What's my dead elm worth?

[Central]

Have you got the answer to your question yet central?

 

Entertaining responses, but still none the wiser as to what that kind of volume of wood is worth wholesale, or what kind of cubic meterage it will yield.

 

I have a crew lined up to take them down. Just need to decide whether we log them for my use or sell it on.

[Rich Rule]

But are you gonna fell, extract, split and bag the Elm for a fair swap?

 

Or would you like someone to do that for you, obviously that would have an associated cost and the botton line being - you would get less larch.

 

Edit: you answered my post whilst I was typing.

[Acg128]

Entertaining responses, but still none the wiser as to what that kind of volume of wood is worth wholesale, or what kind of cubic meterage it will yield.

 

I have a crew lined up to take them down. Just need to decide whether we log them for my use or sell it on.

 

Bloody funny response and excellent reply from yourself HAHA

[Monikieman]

A builders bag at 800mm = .52 m3 at £94 a bag = £173 m3. ( think, but could be wrong....just in case seeing how this thread is going!)

 

Could you process it yourself and advertise and use the profit to buy soft wood?

 

Or, just burn it.

 

Cheers

[Central]

Bloody funny response and excellent reply from yourself HAHA

 

Well, if I knew the answer, I wouldn't ask.

 

So if the answer is that its not possible, them just say. No need to mock!

Edited May 1, 2013 by Central

[Acg128]

I'm not mocking fella, let the handbags fly!

[Ropechucka]

Oh no here we go again

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

£90 per bag is a bit steep isnt it???

 

 

am i the only one thinking that seeing as elm is alot rarer than it use to be it would be better to mill it in to boards rather than splitting it for logs.

 

really nice boards can sell for quite a bit and surely you would get more that way than you would if it was turned in to firewood....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Central]

But are you gonna fell, extract, split and bag the Elm for a fair swap?

 

Or would you like someone to do that for you, obviously that would have an associated cost and the botton line being - you would get less larch.

 

Edit: you answered my post whilst I was typing.

 

Depends who wants it and how the want it.

 

At the moment I have a cost to fell of £900

Processing costs of £300

 

How many builders bags that will fill, I don't know. I am looking for some guidance on that from people here who have more knowledge than I do.

 

But if its 10 builders bags, I am at the retail price per builders bag, and I should burn it myself.

 

If its 20 builders bags I can trade at one to one for Larch, giving the merchant 100% profit margin on the elm and what he makes on the larch.

 

He won't have any additional transport costs as he brings me larch and takes away elm.

 

Or I could sell it to the local garages, shops etc, but that's a faff.

Edited May 1, 2013 by Central

[treequip]

£90 per bag is a bit steep isnt it???

 

 

am i the only one thinking that seeing as elm is alot rarer than it use to be it would be better to mill it in to boards rather than splitting it for logs.

really nice boards can sell for quite a bit and surely you would get more that way than you would if it was turned in to firewood....

 

 

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Yes......... but not if its a nail ridden lump of back garden filth