Selling in 2.5m lengths

[swinny]

I'm going to go down the selling logs in 2.5m lengths soon where I can. 

 

Any advice on how to judge weight would plan to sell via volume anyhow?, how to seperate Asin over size and processor size etc? Does over size still have a value etc? What sort of rates do hard and soft go for? 

 

I've just done a job where there are some nicer bits of larch to come back do these have value other than fire wood? Or just send it all out the door as firewood?

 

Owt else I need to consider?

 

Many thanks

[Rough Hewn]

Hardwood milling logs 20”+
and oversized softwood milling logs 30”+
Millers are always after decent logs.
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[andy cobb]

Might be easier to send it all for chip, no customers coming to your yard or deliveries to make.

[swinny]

2 minutes ago, andy cobb said:

Might be easier to send it all for chip, no customers coming to your yard or deliveries to make.

Poor price on sending for biomass as logs... Think it was 15.00 per ton.

 

Of the soft is worth 45-50 and hard 50-55 it's worth keeping to the side till a load to go out.

[swinny]

4 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Hardwood milling logs 20”+
and oversized softwood milling logs 30”+
Millers are always after decent logs.

Never sold a log to a milling man in my years trading. Had all-sorts too. Have sold a few decent logs to carver's though but that's few and far between. 

[Rough Hewn]

I regularly buy hardwood for £100 a ton, and I’d buy 30”+ larch,cedar,DF up to £80.
Roadside.
I pay more for top grade character.
[emoji106]
If you can deliver loads less than an artic there’s a lot of small sawmills who would be interested.
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[scbk]

Last I heard local sawmill are having to pay about £65/ton for larch (not 2.5m lengths though...)

[Rough Hewn]

Never sold a log to a milling man in my years trading. Had all-sorts too. Have sold a few decent logs to carver's though but that's few and far between. 

Where abouts are you based?
What sort of stems do you cut?
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[trigger_andy]

Im paying £65 a ton for Milling Grade Larch just now. No vat and delivered at 5t at time. Even placed on my log deck for that.  Ive seen Arctic Loads for £75 though. 

[swinny]

If it was for fire wood though what would people expect etc?