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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 :sneaky2:

 

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.

 

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£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 :laugh1:

 

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 :lol:

 

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

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