Larch saw logs

[Siberianwoodsman]

Hi all,

I am looking to source some Larch saw loges in the next month or so. I would be interested to hear from anyone who is harvesting or due to start soon,  these are 

quite large the lengths range from 10m to 7m with a average under bark dia of 300mm probably about 27 ton and all hand felled for a log cabin build.

[topchippyles]

Will need a good woods to select all that size and length. 

[Big J]

I can do that in douglas fir from a site we're starting next month. You'll struggle to find trees straight enough in larch, I reckon.

[topchippyles]

8 minutes ago, Big J said:

I can do that in douglas fir from a site we're starting next month. You'll struggle to find trees straight enough in larch, I reckon.

My thought exactly J but a good large woods and very selective you might manage it. 10 metres would be the hard ones i should think. 

[Big J]

40 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

My thought exactly J but a good large woods and very selective you might manage it. 10 metres would be the hard ones i should think. 

Agreed. 

I've got about 1000t of very good, very well drawn (so minimal taper) DF to do next month, and I would have thought that it was much more suitable.

[topchippyles]

55 minutes ago, Big J said:

Agreed. 

I've got about 1000t of very good, very well drawn (so minimal taper) DF to do next month, and I would have thought that it was much more suitable.

The douglas seems to grow a lot bigger than larch what i have seen but your the expert on that. What area are you doing that job J 

Edited May 23, 2021 by topchippyles

[Big J]

37 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

The douglas seems to grow a lot bigger than larch what i have seen but your the expert on that. What area are you doing that job J 

It's on the edge of Exmoor, on the southern side. Grown in a valley, not thinned for the best part of 30 years, so needs to be clearfelled now. 

[Siberianwoodsman]

Hi J thanks for the input, I will be talking to my client next week and will discuss this option if we cant find any suitable larch. Do you know what the rate / ton is likely to be ?

[Big J]

2 hours ago, Siberianwoodsman said:

Hi J thanks for the input, I will be talking to my client next week and will discuss this option if we cant find any suitable larch. Do you know what the rate / ton is likely to be ?

I'll have to have a chat with my harvester driver and cutter. There is a fair bit more work involved with log cabin spec logs as normally, the majority of the timber would just go through the harvesting head on the machine.

 

Please can you PM me your contact details. 

 

Many thanks

[topchippyles]

3 minutes ago, Big J said:

I'll have to have a chat with my harvester driver and cutter. There is a fair bit more work involved with log cabin spec logs as normally, the majority of the timber would just go through the harvesting head on the machine.

 

Please can you PM me your contact details. 

 

Many thanks

This all going to pontrilas j