Poplar Timber?

[Squaredy]

5 hours ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

I have a small quantity (maybe max 150 tonnes) of very straight and clean poplar timber. As far as I know, it's either firewood or kindling. Bigger logs only fetch £70/t delivered (best offer so far) so just as well firewood it right? But then it's about the worst firewood going? None of it is much bigger than 16".

I buy decent poplar logs for milling.  I will pay probably £75 per ton delivered.  I am South east wales, so if you are near me give me a shout!

[kiwi mike]

Makes good kindling

[Whoppa Choppa]

Thanks for all the replies 👍🏼. I'll see what Vasterns say 😃

[GarethM]

12 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Thanks for all the replies 👍🏼. I'll see what Vasterns say 😃

They might send you a sample in the post, just to see if the stereophonics were right.

[peatff]

On 04/12/2023 at 13:42, kiwi mike said:

Makes good kindling

I find it smoulders and goes out and it rots before it is seasoned. I had a stump in the garden for a chopping block and it dissolved in under a year.

[richyrich]

Industrial applications of poplar wood - Propopulus

PROPOPULUS.EU

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ProPopulus Team In recent years, the growing demand of wood and wood-based products has stimulated an increasing interest in poplar cultivation due, among other reasons, to its fast-growing...

 

Surprised that Poplar is not been exploited in England

- packaging for food, disposable forks/spoons, etc. You see it in chip shops and on posh food packaging,  but whether this is grown and manufactured i mainland Europe.  I think the market will take off in the next decade. The best answer to replacing plastic packaging, etc. Lightweight, non-toxic... It's a traditional use. We're a bit slow in the UK...

[handcutter]

Some select few are still making things out of poplar for the food industry, it seems the containerised days are long gone where it was being felled and shipped abroad but throughout this it’s still going out in 8’ pallet and clean 12s, last job I was on was on a water meadow and moving large pieces proved problematic with the machines.

I don’t know if they replanted as the original plan was for the trees to stabilise the ground but with them gone who knows what may happen 

[Mr tree]

Sounds like it would be good stuff for a woodchopping team if you have one nearby. They’re always looking for good poplar

[MattyF]

On 03/12/2023 at 17:36, Squaredy said:

I buy decent poplar logs for milling.  I will pay probably £75 per ton delivered.  I am South east wales, so if you are near me give me a shout!

What do you mill it for if you don’t mind me asking?

[Squaredy]

9 hours ago, MattyF said:

What do you mill it for if you don’t mind me asking?

I mill it and air dry it and sell it to my random customers along with all the other species I mill.  It is not a fast seller by any means, but nevertheless it has its fans.  I personally value it as internal cladding where it is of course highly insulative and its very light colour makes it a very modern attractive option.