Chip/biomass prices

[leethetree]

Hi all , just bought 10 acre of woodland, mainly coppice rotation ,pole stage timber ash,maple,birch .

Got a felling licence to do 40% thin , we are gonna keep timber for firewood...just wondering wether brash would be worth extracting aswell for bio/chip.

Any one any info ??prices etc

Located north lincs

[Dan Maynard]

Conventional wisdom is that the cost of extraction will not pay back, it's so bulky it's hard to move around. Price has been fluctuating recently but maybe £10 a ton?

If you clear the trees into a whole tree chipper with a shear/grab then leave the brash on, this is what they do with road building type clearance.

[drinksloe]

The thing is above on road clearance type jobs hey just want rid off the trees as easily as possible. Any cash they make is a by product/bonus.

 

Ur getting 55-60 quid odd per T for firewood, which becomes 10-20 quid for brash with the added hassle of extracting it and getting it near nigh to roadside in 1 pile they an reach.