Price for 8' gate posts 7' posts and 5'6 stakes at road side

[TopCut]

Hi I have been offered a job to thin about 12 acres of Norway spruce. The woodland has never been thinned before. The owner is not sure how old but I guess 25/30 year old there are some good size trees to which will make timber. But the owner wants to thin now and in 5 years clearfell. The trees are great tall and clean.

He wants me to do the job for the timber, I am more use to hard wood and not sure on what the going rate is for softwood at roadside. The trees will make 8' gate posts 7' posts and 5'6 stakes.

I will need to get a digger in to make the path wider, As it is now it is tight to get a quad down there. I know a guy with a 13 ton digger he is going to work out a price.

All the trees will fell down to the new ride I will need to put in to gain access for are tractor.

I just need a rough price for softwood at roadside to work out if this job is worth taking on or not.

[pro bros]

do they use norway for posts

[slack ma girdle]

By the discription you will get mostly 5'6" out, and you need 75 ish per ton. No matter how hard you work you will lose money. You need a mix of small/large trees so you can bump up the tonage to make it worth while.

Think carefully before you commit.

[Chris Sheppard]

Sounds like you might get an odd bit of Pallet or Dunnage out too - last time we asked, Euroforest were offering around £28-£30/T for those at roadside.

 

Don't tend to bother wasting time cutting fencing grade as it's a lot of faff. Easier and faster to chuck in the chip pile.

[Kennedy]

They shouldn't... but who'll ever know once its peeled and dyed dark....ever wonder why fencing materials last less than 3 years

[rovers90]

My friend pays anywhere from £25 to £35 for softwood at roadside for chip production.

[Chris Sheppard]

My friend pays anywhere from £25 to £35 for softwood at roadside for chip production.

 

That's pretty good going

 

We're all cleared out of softwood now, but how far South does he bring in from?