5ton Cedar stem... whats it worth ?

[Conor Wright]

As it sits on the lorry its value is minimal. Maybe consider slabbing it or making dimensional boards and selling them yourself? By the time a mill cuts it to its nearest commercial length, checks it for wire and nails etc, makes what boards they hope will sell from it, then stack it and store it til it sells, I'd be surprised if it was worth over 50 quid to you, if you can find one willing to process it at all.

I often bring back wood from my own jobs and plank bits of it. It's more a hobby ie. Its not profitable.

 

[swinny]

I have a stem of cedar at the yard.... i do have one outlet for it but not worth the time to deliver. Its been put with all the other over size.....

 

if i get short of wood or can be arsed i’ll attack it and firewood it..... most likely i’ll not bother and send it all off for biomass

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Benjenkins5 said:

We've felled an over mature cedar that was dropping limbs for fun. I'm guessing age is close to 200 years and weights around 5 ton. It's massive! What's it worth ? 

Mick Dempsey is being a little unfair but he is not totally wrong.  It does have a value but you have to find a specialist small scale miller who is willing to mill oversize stems with possible nails etc, like me or Rough Hewn.  Let us know where the stem is and proper dimensions so volume can be calculated and I will give you a value.  We need diameter at each end and length.

 

If you are near South East Wales I might even be interested.  It would be a shame for it to be chopped up for firewood.  Cedar of Leb is not even great firewood, but would be very stable amazing wide slabs, although probably with some annoying shakes.

[oldwoodcutter]

Most commercial mills will refuse to accept roadside or backyard trees even if it was mahogany, let alone cedar.
They don’t want to wreck their bandsaws and suchlike by picking up 6” nails, or lucky horseshoes embedded,and having the mill stopped is the last thing they want.

[gobbypunk]

Hi yep totally agree not worth much but cedar of Leb is nice timber have a look at the massive cedar bench I posted on the milling page , what part of the country is it , I would be up for having a shares deal with someone and would be up for chainsaw milling it , so guys let’s get together and Mill some nice boards who is up for it 

Cheers Mark 

[Dan Maynard]

Interested, going to depend on distances I guess.

[Wedgebanger]

The op is based in East Yorkshire, so my guess it’s around that area..

 

edit :” we are based between selby and Goole area.” 

 

Idk  that the tree is close to there base..?

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[Big J]

It's a nice stick, not 5 tonnes, but big enough. 

 

Value wise, it's not worth much I'm afraid. When I ran the sawmill I would have offered to pick it up for free to clear the site, but the cost of the HIAB is going to be as much as the log is worth. I had a bit of Deodar cedar through the yard over the years and it's lovely when it's good quality, but it fractures easily around knots and is quite brittle. 

 

It's ideal for oversized garden furniture, due to it's durability, but not much demand other than drawer boxes beyond that. 

[openspaceman]

7 minutes ago, Big J said:

It's a nice stick, not 5 tonnes, but big enough. 

 

Value wise, it's not worth much I'm afraid. When I ran the sawmill I would have offered to pick it up for free to clear the site, but the cost of the HIAB is going to be as much as the log is worth. I had a bit of Deodar cedar through the yard over the years and it's lovely when it's good quality, but it fractures easily around knots and is quite brittle. 

 

It's ideal for oversized garden furniture, due to it's durability, but not much demand other than drawer boxes beyond that.  

Isn't it used for beehives?

[Big J]

4 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Isn't it used for beehives?

No. That's western red cedar. True cedars aren't commercially grown in the UK, and whilst they might be suitable for hobby production, they aren't commercially viable.