cedar price

[Big Beech]

what is the going rate for cedar (atlas I think) per cubic ft. might have lump 4.5ftx8ft

 

thanks,

 

Simon

[home of wood]

I'd say £35 mate....

 

I was offered a load of yew yesterday they wanted £75 per cubic foot . Some people on a different planet I think

[Big Beech]

35! this is in the round still, not sawn.

 

so, lets see.

 

96" x 54 x 54 =279936 / 1728 =162 cubic feet @ 35 = £5670

 

think my maths are out somewhere here

 

any advances on my math

 

must be the heat getting to me

Edited July 19, 2013 by Big Beech

[Big J]

I have been selling the kiln dried boards from a couple of cedar logs at a fairly steady rate at £24 a cubic foot.

 

I payed £60 a tonne for it in the round, roadside. That is about £2.20 a cubic foot. Your lump is more or less exactly 100 hoppus foot, so by that reckoning (assuming atlas cedar is as nice as deodar), I'd pay £220 for it.

[Big Beech]

I have been selling the kiln dried boards from a couple of cedar logs at a fairly steady rate at £24 a cubic foot.

 

I payed £60 a tonne for it in the round, roadside. That is about £2.20 a cubic foot. Your lump is more or less exactly 100 hoppus foot, so by that reckoning (assuming atlas cedar is as nice as deodar), I'd pay £220 for it.

 

thanks,

 

where did my maths go wrong?

 

and my man was after £5 a ft?

could it be our "southern prices" why he is looking for that, or some other variation?

[Big J]

Far too much. I'd expect to get middling grade Oak for that. Single logs are invariably worth less too due to increased haulage costs - my cedar was part of a 15t parcel with some nice sequoia.

[muttley9050]

Your maths was right,except you were working out for a 4.5ft square cant, not round.

should be

pi x r2 x h

so

3.14 x (27x27) x 96=219749 cu inches. divide by 1728 = 127 cu ft. so hoppus foot around 100 as bigj said. Still a ridulous price at 35 a cube.