paul1966

I'm struggling finding pallets at the minute, any local to me on facebook people seem to think they are worth money!, plus I guess people are burning them too. 

wow thanks for all the advice, its certainly given me something to think about, I have made the newbie mistake and got the axe set from screwfix, it will do for now as well as the electric chainsaw I have, to be honest I don't think I trust myself with a petrol one. The next thing I need to do is get some pallets and make a decent sized log store, we are south facing so have plenty of sun so hopefully will help drying out the logs. I am planning on getting another load of softwood before March so all of it should be dry by winter if it all goes to plan. I need to source a decent chopping block too.

Thanks, at least i know i should have some firewood for next winter, i think we will need about 3 tons to see us through, this is the lot that was delivered so i am guessing there is a good ton and a half there so another load when i have processed this should do.

We have had a log burner fitted last November and got a load of seasoned mixed  logs delivered to start us off, I recently got a load of unprocessed softwood delivered from a local tree surgeon, if i get this split and in a log store asap will it be ready by next winter?, and also when is the latest I could process softwood to have a chance of it being ready for winter?