oak to mill

[delabodge]

hi I generate a fair bit of Arb waste,,,,and now own a woodmizer,,had great day milling today,,load of rails for fencing ,,,have fair stock of good oak,,but when i run out ,,any suggestions on who`s selling? whats going rate for butts etc???

[John Hughes]

Congratulations on getting the Woodmizer, what model have you got?

I have an 1992 LT40.

Butts are quite hard to come by , perhaps I don't offer enough (£4 or £5 per hoppus ft)

Hedgerow and yard trees always seem to have metal in them. I have just bought a pukka metal detector to see if I can locate it before it ruins the blade.

John

[delabodge]

hi john,,Lt40 1989,,model,,with spanking new 27hp kolher engine,,,,,,runs a treat,,,,got lovely yew butt to mill thursday,,,,,,

[Tree Man Tom]

hi I generate a fair bit of Arb waste,,,,and now own a woodmizer,,had great day milling today,,load of rails for fencing ,,,have fair stock of good oak,,but when i run out ,,any suggestions on who`s selling? whats going rate for butts etc???

 

Where you based?

 

Ive got 4/5 smaller ones, 12-18inch across, about 10/15ft long at a guess. The destened for firewood as i generally cant be doing with the hassel of getting them milled.

[Brushcutter]

Congratulations on getting the Woodmizer, what model have you got?

I have an 1992 LT40.

Butts are quite hard to come by , perhaps I don't offer enough (£4 or £5 per hoppus ft)

Hedgerow and yard trees always seem to have metal in them. I have just bought a pukka metal detector to see if I can locate it before it ruins the blade.

John

 

£4-5 per hoppus foot sound about right.

[Cracker]

Where you based?

 

Ive got 4/5 smaller ones, 12-18inch across, about 10/15ft long at a guess. The destened for firewood as i generally cant be doing with the hassel of getting them milled.

 

Are they straight-ish grained and relatively knot free? I do a lot of cleft oak stuff.

[Tree Man Tom]

Are they straight-ish grained and relatively knot free? I do a lot of cleft oak stuff.

 

Hmmm, pass.

 

There in the corner of my yard and i havnt looked at them for a while. Will have a look when i get chnace and let you know.

[tommer9]

4-5/ hoppus foot deliverd in yes- about 2/foot roadside unless of exceptional length and clear- ie furniture grade, and dont be offering too much if you have to extract...

Oak is very hard to come by at the mo..

[Frank]

4-5/ hoppus foot deliverd in yes- about 2/foot roadside unless of exceptional length and clear- ie furniture grade, and dont be offering too much if you have to extract...

Oak is very hard to come by at the mo..

 

I might just happen to know where there is ALOT of oak, possibly going to be extracted. Might let someone know in the near future.

[timbermillers]

I'd be careful paying much over £3 for juvenile trees, i.e. 18" diameter. They will carry a lot of tension and you'll waste a lot of timber cutting out the tension (yes that's through experience after buying a lorry load of the stuff!).

I've paid up to £6.5 roadside but that was for a 4' diameter butt, 30' long and straight as a gun barrel!

As tommer9 said, it's getting hard to get hold of decent oak these days, many a farmer out there thinking they'll make a fortune out of a few old hedge oaks! All good for us milling boys though! (Got the same mill as you delabodge)