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Euan349
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I couldn't help you with selling a stick like that. However if you milled it yourself, you would probably be able to get some money for the slabs once milled. 

 

There might be someone on here that needs some big beech. By the looks of it, that would probably have some pretty nice colouring going on inside there. 

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48 minutes ago, Euan349 said:

Hi, took this down today. Should I try selling this for milling or just firewood it?

 

access is good for loading etc.

 

never sold any wood so advice would be appreciated. 

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Well worth milling for sure.  But realistic value is zero.I'm afraid.  Transport costs will far outweigh value, and it could contain metal.  If you can find someone who wants it they might pay you £50 or more,   Milling it with a large enough chainsaw mill will take maybe a couple of days, and then the miller has to dry the timber for years, and market it and find buyers which may take years more. 

 

This is a big risk for the miller if they don't even know if it is full of metal.  

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Some nice burr there too very probably.

 

If the worst comes to the worst you could remove the burrs and sell those on.  Perhaps get a decent section of stem that you can mill and store yourself for drying and future sale, then ring up the rest?

 

Any mills near you that might take a punt on it?

 

PS where in the country are you?

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Haha, exactly that. Neighbour ask if I wanted big beech to mill or burn. Had 200,- offer from somebody to cut and take away for firewood. I said would try a 3m straight section, just to see what looks like.
Bit of colour!
Not a clue what sort of slabs to mill from here on in.. will max out on my 36" chainsaw mill. Took the dogs off 076 for extra 1"!20220127_124325.jpeg20220127_124248.jpeg

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Haha, exactly that. Neighbour ask if I wanted big beech to mill or burn. Had 200,- offer from somebody to cut and take away for firewood. I said would try a 3m straight section, just to see what looks like.
Bit of colour!
Not a clue what sort of slabs to mill from here on in.. will max out on my 36" chainsaw mill. Took the dogs off 076 for extra 1"!20220127_124325.thumb.jpeg.5a393b9ce8f9854fd177aa845697d9dd.jpeg20220127_124248.thumb.jpeg.3945ac107a1c068f546e463ebac2b6bd.jpeg

Should have got yourself some nice spalted beech [emoji106]
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