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I'm reading the local paper for Castleton, and the classified has people selling logs.
One says the price is £70 for 1.5 bulk bags - wtf pricing system is that
Another says £55 per cubic metre - that's more like it, we can visualise how much
All the rest just say 'seasoned' 'barn dried' etc with no prices.
When you scan the local paper for cars or houses, they tell you what you'll get, at least in theory, and you can pop round and have a look first.
But these log sellers, with the discounted 5% VAT you suspect they dodge, and anyone with a barn probably gets a government handout, and the carbon trust telling you that burning wood is 'carbon neutral' as you're only returning to nature what nature took out anyway when the tree grew. These log sellers have life good in many ways - so why can't they advertise in a consistent way.
Time for a log selling regulator imv, if there isn't one already.
One says the price is £70 for 1.5 bulk bags - wtf pricing system is that
Another says £55 per cubic metre - that's more like it, we can visualise how much
All the rest just say 'seasoned' 'barn dried' etc with no prices.
When you scan the local paper for cars or houses, they tell you what you'll get, at least in theory, and you can pop round and have a look first.
But these log sellers, with the discounted 5% VAT you suspect they dodge, and anyone with a barn probably gets a government handout, and the carbon trust telling you that burning wood is 'carbon neutral' as you're only returning to nature what nature took out anyway when the tree grew. These log sellers have life good in many ways - so why can't they advertise in a consistent way.
Time for a log selling regulator imv, if there isn't one already.
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oflog? as opposed to log off
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In rural France, the local log sellers quote a unit called a "Stere" which is an old term for a cubic metre. This is pretty standard so your "cubic metre" man is playing by the book.
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You're a mine of information Foinavon. Allons enfants, let's follow the French model and kick the dodgy log sellers into the woods.
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Here you go Bongo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stere#mediaviewer/File:Raummeter_hg.jpg It should be stacked in metre lengths on the trailer so it's easy to verify quantity before offloading. |
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Getting the size right seems to be the burning issue
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That's an inflammatory statement.
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We seem to have reached a cord on this issue.
(128 cubic feet, i.e. 8ft x 4ft x 4ft - a much more civilized way of stacking and measuring firewood) |
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I pay £45 for one of those big builders dump bags delivered, and it's really good stuff, seasoned and 3 years old etc.
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I have had wood burners since 1987 and have never yet bought any wood.
All you need is a dog to walk twice a day and no sense of embarrassment in front of the neighbours at dragging half a dead poplar tree out of the river and carrying it home over your shoulder. Plus a large bow saw and, of course, the biggest chopper you can handle. A greenhouse is handy for seasoning recently fallen branches after you've split them. Always save all the twigs, offcuts and sawdust in strong binliners - they makes much better kindling than bits of plywood, as they build a proper bed. |
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I left such a big log in toilet yesterday I could have sold it to medical science
 Gave up wheat +yeast |
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Where from, HH?
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a bloke who lives not far from Sandwich in Kent Ken
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Thanks for that, I'll give him a call.
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I have never seen anyone advertise logs who doesn't say they have been seasoned for 2 years!
Some sneak some softwood in. Those steres are fine if you have a 1m wide stove. Didn't know there was VAT on logs! |
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I always test them with a moisture meter, they will tell you anything these days, seasoned my ~*#%.
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What sort of percentages are we looking for for green, seasoned etc.?
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@ screaming - Im in the same boat as you mate, not unusual to find me dragging home half a dead tree after a dog walk lol
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Tremendous name Log Sellers. What happened to bloke/farmer who sold firewood ? 40 euros a cubic metre here in Holland.
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Gas is a lot less hassle.....a nice Mr Putin pumps it all the way from Siberia at reasonable rates.
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Does Mr P sell it by cubic metre or by the volume of a jack boot.
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I think you will find that Vlad prefers a Gucci Loafer.
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 if we ever need a unit of relaxation, that is an excellent choice |
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I think you will find that Putin prefers platform heels.
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Nice knowing you, sfbtw.
For the record, I think Mr Putin is a real man's man, and could easily beat off a bear. |
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As Sharon Osbourne comments in that advert when it appears on Russia Today: "Oh, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin! You're so Money Supermarket!"
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I've learnt a lot from this thread. Amongst other things, sfbtw has the biggest chopper you can find.
And that it's somehow acceptable to put salt and pepper on a log. |
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Eerie!
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Do you think it was deliberate to use a Putin lookalike?
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Polonium cocktail for you!
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Sorry screamin missed that. But he does look like him.
Just as well it wasn't the wee North Korea guy or he'd be bombin us by now. |