Are felled trees worth more as logs or butts?

[flanagaj]

As an ex furniture maker I always think it is complete sacrilege to see a huge tree being felled and then ringed for firewood. A few years back I did post on here about buying a Lucas sawmill so that I could turn these old beauties into something that could be used.

 

What is the reason so many trees are ringed for firewood. I suspect ease and removal is the primary reason?

 

I still daydream of owning a mobile mill and spending my days in a forest sawing away in my own little world!

[hiluxstihl]

for me because its more convenient, even guys turning wood wont travel, sawmills here want it at there door and insult you with a price, turn it into firewood itll sell

[treequip]

As an ex furniture maker I always think it is complete sacrilege to see a huge tree being felled and then ringed for firewood. A few years back I did post on here about buying a Lucas sawmill so that I could turn these old beauties into something that could be used.

 

What is the reason so many trees are ringed for firewood. I suspect ease and removal is the primary reason?

 

I still daydream of owning a mobile mill and spending my days in a forest sawing away in my own little world!

 

How many have you actually seen cut for firewood?

 

Most of the ones I see aren't fit for anything other than firewood or the extraction makes it uneconomical, that and when the client sees you carting dimensioned timber away they start to think you should be paying them

[flanagaj]

How many have you actually seen cut for firewood?

 

Put it this way, I have never seen a single mobile saw mill in Dorset on site at a felled tree.

 

Most of the ones I see aren't fit for anything other than firewood or the extraction makes it uneconomical

That is a good point and could be the main reason why I don't see butts waiting to be sawn up.

 

when the client sees you carting dimensioned timber away they start to think you should be paying them

Always the way. People don't seem to understand the investment that you have outlayed to have a mobile mill, truck ...

[treequip]

Put it this way, I have never seen a single mobile saw mill in Dorset on site at a felled tree.

 

That is a good point and could be the main reason why I don't see butts waiting to be sawn up.

 

Always the way. People don't seem to understand the investment that you have outlayed to have a mobile mill, truck ...

 

Based on how many sites?

[Brushcutter]

As an ex furniture maker I always think it is complete sacrilege to see a huge tree being felled and then ringed for firewood. A few years back I did post on here about buying a Lucas sawmill so that I could turn these old beauties into something that could be used.

 

What is the reason so many trees are ringed for firewood. I suspect ease and removal is the primary reason?

 

I still daydream of owning a mobile mill and spending my days in a forest sawing away in my own little world!

 

Most trees are felled for a reason normally because they're rotten. Failing that i've felled some really big Oaks and the timber has been so shakey that its good for nothing. Also people knock nails into them which stains the timber and blunts saws.

 

The other reason is that quite often the access is so poor so you cant get the kit into get the timber out. Also running a grab lorry/forwarder is very expensive.

 

I've milled a lot of timber and once you've priced it to cover the cost of you doing it very few people want it.

[SteveA]

To me a tree is worth a lot more as a tree than firewood or furniture. Cheers, Steve

[MattyF]

Thing is I'm moving a load of walnut , yew and elm out of my work shop now , when you take in to consideration the rent of it being stored there its probably worth more as logs , if I had a saw mill now I would be making loads of fence panels and chucking them out at £40 a pop and they would be selling!

 

 

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