Price of oak

[treedave]

Still a good way to empty the yard, and a nice cheque to bank despite haulage.

 

 

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[skyhuck]

Went straight from site, kicked a big hole in the invoice for the client, everybody's happy

[agg221]

Cheers, for that. Buyers preference is 9-10' lengths. Range of sizes up to about 25-28" dia. mid log. If it makes a difference is cumbrian oak from the the heart of the Lake District. Puts £40K on house prices, wonder what it does to timber values 😜

 

 

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What size are the smaller ones, and what proportion of small to large? That will determine how much to come down from £6.

 

Alec

[White Noise]

Went straight from site, kicked a big hole in the invoice for the client, everybody's happy

 

Good business is that

 

Wow I am shocked at how little value Oak has placed on it ? Not much different than firewood ? Unless I,m missing something . We don't sell much except from the occasional decent stick .

[skyhuck]

£6 per hoppus foot is £162 a tonne. That is 3 times what you would get for the best quality processor sized oak. I think you might be missing something

 

Yes but who pays that???

 

Theres always talk of that kind of money, but when the time comes no one wants the write the cheque

[skyhuck]

I usually pay £4-5, so between £100 and £130 a tonne. If you spoke to AJ Scotts in Northumberland, they want £15/hf for their best quality butts.

 

Would you buy 60 tons ?

[woodmad]

Dave

I have paid between £2 and £5/hp for Cumbrian oak, and it was done per stick, so you could take an average to save the hassle, depends how many sticks !

Stan

[agg221]

Yes but who pays that???

 

Theres always talk of that kind of money, but when the time comes no one wants the write the cheque

 

To be fair, you commented that the lot you sold had a mix of good and bad in it. No idea on the ratio of good to bad, or the size of the good, but that certainly has an influence. A lot of milling time is set-up, which takes about the same per stick, whether it's going to yield a good load of top quality timber, or far less. If there are defects to cut around that slows it even further.

 

I know it's an unanswerable question but I wonder how much you would have been offered per Hoppus ft if you had separated out the top grade stuff from the dross?

 

When the site where I work was cleared earlier this year the oak went out at £6/Hoppus ft, alongside a load of other species at their respective prices. One oak butt got left behind - I had a look and I reckon you could get something decent out of just over half of it but they were cutting beams and it had a rot streak up the centre (not sure how far up) and that was enough for them to simply reject it entirely - wasn't worth their while to cut it around.

 

Alec

[White Noise]

£6 per hoppus foot is £162 a tonne. That is 3 times what you would get for the best quality processor sized oak. I think you might be missing something

 

Like I said Big J , We don't sell a lot of timber . Still you have to factor in getting it to roadside .

 

My initial thought was that Oak at roadside would be a lot higher in value than Oak as firewood . There is not a massive difference . I realise your talking about processor sized Oak . Although I could make near the £162 if not more selling as fully processed firewood . Again I realise the extra effort and costs involved .Probably missing something again

 

Obviously a site clearance job I would sell the lot just to get rid .

Edited December 30, 2013 by White Noise