Ash & oak cordwood

[dave28]

Recently quoted £45 ton for very green beech in Dorset, that's for an artic load delivered,plus vat at top rate. The seller, ( a forestry company), estimated around 1 cubic metre to the ton so I guess that makes the ash and oak good value, And yes, it is a brilliant site.

[Steve Bullman]

andy, that figure of £35 per ton standing, id imagine there were some mature trees within that lot they were perhaps hoping to get some good butts out of to make up their money? seems ridiculous otherwise.......and yes i also agree, its a brilliant site:biggrin:

[Quickthorn]

I know someone getting it in for £45 / ton delivered.

 

As far as standing goes, anyone know a typical rate for mixed hardwood coppice, a lot of ash (about 6" dia), say about 20 year old since last cut, most of the bigger stuff to be left as standards. ? It would be North East Midlands / South Yorkshire.

 

I've got various opinions so far..it used to be about £10 / ton, FC round here seem to be expecting £15-20 / ton, and another bloke thinks £10 / ton is too much. I'm buying some from the last bloke, but he hasn't got much.

[skyhuck]

was that for firewood? - who can make that pay at that rate?

 

The people who are selling split log for £70-£100 a cube, at between 1.5 and 3 cube to the tonne, I would say there is scope for a decent profit

Edited January 5, 2010 by skyhuck

[Quickthorn]

If it's standing at £35 / ton, before you've started a saw..how much to fell and extract..£20 /ton or so? That puts it at £55 /ton at roadside, which is what you'd expect to pay for fencing grade, not firewood. seems pricey to me.

[slasherscot]

standing at £35......there must be sawlog material n there

[chilli]

I've had 10 tonne loads delivered in at £35.00t cash this past year. But that's from a fellow Arbtalker.

I've got my first 26t artic load coming up from kent at £35t + £16t haulage but no VAT as soon as the weather improves. That's mixed ash, oak, hornbeam & birch, all good firewoods. I'm happy that I can still get a decent winter earner at that price.

The Kent supplier says that 80% of his wood (100's of tonnes) comes up to East Anglia.

[Moley]

I'm led to believe the FC recently sold hardwood timber in Norfolk for about 35quid/tonne standing, so that doesnt sound bad in comparison.

 

When I was with the FC in Thetford (same district) last year, we were selling 3m hardwood for around £32-£35/tonne roadside. They were going out in fairly large quantities though.

[davetaz]

I bought two artics mainly oak/ash, 26T per load, £39/T + 5%VAT delivered. Very mixed diameter stuff though but should make good firewood when sold next winter for £100/cubic metre. Should split in to 80 cubic metres

Total outlay = £2130

80 cube = £8000

It's worth what ever some one will pay for it.

[skyhuck]

I bought two artics mainly oak/ash, 26T per load, £39/T + 5%VAT delivered. Very mixed diameter stuff though but should make good firewood when sold next winter for £100/cubic metre. Should split in to 80 cubic metres

Total outlay = £2130

80 cube = £8000

It's worth what ever some one will pay for it.

 

How did you get away with 5% vat, as you are not the end user??????????