How much?

[oakland firewood]

I'm just wondering what the top prices per hopis foot I should be getting for my timber. I've got grade A and B ash and grade A oak? Many thanks

[lgl]

I have dropped you a p.m but for the benefit of others I am the buyer for a company and always keen to discuss parcels of timber.

[Big Beech]

I have dropped you a p.m but for the benefit of others I am the buyer for a company and always keen to discuss parcels of timber.

 

Posts like this really annoy me. Why the glandestine "cant say bollox"

Is this not an open forum to share and learn

[Stubby]

Posts like this really annoy me. Why the glandestine "cant say bollox"

Is this not an open forum to share and learn

 

Why does he not just pm . He does not have to tell anyone that he has , then we would not know and would not get annoyed ??

[lgl]

Oh dear, can you tell what something is worth without seeing it? I doubt it.

Hardwood prices are dictated by a lot of factors on a tree to tree basis as I am sure arb work is.

Prices get bandied around and people get the wrong idea,the o p didn't give location which is always to be considered , standing , felled , at stump , roadside, shake free, knot free, Ash coloured or white, what size etc. etc.

[Mobile Milling Mike]

Good grief have I accidentaly stumbled onto the "Mothers Net " forum?Guy (ok maybe gal ) asks for a guide , we all know its not that simple ,so probably he needs guidance not Bullshit.I guess he is a bit new to selling timber ,as we all were once.

OP ,In an ideal world you would get top price for everything. But this aint that world. So. First you need to know what the raw timber costs , what your conversion rate is (I reccon with a woodmizer ,that it takes 1 1/2 hoppus cube per cubic ft .What your milling costs and standing costs are . Anything else is profit.

I find Ash a complete pain to sell ,others may think different. There is always a ready demand for Oak ,but not the top grade stuff, the general ,timber framing stuff. I sell it in quantity at between £18 and £20 per cubic ft . I dont muck about with different prices for longer lengths because the people I deal with buy for a complete project so I take the rough with the smooth.

If you have some realy good timber ,it can become a real thorn in the side for a small operator. You wind up having to store it and season it , which takes up space ,and the wastage can be phenomenal. To go for this market ,I think you need to be well established and have an already existing "bread and butter" market.

This is my first post on arb talk ,and I guess it is a bit of a rant. They do say start as you mean to go on.

Edited February 15, 2014 by Mobile Milling Mike
spelling (my spelling is cr.p)

[Acg128]

Good grief have I accidentaly stumbled onto the "Mothers Net " forum?Guy (ok maybe gal ) asks for a guide , we all know its not that simple ,so probably he needs guidance not Bullshit.I guess he is a bit new to selling timber ,as we all were once.

OP ,In an ideal world you would get top price for everything. But this aint that world. So. First you need to know what the raw timber costs , what your conversion rate is (I reccon with a woodmizer ,that it takes 1 1/2 hoppus cube per cubic ft .What your milling costs and standing costs are . Anything else is profit.

I find Ash a complete pain to sell ,others may think different. There is always a ready demand for Oak ,but not the top grade stuff, the general ,timber framing stuff. I sell it in quantity at between £18 and £20 per cubic ft . I dont muck about with different prices for longer lengths because the people I deal with buy for a complete project so I take the rough with the smooth.

If you have some realy good timber ,it can become a real thorn in the side for a small operator. You wind up having to store it and season it , which takes up space ,and the wastage can be phenomenal. To go for this market ,I think you need to be well established and have an already existing "bread and butter" market.

This is my first post on arb talk ,and I guess it is a bit of a rant. They do say start as you mean to go on.

 

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[Copford sawmill sussex]

Is your timber still in the round or milled?

[Mobile Milling Mike]

Hah , good point,I just assumed that since it was in this section it was already milled. I am currently paying £3.50 per hoppus ft for oak in tree lengths ,taking the good with the bad . I would describe it as grade B. But again ,what I said about the top class stuff, it is a lot harder to place and get a good return.

[agrimog]

type of timber, grade, seasoned or green, length and dimensions, and most importantly area your in, these factors all dictate prices, and till you get a good market set up , its very much a try and get what you can for it type of business, try and find a niche that nobody else has exploited and go for it, nobody is ever going to become super rich milling small lots of hardwood in the UK, the big boys have the volume market sewn up, small specialists is all thats left