poplar

[shooterjim]

What is the value of poplar? They are cutting a good sized block of maybe an acre which has lovelly tall straight trees of approx 12" diameter. Any use for firewood?

[D A Tree Surgeons]

Good for Kinderling

[Mortimer Firewood]

We will pay 16 per tonne

[gensetsteve]

Where are they roughly ?

[Yeti]

if straight and knot free,try find some local timbersports chaps,i know we chop pop quite alot.failing that it actually isnt a terrible firewood once seasoned just burns rather speedy.

[Hodge]

Bryant and may love it;)

[gensetsteve]

Bryant and may love it;)

 

I thought Bryant and may own forest full of the stuff but cost more to extract than they can buy and ship in.

[I Sell Cheap]

Poplar is a great firewood just needs leaving 12 months to fully season prior to splitting mixed with alder and leylandii. Poplar burns up well and then the laser burns slower once lit and the leylandii flames well when dry. I mop up all the pop I can get.

[Marko]

"just needs leaving 12 months to fully season prior to splitting"

 

Our pop takes at least a year to season after splitting. Never had any luck trying to season it in the round.

[I Sell Cheap]

Guy in Stoke bought a load of green poplar now he's selling it 'ready to burn' but of course it won't burn and he won't get any repeat custom as a result.

He's now doing the same with fresh softwood. On that subject I've seen a few pallets of kindling that was sold as dry and covered in a forest of white and grey mould, shocking but its going on.