a UK Forestry Standard compliant management plan that would have been created, along with the felling licence, for a forest where wood fuel originated?

I am registering 22 tonnes of fuel on the Biomass Suppliers List as a producer/trader (personal use). I bought the wood from Euroforest but they say they do not have a copy of the plan but only the felling licence as these plans could cover a 25 year period!

Unless I can get this document I can only submit the fuel via a Risk Based Regional Assessment (RBRA) that incurs a BSL fee of £450 +VAT!

Thanks

Riko website had a second hand WP36TR as "From £5,500 (no VAT)"

I take it these are rebadged Farmi Mastersplit WP36.

I wouldn't put it past Centre Parcs charging such extortionate prices. There's a good chance that most visitors to Centre Parcs have never bought a log in their lives so they don't know any better.

57 minutes ago, Stubby said:

No . Its a 4"X4"x8" stack FFS

Yes, when talking about a Cord but I am talking about cordWOOD not a Cord of wood ... FFS. I do not believe people are specifically thinking of the specific measurement of 4'x4'x8' but believe that there is a very specific type of wood irrespective of length, stacking etc.

Okay, so the consensus seems to be that cordwood is not a thing in reality but rather a loosely used term for "wood only suitable for processing into firewood usually straight'ish, not overly large in diameter."

However ... from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwood_construction

"... in which 'cordwood' or short pieces of debarked tree ..."

23 hours ago, SbTVF said:

Yeah I’ll get the number in the morning for you. Where are you based?

East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire near Wragby.

On 07/10/2016 at 12:09, MonsterMonster said:

I'm looking at buying an artic load of logs but I need to have proof of its legality and sustainability as I'm on the BSL as a producer/trader for my own RHI payments on our biomass boiler. I'm aware of FSC, PEFC, felling licences, chain of custody etc. but is this info supplied as part of the transaction? I'm looking at buying from large clearance contractors such as UPM Tilhill if possible through to smaller suppliers such as arb contractors.

 

Ta

 

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Just to update my own post ... I bought an artic load of softwood earlier this year from Euroforest. I got a weighing receipt from the haulage driver showing quantity and a tick box for the FSC 100% Pure Chain of Custody certification and the sellers FSC cert number (Euroforest). They also sent me a scanned page of the felling contract that shows the felling licence number and again the Chain of Custody number.

23 hours ago, SbTVF said:

Just ordered some in today @ £38 per ton delivered. North east England.

May I ask where from or pm me the contacts please?

On 31/10/2017 at 06:16, CallumA said:

£24 a ton + VAT @ 5% or 20% + delivery from forestry commission

Did you actually buy from the Forestry Commission or from a trader that got their wood from the FC?

I've seen a few posts asking for cordwood. Is there such a thing or is it meaningless as when I've spoken with timber merchants they seem confused by the term or even say there's no such thing.

19 hours ago, gdh said:

I don't deal a lot with softwood but that seems expensive, especially with very local delivery. Would you be better buying slightly more expensive hardwood for the sake of £10?

Mmmm I see your point. The last hardwood price I got was about £65/tonne back in March for FSC 100% Pure. The softwood at £48/tonne was chipping wood but looking at some of the responses this seems to be on the high end. They had 50+ tonnes of nice straight 2.5m 20cm round softwood at £60/tonne +VAT but is for fencing.

Ok thanks for the prices. Have been quoted £48 +vat per ton for FSC 100% pure Scots pine delivered about 1/2 mile away from me in Lincs.

What's the going rate in your area for softwood timber if looking for an artic load?

What's the going rate in your area for softwood timber if looking for an artic load?

Cordwood logs.

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I've just been quoted for 26t of softwood (Pine from Forestry Commision wood, FSC Certified) at £50 per tonne inclusive of haulage (Norfolk to Lincs) and VAT. Is this about right as I gather prices have rocketed in the last couple of years? I seem to remember two years back this would have been about £35/tonne.

I've used 30% for air gaps assuming logs are straight and even. I got this figure from some EU manual on timber but can't recall exactly at the moment.

 

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From the Finland Ministry of Affairs... The Woodfuel Handbook

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4441e.pdf

Page 5 table 1.

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