Published on 13 January 2022
Posted in Firewood
Firewood should be considered as a crop and, if managed sustainably, can be beneficial to British woodlands. The thinning of forests helps to allow the remaining trees to thrive as the competition for sunlight and nutrients is reduced. New trees are then planted and the process continues.
Trees are harvested using a ‘Harvester’ which chops the trunk at its base and strips off any branches. The resulting poles are cut to length, usually between 3-4 metres, which are then delivered to our yard near banb and ready to be processed into firewood.
Wood under a certain diameter can be fed directly into our ‘Posch S-375 Circular Saw Firewood Processor’ which cuts the timber to length, usually between 8-15”, before splitting the wood rounds into either 4 or 6 logs depending on the diameter (see top link below). Larger diameter pieces first have to be split in order to fit into the processor, this is done using a ‘Posch 26T SplitMaster Horizontal Firewood Log Splitter’ which splits the wood into more manageable sizes (see bottom link below) before being turned into hardwood logs.
The processed logs are then fully seasoned in our barns before being delivered across Banbury and the surrounding areas, including Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.
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