sweetchestnut 2m lengths

[Ben Ballard]

i have been asked to coppice some chestnut and cut it to 2m lengths and not mess around cutting it for fencing ,was going to go to our log man but he has to much sweetchestnut at moment, might have about 40 tone if my boss doesnt find any one else to sell to .if any interest i can get it to road side when the woods dry out

[garth mc garth]

where in kent are ya mate? what diameter is the wood? how much you want at roadside or price at the stump?

cheers

[Ben Ballard]

hi iam at godmersham we been selling at 25-30 a tonne at roadside but that mixed hard woods for fire wood, id say the average dbh is 15 cm,havent had much dealings with selling chestnut and know ipulp lengths worth less what would you say it worth at roadside,

[garth mc garth]

isnt there that fella up your way that does the woodpellets or woodfuel from chesnut?? im sure he was in the forestry journal recently, he has a guy with a valtra and roofmount with a towable heizo bombing around all the time

[Ben Ballard]

that sounds good think ive seen him driving down the a28 at times does he come on this forum

[woodfaller]

Just out of interest is that on Godmersham Hall ?

[Ben Ballard]

godmersham park mate ,a realy beautiful place i love working here

[woodfaller]

Oh ok, we took all the timber off there after the 87 windblow, yeah i agree nice part of the county.

[Ben Ballard]

u know of Daisy (ray) and brian they did a lot of the work after the storm ,i have worked with them a couple of times here on the estate when need there kit on some of the bigger jobs

[woodfaller]

Yeah, Daisy had all the timber out of the walled garden area, and one or two other small blocks, quite a bit of Yew tree in there, we had all the timber from the bigger outlying areas , lot of beech off the chalk banks up behind the old airship mooring , all round the keepers cottage and a lot of Turkey oak out of the park , was one of the first sites we started working in that area.