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I have been offered a few tons of apple cord, fairly local and cut to 1-1.5 metres lengths. A farm has had a grub out, left a load on the floor for a year or two and now wants it gone, ideally. I like apple to burn but for log clients who like to see neat, split straight stuff, it isn't the easiest to process, obviously. If i am going to load it and remove from the farm, what is a fair price per ton? I can't see how I can offer what i would for ash, beech oak or similar since it's going to be suited only to some customers.

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If they want it gone you should offer much much less. Softwood prices maybe at best. You'll make less profit on it that decent timber. You're doing them a favour really or they'd have sold it already. If it's small diameter, chunk it and sell it online for meat smokers. I get loads asking for big chunks of fruit wood for smoking. Most shops do it as chip and it's only any good for tiny smokers.

 

Or get a big chipper in and do it in g50 or g100 size.

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10 hours ago, SbTVF said:

If they want it gone you should offer much much less. Softwood prices maybe at best. You'll make less profit on it that decent timber. You're doing them a favour really or they'd have sold it already. If it's small diameter, chunk it and sell it online for meat smokers. I get loads asking for big chunks of fruit wood for smoking. Most shops do it as chip and it's only any good for tiny smokers.

 

Or get a big chipper in and do it in g50 or g100 size.

Exactly, chip is bugger all use for a decent sized smoker.

 

Pay as little as possible for it. I was just highlighting that to the right person you can shift it on for decent money.

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16 minutes ago, john_walker74 said:

Exactly, chip is bugger all use for a decent sized smoker.

 

Pay as little as possible for it. I was just highlighting that to the right person you can shift it on for decent money.

As Daniel suggested, £25 p/ton was actually what a mate had said already -  I wanted to know if that would be a kick between the legs so to speak, or not? Seems he probably wasn't far out after all

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