Walnut Tree for Sale ..

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Hi There, I have a very old Walnut tree which did not have many Leafs on Last year and this years so far no sine of life at all (i have another and it has started to show sines of life) So I am going to take it down and was thinking about Selling the Tree. Would you be interested . if so I am looking for a guide to the value..

 

I have Messaged RobD. but if anyones has any leads on best place to sell or a price guide. that would really help ..

 

Cheers

 

Andy

 

 

its approx. 2.70m round..

[steve7962]

Let's start with where abouts are you?

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Isle Of Wight. But I have people around to Move it if thats a help.. I am half thinking about keeping it my self and taking it to my Local Mill ( a friend) but I just don't know the Value .. no idea at all ..

 

Cheers

 

 

Andy

[agg221]

The value of walnut is heavily dependent on the heartwood/sapwood ratio and the colour. You won't really know about this, or any rot up the middle or from old branch wounds, until the tree is down.

 

Keep the main trunk full length - if it's too heavy to move it is better to chainsaw mill up the middle to make it moveable than to cut it in half lengthways. I wouldn't cut it where you've marked the 2.8m but rather go all the way up to the main fork as it will give more options - maybe longer boards and better figuring. Make the felling cut absolutely as low as possible.

 

Once it's down, pictures of the ends and an assessment of length/rot damage will give a more accurate idea on value.

 

As a rough guide, if you find it is clean and of good colour with only a narrow sapwood band, you might get £6-8/Hoppus foot at the top end, or sell it easily at £4/Hoppus foot. It will be in the region of 50 Hoppus feet, approximately £200-400 range. Your location will count against you a bit as the cost of collection would also include a ferry.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Alec

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Cheers Alec, Just checking I have the correct . if the Wood is in good shape the main trunk could be worth a total of £200/400 ?

 

not sure what a "Hoppus feet" means

 

 

Andy

[se7enthdevil]

a hoppus foot is a measure of timber that accounts for wastage at the mill.

 

it equates to 1.25 ft3 meaning that for every hoppus foot cut from the tree you should get a single cubic foot milled.

 

if that tree is 50 hoppus feet as alec suggests then you should get 50ft3 off milled boards with about 12ft3 waste.

[grayedout]

a hoppus foot is a measure of timber that accounts for wastage at the mill.

 

it equates to 1.25 ft3 meaning that for every hoppus foot cut from the tree you should get a single cubic foot milled.

 

if that tree is 50 hoppus feet as alec suggests then you should get 50ft3 off milled boards with about 12ft3 waste.

 

Thanks for the info .. so is that around £200/400 total ish? Just if we are talking hundreds I will use the tree myself.. that was all

 

 

Andy

[agg221]

Thanks for the info .. so is that around £200/400 total ish?

 

Yes, once it's down, and assuming it is OK for rot and with not too much sapwood.

 

Walnut is not worth the thousands of pounds which many people assume it to be - there is a lot of work in milling, stacking, seasoning, converting into finished object before it acquires significant value.

 

Alec

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Great, Thats what I was looking for really .. So its a project for me then to get it down and to the Mill.. Just need to make my mind up on Plank thickness .. for me a 1 1/2" is good to work with but that doesn't cover all used maybe I will get some plank and the some Beam size sections to dry in my barn till I know what to do with it..

 

I have loved this tree for over 10 yrs gutted it dead or almost..