THERE WAS ALSO AN ECONOMIC consideration. From setting up in 2003, WPCF had achieved an optimum output of 10,000 m~3 a year with four men using a hydraulic splitter and chainsaws. They were selling the entire lot to merchants and wholesalers, and there clearly was a market for even more wood. However, month on month, the operation could only break even and it was obvious they needed to produce greater volumes, cost effectively and safely.
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