Value of spalted beech cord

[DWALLA]

Hi all, any advice would be greatly appreciated on a approximate value of this cord to sell to a mill. Apologies as I’m sure it’s a common question. 
 I do a bit in firewood, but seems a shame to buzz it up for that. 3 stems at 2ms in length 450 - 600 round.

Thanks

 

[Dan Maynard]

Selling to a mill would depend on you being close, transport cost is usually the killer on that idea. Is there anyone in the sawmillers directory with a chainsaw mill nearby? They might be interested and give you some cash.

[DWALLA]

Hi Dan, thanks for your reply. I can get it loaded onto a trailer and deliver it locally, I’m based in Essex. But unsure on its value as is…thanks 

[trigger_andy]

8 hours ago, DWALLA said:

Hi all, any advice would be greatly appreciated on a approximate value of this cord to sell to a mill. Apologies as I’m sure it’s a common question. 
 I do a bit in firewood, but seems a shame to buzz it up for that. 3 stems at 2ms in length 450 - 600 round.

Thanks

 

I'm paying £45 a ton for stems like that just now. I was tempted to mill them as Im sure they'd have some stunning colours but I just clogged them for firewood.  

 

They look freshly felled and had the same colours as your logs. If thats the case then I doubt they are spalted. 

[WADKIN]

It’s just beech with colour, no spalt and worth pennies to be honest when you factor in the shifting 

Edited July 20, 2022 by WADKIN

[Dan Maynard]

If you find someone local who wants some beech though, then maybe a couple of hundred quid there. It's always a problem of finding that person though.

 

Same as the boards will be worth 150 a piece when cut and dried, if you can find someone to sell them to.

 

[trigger_andy]

1 hour ago, Dan Maynard said:

If you find someone local who wants some beech though, then maybe a couple of hundred quid there. It's always a problem of finding that person though.

 

Same as the boards will be worth 150 a piece when cut and dried, if you can find someone to sell them to.

 

The sad fact is at £200 he'd be better off clogging them up for firewood. 

[MattyF]

8 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

If you find someone local who wants some beech though, then maybe a couple of hundred quid there. It's always a problem of finding that person though.

 

Same as the boards will be worth 150 a piece when cut and dried, if you can find someone to sell them to.

 

I doubt you would get £150 a log never mind plank…. And it’s not spalted and that’s even if it was spalted! 
If you sold that to a mill at the quality of those they would give you pit prop money. 

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, MattyF said:

I doubt you would get £150 a log never mind plank…. And it’s not spalted and that’s even if it was spalted! 
If you sold that to a mill at the quality of those they would give you pit prop money. 

Quote from Andy on thread about live edge boards yesterday

"Fully seasoned Id expect to pay a minimum of £100 a cubic foot."

Biggest logs are 2' across so a 3" plank would be 3 cubic feet.

 

Point is though they aren't worth anything at all unless you can find someone to buy them.

 

Likewise the logs, put them on FB and see if you get any interest. If you get £200 for somebody who picks them up then good luck you're having, no work and £200 in your pocket. It's never going to be economic to transport them to a sawmill, there's not enough wood to make transport viable, they are too short, and beech isn't desirable, but that's where I started.

[Dan Maynard]

8 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

The sad fact is at £200 he'd be better off clogging them up for firewood. 

Not necessarily, no work, space in the yard back, and £200 in his pocket he's better off.

 

All depends what the replacement cost of a load of rings of arb waste would be, that might be £0 - it would be to me because I never buy wood.