standing hard wood how much to pay

[chainsaw surgeon]

hi can any one help ,i have been offered a 11 acre wood of mixed hard wood

access is good to half ,but a lot of winching ,the other half is a bit more tricky ,needs a lot of thinning ,can take out what i want just have to leave the big oaks

i can store it on site and am thinking of buying a crawler and winch

just wanted to no what i sould be paying as this is the first time for me and is it worth the hassel

look forward to your replies:thumbup:

[Chris Sheppard]

Too many variables but if it's good processor sized and fairly straight could be anything, getting on for up to £20/T standing if it's real nice.

 

We've missed out on sites where we've been £15 and been a fair bit low - crackers it is.

 

Unless you're lucky it won't be cheap.

[chainsaw surgeon]

its a good friend of mine that owns the wood ,it has not been touched in 30 years

i was thinking of paying around £20 per cube ,if i can get it out but is that to much

it is all differant sizes ,and whas going to cut and split with saw and log splitter

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

£20/m3 is too much for a tricky extraction. What's your sellable roadside price minus harvesting, forwarding and standing price.

 

Imagine £40/tonne roadside (might be better than that in your area);

Less cut and extract typically £17-18/m3 if thinnings

Winch imo adds cost

 

Doesn't allow a purchase price of £20/metre does it!!!

 

Just noticed you are in Devon; deffo doubt you'll get more than £40 ride/roadside; whereabouts in devon is the job?

Edited January 27, 2013 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[chainsaw surgeon]

it is near torrington north devon

when i say thinnings it means it has never been thinned and ther is some nice size wood in there 12 to 18"

[Chris Sheppard]

I don't like volume as it's too easy to manipulate to suit either party and can lead to disagreement, but as TCD says £20/cube standing seems a lot.

 

Plus if it's there's much over 12-15" diameter then it's starting to get into oversize so the roadside cost goes down aswell as the standing price.

 

If it's never been thinned previously then chances are you'll have a lot more non productive stuff to cut to make a way in too.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I don't like volume as it's too easy to manipulate to suit either party and can lead to disagreement, but as TCD says £20/cube standing seems a lot.

 

Plus if it's there's much over 12-15" diameter then it's starting to get into oversize so the roadside cost goes down aswell as the standing price.

 

If it's never been thinned previously then chances are you'll have a lot more non productive stuff to cut to make a way in too.

 

All good points; processor size is the best and easiest to shift.

 

Lol buy by tonnage - once it's been stacked for a while

[Chris Sheppard]

Lol buy by tonnage - once it's been stacked for a while

 

Simples - the longer it sits the more it's going to cost - all decided in advance before it leaves.

 

What a stack measures before it's loaded and once it's unloaded can be two totally different figures as it's going to more than likely be a different guy loading the wagon to who stacked it on the landing - least with weight ticket there's less arguing (not saying it's foolproof )

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Fair enough for hardwood; got my softwood head on - atleast we deal m3 for s/wood down here...

[Chris Sheppard]

Fair enough for hardwood; got my softwood head on - atleast we deal m3 for s/wood down here...

 

Have seen some pretty nasty stacks of firewood

 

Even Euroforest/Tilhill etc stil work in tonnage round us - we're maybe just a bit resistant to change