Help needed with roadside timber

[guiton]

Good evening chaps. I work for a large estate in Dorset, we have just started first and second thinnings in some of our smaller wood blocks that have been in much need of attention. The larger commercial blocks will need a harvester ect which is being sorted for later this year. It’s mostly Scots pine with some corsican. All our decent hardwoods go to a saw mill or milled with our panther on the estate and kept. For some wood blocks this is the first clean up they’ve had.

 

I’m asking for help and if anyone can give some good advice on moving the timber on ? Who in the Dorset area ? What’s the best market to look for bio mass/sawlog/shaver bar ect? sizes ??

 

We have been cutting the timber to 12 foot and extracted about 30 cube so far.

 

Looking forward to your reply’s, This has been a steep learning curve so far.

 

 

Cheers

[topchippyles]

Big J will be the boy on this one as lives down your way and does this sort of stuff all the time 

[kernowstu]

 

mendipforestry.co.uk

[drinksloe]

I would imagine 12ft is a bad size to cut, every sawmill has its own specs and sizes but generally smaller length off log grade timber use 3.7m ( not that far away from ur 12ft but could be an inch or 2 short) after that 4.9s but I get all sorts of lengths 4.1 4.5, 5.1 sawmill/timer grade dependant. 

Plus a multitude of chip, pulp, bar and fencing sizes.

 

U'd be best to find a home for it 1st or atleast cut it too more common/normal specs and sizes.

[guiton]

 
mendipforestry.co.uk

Thanks, Roger is looking likely to do the larger blocks already.

[guiton]

I would imagine 12ft is a bad size to cut, every sawmill has its own specs and sizes but generally smaller length off log grade timber use 3.7m ( not that far away from ur 12ft but could be an inch or 2 short) after that 4.9s but I get all sorts of lengths 4.1 4.5, 5.1 sawmill/timer grade dependant. 
Plus a multitude of chip, pulp, bar and fencing sizes.
 
U'd be best to find a home for it 1st or atleast cut it too more common/normal specs and sizes.

Makes perfect sense, how would we go about finding someone that could provide the sizes and the products they require (chip/bar ect)
Cheers

[guiton]

Big J will be the boy on this one as lives down your way and does this sort of stuff all the time 

Does he have any details you could pass on?

[htb]

@Big J

[drinksloe]

20 hours ago, guiton said:

 

Makes perfect sense, how would we go about finding someone that could provide the sizes and the products they require (chip/bar ect)
Cheers

 

 

I really only pay attention to chip and oversize log sizes/specs, all I cut and leave complicated stuff for the machines.

 

Do u not use a forester or someone who markets/sells ur timber?

Otherwise ask Mendip if he is going to e doing work for u.

He'll know the craic locally

 

Otherwise speak to ur local saw mills who u'd hope to sell it too, get there prices and specs.

 

I'm just a grunt on a saw so all this is above my paygrade but I know even with similar saw log specs one mill wants them arrow straight while others take almost anything.

 

Possibly with the current demand for chip, boimasss and lesser extent pulp mibbe not just quite as critical as it was in the past to cut loads off small sizes.

As 10 or 20 years ago u could hardly give them away and sat at roadside drying out.

Althou I think eurodisney/trash still cut 13 odd sizes on some jobs.

 

 

[john paget]

KleenKut forestry