Woodwanter

costs for everyone have shot up. I will probably close down the yards here soon, the cost to run a loader and then time to load artics with chip just isn’t worth it. I know when I do that a lot of local lads will be frustrated as there aren’t many places where they can tip day and night around here.

i wait till I get 300+ ton then hire a big slow speed shredder in and a digger with grab. We shred the lot in 24 hrs then lorry it to site and store it in a shed till we burn it. with rising costs it’s barely worth doing now tbh but I’d love the smell

Thanks. they are about 45 minutes away. we could probably take it all but i suspect it’s too far away for them to be viable. @jose if you are still looking to get rid drop me a pm. im not sure how well it burns but anything burns with enough air and heat

true, you have to crush them up, ideally shred them, to get the output. a huge pile of pallets doesn't make a huge pile of crushed up bits though!

id be happy to take that but would need 30 of them to make it worth collecting!

Exactly, sadly. its bonkers. There is a local charity that take in broken pallets and fix them. They have bits left over, all virgin untreated timber, but they can’t give to someone like me with out the EA getting involved.

I’ll take any size, small is ok too. from what I’ve been told more people are asking to keep their logs? drying logs to sell on seems like hard work now,

i have but we cant in our system - how would you burn it in a wood burner?!

thanks for some reality check here! some of the lads i talk to are running 7 or 8 gangs, have cranes and tractor PTO chippers etc. They keep the hard wood logs and chip but the crap is just a pain to them. interesting to hear other's take on this though. thanks, i will look again for saw mills but there isn't much around here. We also have a chip tip, there isn't much value as you say selling it on if you factor in time and depreciation in running a JCB and opportunity cost of the storage space. I am happy to pay to collect, the issue i have is cereal prices are back down to the mid 80's price point again and grain drying it costs a lot. Not your problem though granted!

i hear you, but doesn't that depend on the cost of renting the yard to store it in, having a loader to load lorries and having to deal with the haulier who says they will be with you at 8am but turn up at 1.45pm!? the area i have allocated for storage would earn more from other uses if i didn't want the logs for myself, if that makes sense. Either way, my inbox is still open if anyone is interested, this would be a long term thing as well.

who are these people!? they pay to take stuff in? the only thing i wont take is brash (just chip it first) or soil. i thought roots and big awkward lumps craned down are the most tricky to get rid off? speaking to the lads who i see here, they all say they get paid to take the stuff down and unless its decent straight bits, just want to dump it as quick as possible and get on to the next job. is this now different then?

i have on here, i hadn't come across Greenline but have now been on there too - thank you.

I didn't and i will edit it to match my add where j do offer to pay. Chip is easy to handle and wanted by many. farmers and others buy in chip thats dried to burn, thats way more refined than arb logs which are clunky etc.

im not asking for it for free. ive got an Ad running too offering to pay. most of the stuff i get in would not fit through your average 12 inch chipper, some of the logs are 2m wide bases, roots, all sorts. OK then, what do most surgeons do with the bits that are to big to man handle, chip or split?

Ha, yes it does heat a house, we also use it for grain drying, our wood burner is just a bit bigger than said log goblins. i meant not for resale when i said personal use - perhaps not that clear, granted. its why we can take the big bits, just load them in whole. getting too old to use a chainsaw! any suggestions welcome!