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If I have 100 cubic metres of hardwood logs and they loose 6000kgs in weight, as they season, how many cubic meters of logs do I now have?

Sell it to the jodhpur wearers 

8 minutes ago, gdh said:

We leave them in boxes in a heated shed, there's fans at the back to push air under and through them. 

Nice set up, thanks for sharing 

On 17/06/2018 at 10:31, gdh said:

Presumably they're pushed up with a loader bucket. I wish we could get away with that, we cut a pile like that in the summer years ago but with our weather it was white with mold by the time it came to selling and we had to sort the whole lot by hand.

Do you leave your logs in the boxes when they go on the drying floor, or do you tip them out?

1 hour ago, john p said:

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Can you share your website for a butcher's please?

8 hours ago, Chipperclown said:

Does anyone one use Google Ad Words to target areas outside the reach their SEO area, if so how much is the monthly budget and any tips on targeting etc.

 

I ask because I have just had a quote from a company saying I should spend 30 pounds per day on Ad Words and 595 plus VAT for a management fee of this process! Thats a lot of money to me and my business in relation to monthly income. 

 

Thanks

That makes my guys look cheap.

They were only wanting £269 Plus vat a month for management with a £500 a month ad Champaign 

9 hours ago, gdh said:

Presumably they're pushed up with a loader bucket. I wish we could get away with that, we cut a pile like that in the summer years ago but with our weather it was white with mold by the time it came to selling and we had to sort the whole lot by hand.

I have piles like that outside all year round and, touch wood, mould has never been a big problem.

It's ALWAYS windy in my wood yard, which is great for the logs but not so good for everything else.

9 hours ago, Stere said:

What machine to get get logs so high in piles?

 

Mobile Conveyor ?

Telescopic forklift, 6m I think she is.

They are dry when they go into the shed, sub 20%

Log sales are a bit quieter just now, so busy stock piling 

11 hours ago, FarmLogsuk said:

We are a small firewood company based in NG33 (Grantham). We are looking for new suppliers. 

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Thank you

On the cream this afternoon. 3m pine getting cut at 600mm for biomass.

Back to cutting at 230mm on Monday, its going to feel reet slow going

On the oak today

The ram can have rust issues behind the seals and this tightens the seals causing slow up and or down.

Strip clean and refit.

7 hours ago, woodacre said:

Hi. I have thought about it but i spend to much time on logs as it is.
Just trying to reduce the work load but still not sure if potato boxes are the best solution. If you have any better ideas im keen to here it minus the ibc container. Cheers

Posch Packfix or similar, multiple manufacturers do similar now.

After the initial cost of the machine, you've pallets and net too buy. 

Maximises air flow.

50 cubic metres of hardwood. 

Sat in the yard for 11 months before processing and sold to a chap as semi seasoned. 

2 hours ago, ash_smith123 said:

Whoever told you it was too big for the RHI was lying
Domestic would have run for 7 years and if it's a big net very well insulated house you would have got a good chunk on domestic RHI!

Domestic rhi has a thermal limit of 45kw

Larch 

I did 17 cube in 4 hours on my 1x42 today. Just me, 9 inch logs into boxes, l average timber and floor swept.

That's stopping every two sticks too throw the frisby for the dog as well.

1 hour ago, gdh said:

I wasn't aware of that, I wonder where imported firewood stands with that (I guess it's nearly all hardwoods). 

 

With the power stations I was referring to imported pellets where we import a large percentage of world production. I'm guessing the bark rule is for bugs so wouldn't apply after heavy processing. 

I think all imported firewood is now inspected by the plant health department of the forestry commission. Any softwood found with bark on, is then incinerated. 

13 hours ago, gdh said:

I think sitka was around 45 a ton for small diameter delivered in when I last saw, it was rocketing but touch wood (pun intended) seems to be stabilising now. 

 

As said the large power stations are burning ridiculous amounts but I'm guessing there's a point where it will become cheaper to import, as a lot already do.

 

Roadside tonnage is usually calculated and delivered weighed or calculated. 

You can't import softwood with bark on. 

The cost of peeling a few thousand tonnes too fill a cargo ship is going too be very expensive so I can't see this happening anytime soon 

Been averaging 70 cubic metres a week for the last six months now and it's not slowing up at all, if anything getting busier.

The bottom of the log pile is still a long way off, so happy days.

Leitz tooling bellshill

Where are you based?