Best use for soft wood

[Farmlad]

Hi folks, first time posting here just joined today. 

 

Im not a arborist I’m a farmer/fencer/general jobber. I have a customer who may be interested in clearfelling an acre or two of soft wood woodland. Pine trees but I’m not sure in species I’d have to look

into that. 

 

Was looking for thoughts on what would be the best route to go down with this. 

 

I’m assuming not much good for firewood and there’s be quite a bit of it so would need to be lead away on wagons possibly sold to some one to use for bio mass? 

 

Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance. 

[Ciaran Taylor]

Easy to sell stacked at roadside. Best to work out the tonnage/difficulty of the job and then deciding if you want to do it yourself or get a contractor in. You will also need a felling licence.

[Stubby]

If its Larch or Spruce or Douglass you could sell it roadside .........Oh as above ! 

[MattyF]

Soft wood is fetching good prices , there is a massive shortage of saw logs too so don’t right it off as chipwood ... saying that even chip woods making good prices

[Squaredy]

You need to find out the species, but whatever the species it will make good firewood when processed and dried. 

 

You could post a few pics on this thread you will soon get views on species.

[Dan Maynard]

I believe a load of low grade softwood from our local wood went to be chipped for horse bedding, must be slightly better price than biomass. Grantham somewhere I think, depends where you are as you obviously need to account for haulage cost.

[drinksloe]

Also need to think anout harvesting/extraction costs.

If good going a harvester might only take 1-2 days so any low loader expenses might seem expensive, same for forwarder.

Wether it is a hand cut and botex extraction or a set up like BigJ's on here

[Kyle Katarn]

Totally depends, you could either fell them yourself or get a contractor. Soft wood is great for making fences in fields to whittling into a piece of fine art, burning, making furniture, chipping, and selling prices are high to medium.

[gdh]

Simplest way is roadside, chipwood is around £50 a ton now from the last quote I got and it's worth sorting the nicer logs for milling to get a bit more.

 

Off topic: This is the last place I expected to see a kyle katarn reference.

[rich crowther]

Whrs it at?