Silver Fir and Grand Fir

[cousin jack]

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with Silver and Grand Fir, a lovely stand, tall, barrel straight and the mill dos'nt want to know

[Tom D]

its soft and not very rot resistant.

[Chris Sheppard]

What tom said, and very brittle too.

 

Doesn't seem to matter how softly they hit the floor, Grandis always seem to shatter

[cousin jack]

Thanks for that chaps, now I know

[cousin jack]

Does anyone know what it burns like, in relation to other softwoods, larch for example?

Theres 150 acres of the stuff, just wanting to know if there may be a bit more money for firewood rather than pulp.

[skyhuck]

Biomass???

[Highland Forestry]

It makes brilliant chipwood for biomass as Skyhuck mentioned..

 

The mills will take it for sleeper cuts occasionally but not if the timber has any drought cracking.

 

Essentially they are a weed and the timber is absolutley crap for making anything sensible out of!

[Highland Forestry]

Have you got the job to fell the silver fir??

 

I may have a market for you for the silver fir... drop me a PM if you've got a felling license etc in place.

[cousin jack]

Have you got the job to fell the silver fir??

 

I may have a market for you for the silver fir... drop me a PM if you've got a felling license etc in place.

 

You have pm, but I made a cock up with previous post, should have been 150 tonne, not acres.

[Tom D]

My local sawmill makes sleepers for garden use out of stuff like that, edge trees etc.