Hornbeam cordwood near Ardingly Sussex

[aryson]

Hi all,starting a job near Ardingly Sussex soon with 16 arctic loads of Hornbeam coming out,its mainly big timber so not all will be processor size,will be cut to 11ft so will fill three bays on arctic nicely,good hard access,if anyone local is interested and has there own haulage man let me know as its out of my haulage mans area,many thanks

[se7enthdevil]

some of the bigger stuff should be milled as its incredibly good timber...

[santacruz]

I dont know of much hardwood of any sizes or quality going for milling as firewood is fetching such a high price, and sawmills offering such a low one its easier just to firewood the lot at the moment.

[Big J]

There is so little money in firewood though. It's only just worth me selling my offcuts and I've already made my money from the log with the milling. I only need to cover my time and fuel. A solid cubic metre of good quality kiln dried Oak will bring in £1500. The best the equivalent amount of split oak firewood can muster is about £250.

 

That said, as nice as hornbeam is, it's brick hard to mill!

[se7enthdevil]

i hope my order hasnt put you off for life jon?

 

hornbeam is undoubtedly a great firewood and its charcoal was i believe used in the forge as it burnt hotter than other timbers but hornbeam is realy nice stuff and if there are any trees of a decent size then they can be easily used for cabintrty or furniture and lots of its traditional uses may have been replaced by modern materials but flooring made from it will never wear out and can be made in tool handles, chopping boards, butchers blocks, pestle and mortars, carriage wheel hubs and anywhere that uses a high load as its very hard and resists wear briliantly.

 

its also excelent for turning.

[bushtuckaman]

Yeah Steve, I learnt about Hornbeam when I tried to split a load of 10-15" semi seasoned rings with a maul...forget it!! Ironwood.

[se7enthdevil]

well it will split but you need some power... as you discovered.

 

 

the only firewood i'll have is the offcuts from my ripsaw...

[jackss565]

Hi,

 

We would be interested in at least 4 loads, what sort of price are you looking for?

 

Thanks

Jack

[Ben Sargent]

Hi there. I would be interested in any firewood that you have. We are based between east grinstead and tunbridge wells. We have unimog and forwarding trailer so would be able to extract and haul. Please give me a call on 07816 930750. Many thanks Ben

[Hodge]

There is so little money in firewood though. It's only just worth me selling my offcuts and I've already made my money from the log with the milling. I only need to cover my time and fuel. A solid cubic metre of good quality kiln dried Oak will bring in £1500. The best the equivalent amount of split oak firewood can muster is about £250.

 

That said, as nice as hornbeam is, it's brick hard to mill!

 

Fair enough but that mill of yours had to be paid for, and new bands etc so to say you only need to cover your time and fuel seems odd? What about the kiln and other overheads mate? If you have a nice lump of oak what woul the costings be to turn it into dry planks easy to sell? I'm not having a go I'm just interested to know:)