Selling Planks

[Highland Forestry]

Hi Guys,

 

I recently had some Elm milled for a private project, however have recieved a number of enquiries from customers for milled planks of Elm and Oak.

Is there any particular way of pricing slabs of wood?

 

The first enquiry is for a slab of Elm, 1500 x 800 x 100 (Mantle Piece????)

 

Is it usual to charge by a unit, like a board foot, or hoppes foot etc, and if so, what's the going rate?

 

Any thoughts welcome

 

Matt

[John Hughes]

The Americans use board feet, we would use cubic feet or cubic metres.

If I was selling a slab like you mention then I would work out how many cubic feet were in it and then look at it's quality and test it's dryness. I would then decide the price somewhere between £25 and £50 per cubic foot.

John

[Big J]

Sell it by the cubic foot. Assess the grade of it, and for green elm start at about £20 a cubic foot. If it's very burry of with exceptional colour, up the price a bit. When it's dry, it's worth £10-20 a cubic foot more.

[Highland Forestry]

Thanks guys,

 

That's handy advice.... i'll work out the cubic feet and sell it that way.

£20 a cubic foot sounds good to me, better than firewood anyway!!

 

If I get a chance today i'll take some photos of the current slabs.. I dont think they are that special, but the wood certainly has a nice grain and some interesting markings.

 

 

Thanks again,

 

 

Matt

[MATTMOSS]

Ive got some planks and beams for sale mainly oak but some other sp aswell, not sure what the best way to advertise them is? or how much demand there is for it?

[Stereo]

Hardwood planks can make good money on eBay in small qty's. Course, you have to ship them and stuff but I've seen a few sellers achieving good returns on there.