Price of logs 2012?

A._Badger

A little later than I'd have liked I've finally started buying logs for the winter. I'm buying seasoned (I hope - it didn't seem too bad) hardwood and took delivery of the inevitable 'pickup truck load' today, which the seller told me was 'about 2 3/4 metres'. It may have been, I can't pretend I'm good at estimating cubic capacity based on a pile.

I paid £130, which seemed quite a lot and which made me wonder what prices are looking like in other parts of the country this year. I'm in Kent.

Any comparisons for this year? I'm trying to get a feel for a going rate.

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Just took delivery of a bulk bag of seasoned hardwood from a new supplier this morning. £70. Supplied in a vented bulk bag sitting on a pallet in the garage so nice and tidy. Wood perfectly seasoned and cut perfectly. I have to say this is the best wood I've ever had

So many times in the past I've had bulk bags/trailer loads of complete tosh, either no where near seasoned, cur far to big and deliveries soaking wet so never dried out for ages...

Probably why I've just been buying coal eggs for a while.

I'll order another next pay day, then another...

I have collected and split logs in the past but can no longer be bothered as not financially viable to do myself.

Good value... I think so as trailer loads in the past may only have been £90 but quality was poor...

Apologies for the disjointed rambles. Run ragged on the beach all day by DD.

alleycat`

Struggling to find a good supplier locally that is on a par with the nationals price wise (which is a total shame).

I'm actually finding smokeless to be cheaper to buy which is a sad state of affairs.

PaulF81

Still on the leylanaii we felled 3 years ago...

Moneysava_wannaB

In march I payed £50 for transit van load got 2 so far

A._Badger

Moneysava_wannaB wrote: »

In march I payed £50 for transit van load got 2 so far

Was that a flatbed pickup Transit? And were they any good? If it was and they were, that's an excellent price!

Moneysava_wannaB

yeah flat bed transit, one load was macrocarpa softwood and other ash mainly

Camelina

Mine was £160 seasoned ash (green was £140) load.
A load being what I would assume is a flat bed trailer(hopeless regarding anything with tyres ) It equates to 25 extremely overloaded wheelbarrow fulls. As with a previous poster, all cut to the requested size and no rubbish.
Also got few bags of kindling thrown in too.

savemoney

£140 for seasoned tipper truck up to level of the thing that goes around to hold the goods in tipper. I got some coming hopefully soon

A._Badger

That does look like the going rate for this year.... It'll be nice when the fashion craze is over!

Camelina

A._Badger wrote: »

That does look like the going rate for this year.... It'll be nice when the fashion craze is over!

Don't hold your breath, my supplier has said that they simply can't keep up with demand, they can't cut the trees down fast enough.