Large oaks advice please

[lgl]

This latter need not always be the case but it will put buyers off. If you are prepared to sell the second lengths delivered in with some beams as long as the mill can get some posts or scantling off them they were still worth £2/Hft+ and selling off butts at £4/Hf (all 1990 prices as I've been out of it a long time) meant you had to do your sums before making a decision. The mills that want planking butts will normally sell off the second lengths to another mill.

 

 

 

Yes they tended to be separate markets

 

Lots of beams less than 500Ht are more attractive to people with mobile mills and decent oak through the log seems to attract £3.50/Hft

£3.50 hoppus through a parcel is a fair price, at roadside.

2000 hoppus is not such a large parcel and that's why I suggest selling it as one, it is easy to run into the part load situation .

[openspaceman]

2000 hoppus is not such a large parcel and that's why I suggest selling it as one, it is easy to run into the part load situation .

 

It's a fair parcel for a small woodland but maybe not for the big estates and FC.

 

The bit about the part load is a good point, I used to teach that the part load would often fall in value to the next (lower) grade in the assortment. e.g. a remaining part load of beech seconds (for framing) would have to be sent in with mining timber, it was often only fetching 25p/Hft over mining timber when that sold at 50p/Hft.

[stigwood]

Thanks to you all for the good advice