Beech Sawlog

[TFABW]

Hi I was wondering if there is any interest in a large beech sawlog, and or where people would recomend selling such. It is 40" by 40" at the bottom and 19'8" or 6m to the red line. Also what the going rate would be for such a stem.

[rich crowther]

£70 a ton

[Squaredy]

If it were part of a parcel that would make at least one lorry load I would agree with £70 per ton.

 

 If it is on it’s own the transport cost is so high it is almost worthless.

 

 If you can deliver it of course that is different.

[skyhuck]

Its a shame the best bit was left on the stump.

[spuddog0507]

Access is an issue with things like this, like can you get a 6 wheel wagon or a decent tractor and timber trailer in to it to load ?, or it there a alternative means of loading ? if there is a bit of a mess made who is cleaning that up ? is the ground fit for a large wagon to get along side it ? as it is its a decent lump of timber but finding and getting some one to come with some thing big enough to load and takeaway and then pay you for it could be a big ask, if it was felled like yesterday it will have split on the end with tension so devalueing the timber, its wrong time of year to fell and sell beech as a saw logs, if some one says they will move it for nowt take it otherwise your cutting it up and hand balling it and then cleaning all the saw dust up as well and there will be a bit of that, and is it in someones garden ? if so metal content has to be considered as well, as what has been said above if it was in a parcel and a 25 tonne load could be made up and was felled december january it would be worth £70 a tonne, but not as is or some one might mill it in situe,

[Stubby]

11 hours ago, skyhuck said:

Its a shame the best bit was left on the stump.

I was thinking the same Dave . Hope TCD don't see it !

[TFABW]

On 19/06/2020 at 08:03, skyhuck said:

Its a shame the best bit was left on the stump.

Unfortunately it had been cut by the neighbouring farmer before I even saw it.

[TFABW]

On 19/06/2020 at 07:43, Squaredy said:

If it were part of a parcel that would make at least one lorry load I would agree with £70 per ton.

 

 If it is on it’s own the transport cost is so high it is almost worthless.

 

 If you can deliver it of course that is different.

Out of interest for future reference how much more qould be required to make up a lorry load?

 

It could be delivered locally, it's just finding a buyer!

[TFABW]

23 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

Access is an issue with things like this, like can you get a 6 wheel wagon or a decent tractor and timber trailer in to it to load ?, or it there a alternative means of loading ? if there is a bit of a mess made who is cleaning that up ? is the ground fit for a large wagon to get along side it ? as it is its a decent lump of timber but finding and getting some one to come with some thing big enough to load and takeaway and then pay you for it could be a big ask, if it was felled like yesterday it will have split on the end with tension so devalueing the timber, its wrong time of year to fell and sell beech as a saw logs, if some one says they will move it for nowt take it otherwise your cutting it up and hand balling it and then cleaning all the saw dust up as well and there will be a bit of that, and is it in someones garden ? if so metal content has to be considered as well, as what has been said above if it was in a parcel and a 25 tonne load could be made up and was felled december january it would be worth £70 a tonne, but not as is or some one might mill it in situe,

The land belongs to a nearby house but it isn't in a garden and access is actually pretty reasonable, there is a track alongside it from the road and I can get a telehandler in to load it.

 

It actually fell over end of February I think in the storms.

[TFABW]

Thanks for the advice, transport is obviously a huge issue with sawlogs. Just hate to see something like this go for firewood. 

Edited June 20, 2020 by TFABW