Standing mature beech

[MattyF]

Any body have a price per tonne for standing beech , this is final thinning so trees are around 80years old so not the ease of a clear fell.

As I've been told they have offered £45 a tonne standing!

[Woodworks]

No idea on standing rates but last lot of oversize beech we got was £50 a tonne delivered. Some of that was good enough for milling so £45 a tonne standing sounds way over the top

 

This is what we got for £50 delivered

Edited June 1, 2017 by Woodworks

[gdh]

That seems very high unless they're for milling. It's normally £30+ for felling/extraction (by hand on banks) so with delivery it would cost £85 a ton for someone to buy. For tidy firewood logs we're paying just under 60.

 

I would pay 15, maybe 20 the way prices are going but if you can sell it for milling or get cheap extraction good on you ;-)

[MattyF]

Think the land agent is pulling the pish then , I know he expects the timber to be offset against other work they are expecting to pay for. Was just wondering if I was missing something in the value , last oversized beech we got was less than that road side.

[Rough Hewn]

Ha ha!

No.

Not unless it's all perfect.

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[Timber Man]

Milling beech for UK market £57 delivered . ...but there is an export market and if someone has tapped into that £45 standing would be viable.

£1 a hoppus .for fell and extract..which would make it roughly £70 roadside .

That would leave an attractive margin for the export market.