timber prices

[garth mc garth]

been offered between 50 and 100 tonnes of sycamore and sweet chestnut from around 8 inch diameter upto 4 feet. felled before christmas. its around 10 mins away from my yard and i would have to extract it myself. site is well drained and flat terrain.

any idea on what its worth a ton?

[Stephen Blair]

sounds perfect firewood mate, get a bogy on the mog and charge on.

dont know how much its worth, but i dont think you could go wrong.

are you getting it for nothing?

[garth mc garth]

guy wants as much as he can get for it but i aint sure what its worth. i got mog and crane trailer and access to telehandler for picking up the big stuff

[Buzz]

A Firewood merchant will give you between 30-40 a ton delivered in at the moment.

 

It's probably worth 10-12 at roadside if you can stick it there for that ?

[Buzz]

Ask yourself why it's been felled and left as well mate ! I know sweet chestnut is spitty but i'm sure you'd flog it on. Find a buyer first the guy on here Arborworks I think might be interested as he was talking to me before Chrimbo.

[Stephen Blair]

steve was telling me the other day, good hardwood delivered to your yard no bigger than 15 inches diameter is about 40 quid a ton. its about 6-9 ton for haulage i was told.

so lets say its worth 30 quid roadside.

you will need to do some workings on your costs for extracting. remember its green. so if you are planning on splitting and selling it will take time to get a return.

i would get a buyer to pick up from roadside and you just extract. you will get some better replies later on, i dont have any experience of this kind of work but i am tempted to go down the same route. good luck mate

[Stephen Blair]

buzz can type quicker than me, and has more experience with this. so just ignore my bit

lol ha ha

[garth mc garth]

im happy for any guidance!! lol.

i got a few local firewood guys who have run dry that would be interested in for processing so i have a market to sell on immediately

[Buzz]

There you go then, find firm buyers, get it in writing they'll have x amount at x price.

 

Like Stevie said i'd stick it at roadside and get them to arrange haulage. Tell them 30.00 a ton cost to them. You should easily extract it with your kit for 10.00 a ton leaving you 20.00 a ton profit

 

100 tons worth 3,000 at roadside

 

How much will it cost you to stick it at roadside ?

 

I wouldn't bother if it's only 50 tons, I'd sell it at stump to someone else for that.

 

Have you got to buy the wood ?

[garth mc garth]

im going to have a look tomorrow but from what i was told over the phone he wants to sell it at the stump where it lays.

there is access to stack at roadside but due to it location and my recent bad luck concerning timber theft im loathed to do that