Thuja butts

[timbernut]

Hi all I have been felling some nice sized western red cedar for a customer this week and they've said I can buy some of the bigger primary lengths (about 18" tip at 6m) trouble is not sure what to offer as don't have large funds and don't want to kick em in the nuts (good customers), but I don't want to see em go in the chipper for biomass either. Any advice greatly appreciated!

[agg221]

I generally reckon that a good default position for timber of slightly unknown quality but probably good, which probably won't have any special grain, and with no particular purpose in mind is in the £3-£5/Hoppus foot range. The size is good, so I'd probably go with £4/Hoppus foot as fair to all parties.

 

Alec

[Copford sawmill sussex]

As above we biy western red from euro forests for around £3

[farmer rod]

Hi all I have been felling some nice sized western red cedar for a customer this week and they've said I can buy some of the bigger primary lengths (about 18" tip at 6m) trouble is not sure what to offer as don't have large funds and don't want to kick em in the nuts (good customers), but I don't want to see em go in the chipper for biomass either. Any advice greatly appreciated!

 

where roughly?

[timbernut]

That's helpful, thanks:) I'm in Norfolk, Rod

[shendy]

Are they wanting to sell much?

[timbernut]

There's probably about a dozen roughly that size which are any good for milling, so i want em all as I have a roundwood frame to do in the near future and I'm gathering wood for cladding, shingles etc. incidentally I'm lookin for Lawson cypress or sweet chestnut standing at about 8" dbh in Norfolk or Suffolk? Thanks

[Rob D]

Western Red Cedar is very very good for making 'stump stools...'

 

 

The bark peels off quickly and easily in one sheet and the stump then dries very quickly...

 

 

[timbernut]

Western Red Cedar is very very good for making 'stump stools...'

 

 

The bark peels off quickly and easily in one sheet and the stump then dries very quickly...

 

 

 

Yeah it's very satisfying debarking thuja! Also nice to chisel joints although a bit brittle, how small a diameter do you go down to for your stools?

[agg221]

There's probably about a dozen roughly that size which are any good for milling, so i want em all as I have a roundwood frame to do in the near future and I'm gathering wood for cladding, shingles etc. incidentally I'm lookin for Lawson cypress or sweet chestnut standing at about 8" dbh in Norfolk or Suffolk? Thanks

 

May be a bit further than you want to go, but Essex Wildlife Trust run a couple of SC coppice woods in Southend, which isn't too bad down the A12. They can sometimes be prevailed upon to sell it in the round for an interesting project, rather than charcoal it (which is what they usually do).

 

Alec