Best market for 100 ton of Poplar?

[bjam1964]

Dispite so called common knowledge, poplar is not that bad a fire wood.

 

Well said - I rate properly seasoned poplar and no complaints from my log customers. Been burning it at home for the last 8 weeks as well.

[Luke Quenby]

If you are felling large quantities of other hardwood, just make sure that the popular get mixed in well. Nobody will notice, and it will save you alot of problems. Dispite so called common knowledge, poplar is not that bad a fire wood.

 

True, 3 winters ago it was all that we had available for the log burner and it kept us lovely and warm, like all woods, season it well and you'll be fine!

[Brushcutter]

If you are felling large quantities of other hardwood, just make sure that the popular get mixed in well. Nobody will notice, and it will save you alot of problems. Dispite so called common knowledge, poplar is not that bad a fire wood.

 

 

Poplar does burn nicely when dry. I've always been told it has a massive calorific value, which is why it makes good biomass chip. Mix it in with other thinning would be very easy to shift in mixed hardwood parcels. Poplar still has a bit of a stigma about it as a good firewood so a 100tonne parcle roadside would be a pita to shift. But any seasoned wood will burn.

[Highland Forestry]

Have you thought about cutting it at 2.75mand selling to a mill for sleeper cuts?

You'd be looking somewhere in the region of £25-£30 a ton at roadside I would expect.

[APC]

Have you thought about cutting it at 2.75mand selling to a mill for sleeper cuts?

You'd be looking somewhere in the region of £25-£30 a ton at roadside I would expect.

 

Dunno what sleeper cuts are, but I'm guessing they might be the things to shove under things in lieu of pallets. If so, and you have the ability to mill that quantity, try haulage companies.

[Highland Forestry]

Dunno what sleeper cuts are, but I'm guessing they might be the things to shove under things in lieu of pallets. If so, and you have the ability to mill that quantity, try haulage companies.

 

Sleeper cuts are done at the mill.... you just supply the logs at 2.7m - they use them for making railway sleepers!

[gensetsteve]

Anything under 8" would be ideal for a kindlet but we are too far away. I have never actually tried pop through our machine but am told its good.

[APC]

Sleeper cuts are done at the mill.... you just supply the logs at 2.7m - they use them for making railway sleepers!

 

 

Ah. Interesting. What would the minimum quantity of logs for sleeper people to be interested?

[tractorboy1]

What about these

[Gmime]

Quite right, we should be able to tempt them back to the uk with all of the pop we've got hanging around because of their "outsourcing"

Poplar burns very well when seasoned, a process which is enormously shortened if you run a saw along the bark after snedding, as it has quite a waterproof bark.