oversize timber

[john p]

roughly how much is oversize cord per c/meter?got a lot of ash n beech,ranging up to 4ft diameter.south west prices,cheers

[mikey10]

I have always been charged the same as processor size stuff but more work so try to avoid it if possible

[33bk]

Where abouts in southwest ?

[Big J]

Try to separate it into millable timber and firewood. Shift your decent beech and ash for £60-70 a tonne and all the other rubbish for £25. The amount of extra work involved with big ugly butts is huge.

[nick channer]

bigger non processor size is generally £10 a ton cheaper... although round here its normally same price.. i personally prefer a lorry load of 2ft plus dia timber to 4-14inch... get way more loads firewood out of it.... and unless you have all 10inch plus wood for a processor, processors arde not as fast in my experience as one man on a chain saw and one on splitter... might be harder work for them but they do as many loads in a day as they would on a processor..

[Cookie]

bigger non processor size is generally £10 a ton cheaper... although round here its normally same price.. i personally prefer a lorry load of 2ft plus dia timber to 4-14inch... get way more loads firewood out of it.... and unless you have all 10inch plus wood for a processor, processors arde not as fast in my experience as one man on a chain saw and one on splitter... might be harder work for them but they do as many loads in a day as they would on a processor..

 

Agreed! Paid £35 a cm for some large ash, been down 12 months already to good stuff. All split into 4' billets then through the saw bench or log swift, no real hard work with it really & loads of logs out of it!

[Stereo]

Woudn't that size of timber be far more valuable for veneer or milled? Unless it's got some defects or whatever.

[john p]

Where abouts in southwest ?

 

between bridgwater n street.Your right Stereo,prob would be worth more milled/veneer etc,but its more dicking about!So its £35 a cube all the way!

[Tyz05]

I'm paying around £20 a cube road side for large ash and beech, Tis hard work though so wouldn't wanna pay any more. Ring it up short if using a axe.

[Rob D]

Woudn't that size of timber be far more valuable for veneer or milled? Unless it's got some defects or whatever.

 

 

In theory - but finding buyers is very tricky for beech (or at least I've always found it hard).