oak in huddersfield

[climberchris]

got some oak stems in huddersfield that really want milling otherwise they are just going for firewood. anyone interested?

[climberchris]

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[agg221]

These are too far for me, but I suggest putting some dimensions up (diameter across the bottom end, and across the heartwood), plus length. It's not dead straight, so I suggest giving a length to the bend (ie the longest section you could mill straight) and then an overall length.

 

Alec

[armchairarborist]

I'm collecting these on Friday, thanks Chris. Not big logs but worth milling rather than firewood.

[climberchris]

Cheers Ed. See you then

[Big J]

Glad to hear that they are going to good use. They are small, but would make nice mantel pieces.

 

Jonathan

[treequip]

Glad to hear that they are going to good use. They are small, but would make nice mantel pieces.

 

Jonathan

 

That's the one, you see stuff like that roughed out to beams at various farm sales where it commands some miserable prices, the line between timber and firewood is narrow indeed.

[Big J]

My mantel pieces tend to be £20-25 a cubic foot green, which is £700-875 a cubic metre. Accepted you have a firewood element of waste before you get that, but I can assure you that firewood has next to no value compared to sawn timber. I've 80 odd cubic metres of firewood at the yard, which has the same final value as 3-4 cubic metres of sawn oak. It takes much longer to process, takes up much more space and is far more time consuming to deliver.

 

Jonathan

[treequip]

My mantel pieces tend to be £20-25 a cubic foot green, which is £700-875 a cubic metre. Accepted you have a firewood element of waste before you get that, but I can assure you that firewood has next to no value compared to sawn timber. I've 80 odd cubic metres of firewood at the yard, which has the same final value as 3-4 cubic metres of sawn oak. It takes much longer to process, takes up much more space and is far more time consuming to deliver.

 

Jonathan

 

What's the preferred cross section and where do you market them to get that price?

[Big J]

The mantel pieces or the sawn timber?

 

Mantel pieces I don't do too many of. I get asked now and again, and it's a good use of smaller timber. Regarding sawn timber, I try to only use oak over 30 inches in diameter (ideally over 40"). Larger logs are chainsawmill halved, sometimes quartered. This gives lots of stability and I get little movement when drying. It is then sold to local (and not so local) cabinet makers.

 

Jonathan