walnut tree is about to be felled! What to do with it?

[Big J]

If the butt is sound it would be a shame to chainsaw mill it. On a two foot butt on 1.5 inch boards, you'd lose two boards in sawdust.

 

Anyone locally with a band mill?

[Big Beech]

I vote to leave it be, unless serious root issues with the house?

[TFS]

Hi

Does look good to stay. But if butt is sound as big J says have bandmill 20 mills away.

 

Send me a message if I can be of any use.

 

David

[treequip]

I vote to leave it be, unless serious root issues with the house?

 

Ha ha ha. You don't get a vote, its not a democracy.

 

The client has a plan of action in mind the best we can do is offer advice and allow the client to make an informed choice.

[treequip]

Hi there

 

I have a beautiful, mature, taller than my house, 80 inch circumference walnut tree in my garden.

 

Sadly it was planters by the previous owner, just 8 meters from the house!

 

There is plenty of access to the tree to get it down.

 

We are trying to figure out what to do with it, and would rather not burn such a beautiful tree.

 

Any suggestions or offers?

 

The tree is between Cwmbran and Abergavenny, in South Wales

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

 

The first thing to establish is, is the timber is any better than firewood. I have seen plenty of walnut stems that are completely goosed either through decay or defects. Its also entirely possible that it has nails or worse in it, garden trees often do and that would reduce its value particularly at a sawmill.

 

At best the timber is used for gun stocks, at the other end of the scale wood turners like it and take the smaller stuff.

 

Any value is accrued when the timber is processed, which often means transporting it. Transport can take a bight out of any profit, mobile band mills can mill it on site but you need to get it next to the mill, chainsaw milling is slower and less economic but for a single tree with the potential for inclusions and bad access is probably the best option.

[Woodworks]

If the wood is sound it would nice to see made into something other than firewood. This box is English walnut

[JLA Arborists]

Would it not make a nice blank for a carver?

[Mike Dempsey]

wasted on a carver or wood turner!

[TGB]

PM sent.

[Rob D]

I'd be the first to say have it down usually but it does look a cracking healthy tree from the pic....

 

 

If you do take it down could you plant another in it's place?