Yew buyer wanted

[Squaredy]

8 minutes ago, Stere said:

Thats a lot of yew I thought it was rare -  as I assumed  that you don't get many  acres  of yew woods about  often its individual  trees?

 

Do you know were it came from?

 

 

Maybe some large estates with planted   yew avenues etc?

 

 

 

I just checked and found the emails - it was badminton estate and Wooten Basset.  I would have considered buying them but I generally find yew sells very slowly, and I have plenty of logs still waiting to be milled.  I don’t like milling them much due to the toxic dust.

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Thats a lot of yew I thought it was rare -  as I assumed  that you don't get many  acres  of yew woods about  often its individual  trees?

 

Do you know were it came from?

 

 

Maybe some large estates with planted   yew avenues etc?

 

 

 

Here is a pic I found of some of the sawlogs I was offered.  This is the batch that failed to sell.  I assume it did eventually find a buyer.

 

Funnily enough I found an email from a man offering me a yew tree in 2017 who lives in Washington state.  I told him I would only consider buying if he could deliver to me.  I didn't hear back...

[Stere]

Just looked at badminton estate on google maps  plenty of woods with  some  very long tree avenues & parkland landscaping over many  acres.

 

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Stere

[Squaredy]

26 minutes ago, Stere said:

Just looked at badminton estate on google maps  plenty of woods with  some  very long tree avenues & parkland landscaping over many  acres.

 

 

52,000 acres apparently.  Plus hundreds of other properties in wales and Somerset of course.  Quite a lot of trees I guess!

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Here is a pic I found of some of the sawlogs I was offered.  This is the batch that failed to sell.  I assume it did eventually find a buyer.

 

Funnily enough I found an email from a man offering me a yew tree in 2017 who lives in Washington state.  I told him I would only consider buying if he could deliver to me.  I didn't hear back...

That looks like a parcel of tops and sawlogs after the veneer butts have been taken for export,

 

We used to end up with stuff like this and I always wanted to try it for flooring for the colour and contrast.

[Canal Navvy]

On 19/02/2023 at 15:18, monkeybusiness said:

Ideally I’m looking for a cash sale so am going to knock that potential issue Baccat(ch)a….

I do hope Yew realise what an awful pun that was ✌️

[Canal Navvy]

Have you tried Vastern Timber ? 

[Haironyourchest]

Talk to the MOD, they might need it for bows. 

[Squaredy]

Bought a single yew tree today from a local tree surgeon.  I estimate around 6 cubic metres of good milling logs, and I paid £750 for it delivered to my yard.

 

I am happy as they are good logs and I will eventually make money from them, though it may take 6 or 7 years to finally sell the last piece.

 

And the tree surgeon is happy as he made a bit from the logs (not a lot as he had to hire a telehandler and trailer for the day).

 

 And the customer is happy as the tree was professionally removed.  Personally I wonder why you would want to remove such a large yew, but there was no TPO so it was their tree to remove; and maybe it was too big to be close to a house.

[AJStrees]

20 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Bought a single yew tree today from a local tree surgeon.  I estimate around 6 cubic metres of good milling logs, and I paid £750 for it delivered to my yard.

 

I am happy as they are good logs and I will eventually make money from them, though it may take 6 or 7 years to finally sell the last piece.

 

And the tree surgeon is happy as he made a bit from the logs (not a lot as he had to hire a telehandler and trailer for the day).

 

 And the customer is happy as the tree was professionally removed.  Personally I wonder why you would want to remove such a large yew, but there was no TPO so it was their tree to remove; and maybe it was too big to be close to a house.

Nice mate. Are you going to mill into boards or a mix of things?