Elm timber prices

[Steve Bullman]

anyone know what elm wood is fetching? a company i do some climbing for has a job coming up, lots of straight elm trunks, 90ft trees, should be some value in the timber but obviously he wants to get the best rates he can.

[Pete Mctree]

It's been a while since i sold timber, so my memory is a little vauge. If there is enough to put a parcel together, then that was where we got our best prices. I'm sure there are online sites for auctioning them.

[Marc]

I saw an old Elm aerating roller in the undergrowth of some old garden, it was still in good working condition, that elm is some durable long lasting wood, must of been at least 60 years old.

 

Not only that they used to use it as timber lapping on old buildings due to its durability, there must be a market for those who like to restore old buildings using original materials.

 

We've started using a guy to collect our timber for use in wood work of any kind. Generally though we make no money from it, its just a handy way of getting rid of our by product. I'm talking massive lumps of Beech, Oak and Walnut.

The time it takes him to collect and process negates the cost of him buying it from us.

[Ross Winchester]

if your getting massive lumps of walnut start phoneing around some good money to be made.

[tockmal]

  bowline said:

if your getting massive lumps of walnut start phoneing around some good money to be made.

 

Bowline, we took down a reasonable size Walnut last week, good heartwood nice and dark wood is really clean.

 

Who would buy it? gunmakers for rifle butts? specialist woodworkers?

 

here's the job and tree -

 

http://www.arbtalk.co.uk/showthread.php?t=221

[Pete Mctree]

The gunmakers want the rootball of the tree. Furniture grade timber is usually in demand by the timber merchants

[Mr Ed]

I've had £15 a cube for good elm. If it was closer I'd buy the lot. I'd do the job in exchange for the timber on those...

[Quickthorn]

  tockmal said:

Bowline, we took down a reasonable size Walnut last week, good heartwood nice and dark wood is really clean.

 

Who would buy it? gunmakers for rifle butts? specialist woodworkers?

 

here's the job and tree -

 

http://www.arbtalk.co.uk/showthread.php?t=221

 

Cabinet makers. A company called Titchmarsh & Goodwin of Suffolk advertise in the RFS journal for walnut min girth 80" butt length 6'. It would probably need to be grade 1.their number is 01473 252158

[logger]

I can place the Elm into avery good market for you provided it"s sound and not gone back too far