Firewood Buy and Sell Thread

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We have had several threads on this forum enquiring about buying or selling firewood.

It has been suggested that it would sensible to have a single sticky thread where they all could be kept together.

This is that thread.

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Basically, 'as you were'..... just amalgamated into one thread.

ph5.5

Hi
I am looking to buy fire wood. Got on to coillte and they said.

The position with firewood, when we have supply, for softwood, we deliver it in at a cost of €1,400 including VAT and this is for a lorry load, approximately 30m3, a lorry load which we deliver in to your premises provided that your property has sufficient space for entering/offloading and exiting.

Hardwood is sold on a tender system and costs closer to €2,000 per load.

Does any one know how many trees you get in a load.
What size the trees would be.

Or is there any one around Clonakilty area that would do me a good deal on wood. to bag and sell on.

Thanks
Pat:)

$kilkenny

try the lads up in Graingers sawmill in Enniskeane, Kevin Kenneally or Traolach Layton, they are the 2 foresters up there and sell pulp as firewood all the time when they have it, might be worth a call and see. you should be able to get thier numbers off of the website

the size of logs will vary in diameter but will all be moreless 3 meters or 10 feet in length.
it depends if you get thinning pulp or clearfell pulp, thinning pulp is alot smaller in diameter.

how many trees you get in a load.. how long is a piece of string... depends on the diameter as larger logs need more space but you cant fit as many as small logs.

Green farmer

We buy a load off coillte every few years. The load for 1,400 is a good bit of timber. Think of the artic lorries you see on the road with 4 bays of timber. Timber wise it's usually around 6 inch to 1 foot diameter round. So yes a lot of timber, which means a lot of sawing and a lot of splitting. I'd advice only attempting it if you had a tractor log splitter or better. It's very labour intensive. You can also buy 1/2 loads from coillte.

hoogle

I would try the forestry owners coop based in west cork, goole focs ie for contact details

fergus1001

I work for a forestry company and tender out sites for harvesting all the time I could put you in touch with some of the harvesters if you want

Blackcurrants

I would get in touch with a local producer group or forestry management company. The prices offered to you by coilte sound very expensive. Hardwood you tend to only get about 24-6 tonnes of fresh timber per lorry and up to 30 softwood. You can roughly say that one wet tonne of timber equates to 1m3 of firewood but it depends on the size of the block and the timber you are splitting. You should not spend more than €40/t for pulp softwood as that is already above market value.

Feckthis

How much would 6x 4 trailer loads of hardwood sell for ??

Can anyone point me in the right direction for hardwood timber in the South Wexford Wellington Bridge area please?

Blackcurrants

Irish Wood Producers are a not for profit company run by farmers from KK Wx W Cw and Ls that might be able to put you in touch with someone local to you supplying quality firewood.

316

Feckthis wrote: »

How much would 6x 4 trailer loads of hardwood sell for ??

6 x 4 by ?

Blackcurrants

Depends where you get it and what the quality is like but between €50-90 . You can get a 5x8 full to the gills for €110 of seasoned ash or mixed hardwood around KK but location location location.

slabofbud

Hi,

I am looking for ash tree's for my Hurley making business, anywhere in Ireland. The ash tree's must be in a wood or a grove, ash tree's on ditches are not suitable for hurley making.

I am looking for the bottom 1.3 m of ash trees for hurley making, diameter between 20-50cm, good clean straight trees. i will also buy the top part for firewood. I am paying top prices for good ash trees.

I have my own insurance and all certs needed for cutting.

gambit83

Hi all, can anyone recommend a seller of firewood in the Laois area? Ideally someone who delivers and ideally free delivery!!! Many thanks

beya2009

Hi I have timber to sell in ballymitty area, county wexford. I am willing to sell a full trailer load of timber.

gambit83

beya2009 wrote: »

Hi I have timber to sell in ballymitty area, county wexford. I am willing to sell a full trailer load of timber.

great! how much? also can you transport it to Laois or would it be for collection?

Feckthis

gambit83 wrote: »

great! how much? also can you transport it to Laois or would it be for collection?

I'm sure you'll get timber closer to home! No?

beya2009

gambit83 wrote: »

great! how much? also can you transport it to Laois or would it be for collection?

Hi sorry it would be for collection:) We have too much timber so it would be handy to sell some.

beya2009

Hi everyone so just to clarify that I have timber (firewood) for sale. 4x8 trailer, 2 foot high fully loaded with timber for €150. I can arrange for the timber to be delivered if you live around, ballymitty/tullycanna/wellington bridge/taghmon areas or even wexford town for convenience but delivery will cost €170.

anfieldrd

Selling timber in Tipperary/kilkenny/laois area. All hardwood.8 x4 trailer €120. Free delivery within reason.

gamer1234

Anyone selling firewood near mayo or willing to deliever to mayo..Looking for an artic load

Green farmer

fergus1001 wrote: »

I work for a forestry company and tender out sites for harvesting all the time I could put you in touch with some of the harvesters if you want

Sorry for the delay in reverting back to lads here. I was under abit of time pressure so got a load from a guy who had a price structure similiar to coillte. To be honest I overpaid and know I did. Will be looking for a load again in the spring but next time will research it properly and hopefully get a bit of value. Thanks for the ideas lads suggested here, tis appreciated. Hopefully I'll be able to deal with a harvester, producer group or farmer direct in the Midwest area.

crackcrack30

I'm Looking for a load or half artic load of 2nd thinnings or clearfell in the tipperary birdhill area.....Cash on delivery

PM for further contact or help on this.

Feckthis

Is it possible to get artic loads of hardwood?!

fergus1001

crackcrack30 wrote:

I'm Looking for a load or half artic load of 2nd thinnings or clearfell in the tipperary birdhill area.....Cash on delivery

I have a site on the tip limerick boarder coming up for second thinnings your looking for pulp ?

fergus1001

Feckthis wrote:

Is it possible to get artic loads of hardwood?!

Yes they cost about 2 grand

Feckthis

fergus1001 wrote: »

Yes they cost about 2 grand

We're would you get it and Is it worth it?

fergus1001

Feckthis wrote:

We're would you get it and Is it worth it?

Get into contact with foresters doing woodland improvement schemes in your area and get into that side of things , or the Forester cab put you in contact with the contractor

Where are you based ?

fergus1001

Feckthis wrote:

We're would you get it and Is it worth it?

Oh and yes your getting around 28 to 29 tonnes of ash/Oak sycamore, there is a lot of burning in that !

80s Child

Looking for hardwood in the Westport area...Of anyone has any contacts or wood for sale, please PM. Cheers

crackcrack30

fergus1001 wrote: »

I have a site on the tip limerick boarder coming up for second thinnings your looking for pulp ?

PM sent.

ccmp

Hi, I'm looking for a half load for firewood (15m3) in west cork area. Cash on delivery.

beya2009

I still have a trailer load of firewood for sale, well seasoned (3+ years) in Tullycana, Co. Wexford area. Can deliver to Wexford Town. PM me if interested.

DK man

Looking for trees in Louth area - standing or fallen...

2forjoy

cut down a tree lately , and its more hassle than its worth , would prefer to buy a bag of it for around 70e

fergus1001

I have thinnings that I will be cutting this weekend hoping to cut a lorry load out of it (ash sycamore) in the westmeath area cam organise haulage if required !

99nsr125

I'd be interested in taking some of your thinings.
I'm 15 km east of Mullingar.

Let me know what your arrangements etc are

fergus1001

99nsr125 wrote:

Let me know what your arrangements etc are

Pm sent

theduffer

Hi Folks,

Looking for firewood in east mayo around the swinford area if anyone is selling could they PM me thanks

theduffer

ppn

I have seasoned firewood to sell in west Tipp / east Limerick area, hardwood and softwood. Just wondering if there is more of a demand for builders bags full or 8×4 trailer loads. Thanks

Blackcurrants

Morning PPN,
Depends on your set up and how much time and timber you have to sell on. I've found that bags are a pain and more hastle than they are worth as some can be expensive and time consuming to fill. However if are delivering, barrow-bags can be sack-barrowed anywhere and are water proof (be careful tying them closed if the timber is not well seasoned the logs will sweat and cause black mould) and larger bags can be half unloaded and then moved by one man. We sell our timber in 1.3 m3 bucket loads for a set price, in and out they go. Quick and easy and you can just work from the stack of logs.
Totally depends on your set up though.
Hope that helps.

kdevitt

Am going to be giving quite a bit of this wood away to friends and family - but was wondering what the rough cost would be (or demand) for someone to take the whole lot?

This was a 70ft cypress up until yesterday!

Bass Reeves

kdevitt wrote: »

Am going to be giving quite a bit of this wood away to friends and family - but was wondering what the rough cost would be (or demand) for someone to take the whole lot?

This was a 70ft cypress up until yesterday!

I would be surprised if you cannot get someone to pay for it, Cypress is good burning except it needs to be seasoned. You will have no bother geting someone to take for free.

pedigree 6

Bass Reeves wrote: »

I would be surprised if you cannot get someone to pay for it, Cypress is good burning except it needs to be seasoned. You will have no bother geting someone to take for free.

Real good timber for burning. I had a few trees cut and chopped and stored in a shed for a year before burning. Burned in a stove and very pleased with it.

kdevitt

Thanks for the replies - am going to try and sell off the larger sections. Will see if theres any interest.

jcsoulinger

I've been pricing around for firewood, and one seller was offering me 7.5 square Meters of chopped up fence posts, they haven't been used and are very dry, it's soft wood. He wants 450 euro, is this a reasonable price? And has anyone used similar before, what's it like for burning?

blue5000

Some of the chemicals used to preserve these would be dangerous in a domestic fire, I reckon find something else.

jcsoulinger

blue5000 wrote: »

Some of the chemicals used to preserve these would be dangerous in a domestic fire, I reckon find something else.

Was thinking that so quizzed him about it, they have not been treated. Any thoughts on the price?

Derby1

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Was thinking that so quizzed him about it, they have not been treated. Any thoughts on the price?

If they are green pressurised they have been treated against rot with amongst other things arsenic - google it - heres one link -
http://nelson.govt.nz/environment/air-quality/arsenic-and-treated-timber

I would burn an odd piece of treated timber but not a load for the year - why risk it!!

jcsoulinger

Derby1 wrote: »

If they are green pressurised they have been treated against rot with amongst other things arsenic - google it - heres one link -
http://nelson.govt.nz/environment/air-quality/arsenic-and-treated-timber

I would burn an odd piece of treated timber but not a load for the year - why risk it!!

Noted, Anyone any thoughts on the price tho, Is 450 for 10 cubic yards of soft wood reasonable?

Icelandicseige

Can anyone name this timber for me please