walnut rootball stump worth anything

[Ben Ballard]

I sure I was told if the buttresses have good burrs the root worth selling and needs at least 3 ft if trunk attached to it also if a root dug out it can't be ripped out the ground roots have to be cut001_smile:

[delabodge]

theres an old rule in marketing,,,,,(forget hearsay) somethings only worth what you can get for it!!!

[muttley9050]

theres an old rule in marketing,,,,,(forget hearsay) somethings only worth what you can get for it!!!

Well said Clive, seems native hardwoods aint the easiest to shift these days, especially green and on the round. Must be coz they dont have a lovely red or black stamp on them. Its sad when wickes can get more for a lump of scandinavian pine that you can achieve on a lovely lump of native lumber.

[agg221]

Well said Clive, seems native hardwoods aint the easiest to shift these days, especially green and on the round. Must be coz they dont have a lovely red or black stamp on them. Its sad when wickes can get more for a lump of scandinavian pine that you can achieve on a lovely lump of native lumber.

 

I think there are other factors too. Firstly, demand for firewood is currently right up, and it's quick and easy to firewood something rather than put time into trying to sell it for milling.

 

Secondly, in some cases there is a very inflated perception of value. The difference between sawlog prices and firewood prices is not often that great (between 1.5 and 2x for something fairly ordinary). However, people who sell firewood often value the log based on what they can sell it for once processed and seasoned, leaving out all the equivalent labour cost and waiting time. They also see the price per cubic foot of seasoned timber and assume that relates closely to sale value - not factoring in transport, processing time, capital investment in mill, seasoning space, and yield (firewood is effectively 100% yield, milling you're lucky to get 60% final volume used).

 

I'm usually interested in certain species (e.g. plum/blackthorn/damson, pear, walnut, oak, sweet chestnut), and will travel a fair way for the first couple and a reasonable distance for the latter, but I'm not overwhelmed with offers, so demand is probably still reasonable overall.

 

Alec