25m3 Norway Spruce & 125m3 of Sweet Chestnut in Dorset

[Dorset Treeman]

I have 25m3 of norway spruce and 125m3 of sweet chestnut going to be roadside in January 2014 in Dorchester Dorset.

 

I know its not the best firewood but anyone interested? Really need to be aiming at the fencing market I guess but this seemed like the best forum to start a thread.

 

Mensuration in both spruce and chestnut showed a mean diameter at breast height of 24cm/9.5 inches.

 

The Norway spruce is a thinning of heavily overstocked P.1965 trees.

 

The Sweet chestnut is a mixture of coppice and maidens and the dbh range was 11cm/ 4 1/3 inches - 54cm/ 21 1/3 inches. Its pretty straight and the one I felled as a sample was one of the larger stems and it had no sign of ring shake.

 

Alan

[doobin]

I thought chestnut stakes and posts were in hight demand down your way?

[Woodworks]

I had heard sweet chestnut was not good to burn but having asked on here it seems like it is pretty good so should get plenty of takers. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/65823-sweet-chestnut-any-good-burn.html

 

I would be interested in a load but suspect haulage would kill it down to west Devon

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Spruce £/m3 roadside ? Thanks.

[carpenter1]

prices?

[Dorset Treeman]

I am new to this so would like to invite prices so please PM me with any offers.

 

Just to give you an idea, I have been offered £20 per m3 for the spruce biomass and £50 per m3 for a parcel of the smaller diameter chestnut - unfortunately they only want around 15-20% of the chestnut available so I need to consider my options.

 

If anyone not interested (and therefore impartial) would like to offer their thoughts on what is the going rate for each species, I would appreciate it.

 

I have also submitted details onto woodlots today which I think will take them a day or two to publish so I am hoping to generate a some interest somewhere.

 

Thanks.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

The spruce should fetch £25/metre for firewood...

[Dorset Treeman]

I would be happy with £25 per m3 for the spruce.

[Dorset Logger]

Where does it need to be collected from Alan? im near Dorch and could be interested in chestnut,

Simon

[Dorset Treeman]

PM sent about exact location.