Replies to This Discussion

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Chris Auld on June 3, 2012 at 10:39

What do you mean the prices have dropped by 55%, are you talking about the price of cordwood?

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Marc Cole on June 3, 2012 at 10:42

The company I sell the wood onto have dropped their buying price - but what has upset me is that they have upped their selling price! Win win I think they call it. But I'm feeling ripped off

• ▶ Reply

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Chris Auld on June 3, 2012 at 10:51

Best just to process and sell the wood yourself mate, thats what i do, only on a small scale though but its profitable. We cut the logs using either a bench saw on anything up to about 4" in diameter and chainsaws on anything bigger then just splt it with a Fiskars X27. I find using an axe to be much faster than using a splitter, especially if you have someone helping you, one person uses the axe, the other stes the logs onto the cutting block, this way we can split a log approx every 4 seconds....easy!

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Marc Cole on June 3, 2012 at 10:57

Thanks Chris like you this will only be on a small scale. I suppose it is the cheaper initial option to go with the axe but probably will be working on my own.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Thermo on June 3, 2012 at 15:27

i do exactly the same, keeping stuff we clear and i have a friend who is a tree surgeon who is more than happy to dump stuff on us rather than paying to get rid of it. I invested in a hydraulic splitter about 3 years ago, definetly worth it. runs off of a beaver breaker hydraulic pack, which i already had but you can pick one up for about 300-400 on ebay. Electric are a waste of time. I have regular customers and i also have a supplier i can buy spilt wood off of when stocks run low. It brings in about £3000 each winter, which is definetly valuableat that time of year. The guy i got it off of makes his own, ill see if i can find his details. theres a lot of chinese rubbish out there so be careful what you buy.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Marc Cole on June 4, 2012 at 14:43

Thanks Thermo,just had a look on You Tube at the hydraulic splitter in operation, very impressive indeed.


Thermo said:

i do exactly the same, keeping stuff we clear and i have a friend who is a tree surgeon who is more than happy to dump stuff on us rather than paying to get rid of it. I invested in a hydraulic splitter about 3 years ago, definetly worth it. runs off of a beaver breaker hydraulic pack, which i already had but you can pick one up for about 300-400 on ebay. Electric are a waste of time. I have regular customers and i also have a supplier i can buy spilt wood off of when stocks run low. It brings in about £3000 each winter, which is definetly valuableat that time of year. The guy i got it off of makes his own, ill see if i can find his details. theres a lot of chinese rubbish out there so be careful what you buy.

• ▶ Reply

▶ Reply to Discussion