City Firewood Supplies

[unstuck]

Odd isn't it? All that coal available yet they set fire to the houses instead.

They are a strange breed in Kai for sure. I quite often deal with a tribe from there and am amazed at how dysfunctional they are, they make my fucked up family look like saints.

[Brett]

Maybe the dude doesn't have adequate dry storage for a whole winter's worth, so expects to pay a firewood co to store his second half and sell dry wood if it is advertised as such.

Selling wet firewood as dry is like selling a watertight boat which has a few leaks, or like selling susan boyle as a hooker, either way you're gonna be wet, cold, and unsatisfied.

Yeah...that's my problem too. we have space for about 4-5m3 but inevitably end up burning it all! Already running out. Will have to suss more out this week.

[jafar]

Yeah...that's my problem too. we have space for about 4-5m3 but inevitably end up burning it all! Already running out. Will have to suss more out this week.

Buy what you need a year in advance, saves a lot of grief in the long run

[unstuck]

Buy what you need a year in advance, saves a lot of grief in the long run

Can be hard for some people to do if they only have storage for say 5mtrs, and they burn 10mtrs a year. Best to search out a good wood merchant that has ample storage for dry wood, and support them, instead of some moonlighter that is out to make a few extra bucks and can give you cheaper deals, and can afford to sell people below standard wood.
I had a great firewood business years ago, but had to increase prices because of the rise in fuel and oil, and lost a lot of clients due to the increase, as they were going to cowboys who were hoping to make some easy money. They found the wood they were getting was crap, and came back to me, but unfortunatley at the time I had to sell of a lot of gear to survive and could not replace it.
When still in auckland over 20years ago, I used to sell firewood in the weekends and made $1000 most weekends, but the prices down here are a lot less for wood, so harder to recover the price of getting the stuff cut, stored and delivered.

[mansell]

Can be hard for some people to do if they only have storage for say 5mtrs, and they burn 10mtrs a year. Best to search out a good wood merchant that has ample storage for dry wood, and support them, instead of some moonlighter that is out to make a few extra bucks and can give you cheaper deals, and can afford to sell people below standard wood.
I had a great firewood business years ago, but had to increase prices because of the rise in fuel and oil, and lost a lot of clients due to the increase, as they were going to cowboys who were hoping to make some easy money. They found the wood they were getting was crap, and came back to me, but unfortunatley at the time I had to sell of a lot of gear to survive and could not replace it.
When still in auckland over 20years ago, I used to sell firewood in the weekends and made $1000 most weekends, but the prices down here are a lot less for wood, so harder to recover the price of getting the stuff cut, stored and delivered.

Have to agree here, when we first bought our house down here it had a gas fire that was about as useful as tits on a bull so we replaced that witha wood burner. We woukd burn about 10-12 metres a year but really only have room for 6 (9 at a pinch) so I have to order wood mid winter every year and our merchant always supplies the stuff dry. He also offers us a choice of woods (burning Oregon at the moment). We ran out on a friday a couple of weeks ago and by monday had another 6 metres and the house back up to temperature.

[unstuck]

Have to agree here, when we first bought our house down here it had a gas fire that was about as useful as tits on a bull so we replaced that witha wood burner. We woukd burn about 10-12 metres a year but really only have room for 6 (9 at a pinch) so I have to order wood mid winter every year and our merchant always supplies the stuff dry. He also offers us a choice of woods (burning Oregon at the moment). We ran out on a friday a couple of weeks ago and by monday had another 6 metres and the house back up to temperature.

Good to hear. I think if you find a good merchant, stick with them, even if you have to pay a little extra. Nothing worse than having wood that just sulks on the fire. Not to mention the damage burning wet wood does to your fire box. I always told my clients, if they are not happy with any thing they get from me then I will replace the lot for nothing.
Happy clients are paying clients.

[Brett]

Buy what you need a year in advance, saves a lot of grief in the long run

What...and build a whole new garage to store it all? It would have helped this year if we had bought some slower burning wood as well...never mind. No use crying over the issue now!

[Jantar]

What...and build a whole new garage to store it all? ....

No, just stack what you can under cover and leave the rest outside to weather. The wood left ouside will dry out as far as sap is concerned, but will absorb rain water. Over winter, as you start to use the stacked wood, replace it with wood that has been stored outside. Within a few weeks it will also be bone dry, and as long as you use the previously stored wood first, by the time you come to use the last of the wood stored outside it will also be dry.

We have almost finished using the wood we stacked inside last year, and will shortly start using wood we bought in March this year. Some of that has now been stacked under cover for 2 months, and the last of it (will be used next year) has only been under cover for a couple of weeks.