What's my dead elm worth?

[doobin]

And you have been quoted £900 to take them down? Seems a lot.

 

 

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Seconded. Looks like a straight fell, no obstacles. £900 is steep to say the least!

 

Can anyone local give him a decent price to fell and log? Then we can put this thread to bed!

[doobin]

As Luck would have it, our neighbour has a Tree surgeon/ firewood seller in at the moment.

 

I had a chat with him and he told me

 

He pays £55 per tonne for hard wood

He reckons I have about 10 tonnes, which is in line with what one of the guys on this thread suggested.

He sells hardwood at £100 per cubic metre

 

So it's worth more to me than it is to him. So question answered.

 

He reckoned I might get 25m3 out of them, which would be good.

 

Will post some pics

 

Having seen the pics, not a chance. Your bloke is well out. Then again, if he's paying £55 a ton for hardwood cord he's maybe not the sharpest tool in the box

 

If I were you, I'd pay someone to drop it and leave it. Then get yourself a little MS181 for £200 new, and and axe. Happy days, almost free firewood.

 

If your feeling adventurous, you could even get someone to help you fell it yourself

[Robert_S]

I'm not far from you, I may be able to do it for £850

 

Seriously though if you want another quote pm me or mail me directly though my website link.

[Central]

Well, a small log bag from the garage is about 7quid, therefor your trees are worth about 14k, but being hardwood and not softwood, your trees are a premium product, so add 25% so your trees are worth about £17,500

 

Hope this helps

 

SOLD to Josh for £3k

 

Enjoy the profit

[Craobh]

I'd get another quote

[Craobh]

I meant for taking them down not for selling them

[Marc Lewis]

Well, a small log bag from the garage is about 7quid, therefor your trees are worth about 14k, but being hardwood and not softwood, your trees are a premium product, so add 25% so your trees are worth about £17,500

 

Hope this helps

 

Bang on!! its all about the labour and logistics.

 

Personally, I'd take Doobin's advice.

 

It looks like you have no where near 10 tons to me, though difficult to tell from pics.

[Ty Korrigan]

Ha!

Here near Rennes, I have a 30m Douglas with a dbh of 130cm to take down with a lovely straight stem as well as a large Macro-carpa.

I can't even give the stuff away!

The Brits are to lazy and the French only burn hardwood.

And me...I live in an all electric flat! hhhh!

If you rake up you can have it for free friends...

[Big J]

I could come and fell it for you Central, and would only take the main stems as payment, leaving you the majority as firewood. Or you could have them felled and I could buy them from you.

 

Let me know. I've got far too much Oak at the moment, not enough elm.

[Craobh]

Where are ya Central??? I'll if ya wanna drop them yourself I'll come talk ya thru it but I'm no swinging an axe lol