The age old... "what's it worth"

[farmerjohn]

Same old question,

I have the chance of buying a large oak log in photos below.

It is 32 feet long and starts at 42 inches wide and by the first 8ft tapers to 34" wide then the remaining 24 feet remain at 34" wide.

There is a bit of rot in the end, and a few sections where large limbs have been.

It's been dead standing for years.

 

As usual i want to offer a fair price for both myself and the land owner.

 

Ps, out of interest if it was cut into 8 10 or 12 feet sections at 34" wide what will each size weigh roughly?

 

Thanks for anyone's time who replys.

 

[spuddog0507]

Hi at 8ft they would be approx 1.6 tonne depending on moisture content,

[Forest2Furniture]

Based on your measurements that's about 150 hoppus ft.

Not sure what the going rate of Oak per hoppus ft is, I did read 

somewhere roadside was around £6.5 per h/ft.

Big J would be the best guy to ask.

 

[trigger_andy]

£300?

[Ratman]

£300?

Get back on ur rig!

[trigger_andy]

1 hour ago, Ratman said:

Get back on ur rig!

How did you know Ive just left?  Out again on Monday though.  

[Squaredy]

9 hours ago, farmerjohn said:

Same old question,

I have the chance of buying a large oak log in photos below.

It is 32 feet long and starts at 42 inches wide and by the first 8ft tapers to 34" wide then the remaining 24 feet remain at 34" wide.

There is a bit of rot in the end, and a few sections where large limbs have been.

It's been dead standing for years.

 

As usual i want to offer a fair price for both myself and the land owner.

 

Ps, out of interest if it was cut into 8 10 or 12 feet sections at 34" wide what will each size weigh roughly?

 

Thanks for anyone's time who replys.

 

I make it 160 hoppus feet and judging by the quality maybe £4.50 per hoppus foot.  That would be my limit anyway.  But extraction of a single log is always costly so I would deduct the cost of this from my offer.  

 

You may may well find it contains much clean timber but you may also find rot and lots of worm.

[billpierce]

Yep, I'd careful or for on the bits around the cavities. There should be some good timber in it though. I'd offer 200 -300 quid or so

[Rough Hewn]

From the photos the lower section appears to twist,
There is evidence of decay and the access appears difficult.
It's not forest grown, so probably has metallic inclusions.
It's a gamble.
If you could cut into 8' lengths and get them road side. I'd say £400 is a generous offer, as the trunk doesn't have any valuable qualities i.e. Straight knot and twist free for timber or pippy/burr etc for character.
[emoji106]

[Mike Hill]

Hello Jon

 

Do you plan on using the timber yourself or do you plan to sell it on for a profit?

 

The cost of removing the log remains the same either way, the real value is only realised at the moment of sale or use by yourself.

 

Personally I would want paying to take that log away. Or milling it on site for my own use at no cost to myself. It's not that great of a log and 48" chains are costly.