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I know this has been discussed on here before, what weight is the average flat back lorry load of firewood please? Someone told me it was a ton but others think not, the reason I am asking is I have been offered 5 tons, no idea what that looks like?

It depends to a small degree on the type of wood Mollie. 5 tonnes of a soft wood would have a greater volume than the same weight in hard wood. As a rough guide though, knowing what i know about wood, i would suggest approximately 5 Euro pallets or 5 bulk bags.

Thank you, it gives me a rough guide.

Most of the trucks here a 3.5 tonne, so carrying capacity 1,5 tonne, so there is no way you're going to get 5 Tons unless he makes several trips. All the wood men I have had deliveries from quote between 1200 to 1500 tl for a load which I think is about a ton.

1 tonne is/should be 1 Sq Mtr - now that would be really simple if all wood came in the same size and shape, thankfully branches are all different sizes or trees would look very strange. Also, wet wood weighs much more than dry wood, so a lump of wet and a lump of dry can not be seen as equal in weight BUT could be seen as equal in size and that throws the 1 tonne = 1 Sq Mtr straight out the window - lol.

So how can you judge that what you are buying is firstly good dry wood and secondly it is a reasonable price? Experience only I am afraid and even then you can make some bad mistakes. For instance, I have been burning good dry wood for the past 11 years, mostly olive/carob mixed - hard woods that produce little smoke and very little tar. This past season I also burnt - or tried to - some old very dry almond, a wonderful wood but my particular wood stove won't handle it for some reason and I was reduced to mixing it with some pine (I don't like pine myself as it makes my chimney dirty) which did the trick in the end.

If we have a hot summer then pruning woods that were cut at the backend of last year should be dry enough to burn happily next winter but that is not always the case either. I have tried to buy wood every year for burning in two years time - that way it is all dry. Sad to say this winter has been hard and my stocks have now gone so I will start again this year. I won't buy a "Mixed Load" of any wood without seeing it first as the half a dozen bits of Olive or carob that come with a load of old lemon/orange/pine and chopped up pallets are not of any great use in a wood stove.

Ask around for a "Good" wood supplier, one who has been in the business for at least 5 years and knows what they are doing, it is much better to buy quality than quantity and stick with a single supplier as well. Go seek them out and check their wood and more importantly their stocks of wood for next winter.

Thank you all for your advise, much appreciated.