Kretzschmaria in beech.

[Mike Hill]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Everything depend on logistics, is there a local firewood guy with a tractor and grab who’ll take the wood for free (or even pay?) someone who’ll take the chip nearby? (Maybe aforementioned firewood guy as a sweetener)

If so €3k plus purchase tax, two days climbing and lowering max.

If you have to clear everything off site yourself, and the yard is a bit of a trek away, then break out the calculator and do your sums.

Edit:

Thats 3 guys plus Avant and 10 inch chipper btw

 

 

Ok

 

Without all the " maybe's" , tree down and gone. You price for all the disposal , nothing back to your yard. For arguements sake the tree is 30 minutes drive from base and the client accepted your terms on the first vist.

 

How much would your price be?

[Ty Korrigan]

4 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Pondering this yesterday I came across a thread with David Humphries talking about a beech on his patch which was coexisting with merip. 

I can still see some fat buds present despite the bark shedding in plaquettes.

Whether they burst next month may decide whether or what may be climbed or 'cherry picked'....

[Mick Dempsey]

10 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

 

Ok

 

Without all the " maybe's" , tree down and gone. You price for all the disposal , nothing back to your yard. For arguements sake the tree is 30 minutes drive from base and the client accepted your terms on the first vist.

 

How much would your price be?

If I priced it ‘correctly’ in those circumstances it would be very very high, much higher than you.

I don’t have your equipment so I’d have to team up with others with heavy metal to get it done.

 

What would probably happen is I’d fudge it and spend three days running wood back and forth, looking at the fuel gauge, cursing the Gods.

 

Having said that, because that is a beech as opposed to a cedar say, the wood does have some value, that is a factor.

What would you do with the wood from that tree?

Edited March 19, 2023 by Mick Dempsey

[Mike Hill]

The wood from that tree would be dumped as landfill. I might be able to get rid of it for free but the skip lorry costs €100 per hour ,so a job close to the landfill might be cheaper than a free tip site further away.

 

As good as Beech might be for firewood we dont have the climate to dry it. Last year I did a big job where by I could trade the disposal of the logs against their value. However that was a first in 16 years as the many tens of tons had some nice saw logs amongst it as well as dead(ish) Ash that could be sold once split.