this sounds like a dangerous advert

[egnsean]

take a look!

 

Very large evergreen? tree to be felled huge amount of firewood | eBay

[Gary Prentice]

:lol:

 

The profession is going to the dogs, having to bid to fell trees for firewood. Anyone know the TO in Beddgelert?

[egnsean]

:lol:

 

The profession is going to the dogs, having to bid to fell trees for firewood. Anyone know the TO in Beddgelert?

 

he says not for the faint hearted

[Gary Prentice]

he says not for the faint hearted

 

Only the totally moronic are likely to bid anyway.

[Warren Stirling]

'This is the big one'

[skyhuck]

I don't really see a need to mock.

 

Forestry guys buy standing timber all the time.

 

OK its not what we do and I certainly could not make an income from buying that tree, but who am I to say others could not?

 

I remember years ago being contracted in to dismantle a large Beech by a timber merchant, the job in my eyes was worth £400 all day long.

 

The guy I was working for was doing it for £250.

 

After I had striped it out, he expertly dropped it though a very tight space between the other trees, cut it into lengths, loaded it onto his timber trailer, disappeared round the corner, half an hour later he was back.

 

He had sold the timber to the mill for £250.

 

I'm sure others had priced that job at £350 to £450, but none had won it, he priced it at £250, but actually got £500.

 

There are always different ways of doing things, what may not work for you can work for others.

[PeteB]

Best deal I ever had was giving a guy £40 for a wind blown oak and sold two butt lengths for £400 that left another butt length with the crown for some very good log sales! Dug a hole and buried the root plate! That was in the late 80's too....

[benedmonds]

LARGE JAPANESE LARCH TREE felled firewood use | eBay

 

He has sold a felled one for over £100!

[egnsean]

my only point was that the only qualification he seems to require is that its not for the faint hearted as it so tall!

[JonnyVine]

I don't really see a need to mock.

 

Forestry guys buy standing timber all the time.

 

OK its not what we do and I certainly could not make an income from buying that tree, but who am I to say others could not?

 

I remember years ago being contracted in to dismantle a large Beech by a timber merchant, the job in my eyes was worth £400 all day long.

 

The guy I was working for was doing it for £250.

 

After I had striped it out, he expertly dropped it though a very tight space between the other trees, cut it into lengths, loaded it onto his timber trailer, disappeared round the corner, half an hour later he was back.

 

He had sold the timber to the mill for £250.

 

I'm sure others had priced that job at £350 to £450, but none had won it, he priced it at £250, but actually got £500.

 

There are always different ways of doing things, what may not work for you can work for others.

 

Interesting alternative there Huck.

 

About 15 years ago I bought a standing Oak for £150