Pricing guidance for buying trees for firewood etc.

[R5log]

Simple really, pay £20 for it if you do 2 tons an hour to roadside and roadside price is £45 average you on £50 an hour, less any one else's labour.

 

 

Am talking as example of general forestry price

[Wood wasp]

I buy standing timber, I wouldn't pay for scattered windblown timber as it's simply too much hassle and the economics don't add up.

[Hodge]

Just offer a token jesture for the wood, £100 the lot say take it or leave it. I did that years ago with a farmer and he was happy and so was I he even moved it back to my yard with his tractor.

[Deciduous Dan]

Jobs like that are normally done for the wood, as in you get the wood for free and the landowner gets the place neatened up for free every one wins as long as you get it done fast enough to cover your costs the risk is on you for that though.

 

The other way would be for you to charge for cutting and extracting and for the landowner to then sell the road side timber to try and cover the cost of hireing you.

 

Remember you are adding value to it by getting it to the roadside.

[BackoftheWoods]

Thanks for all the insightful replies guys, very helpful and confirming a lot of suspicions I already had about the economics of it.

 

A lot of the trees are of good 'millable' quality on the main stems, however I wouldn't say there would be enough to form an artic load for the local sawmill. So I'm thinking I would be better getting the Alaskan out on site, selling the planks to local woodturners etc. and as another user has suggested, having the remaining firewood as a bonus. After I have hopefully struck a deal with the landowner that is!

[ballibeg]

I do this as a favour to neighbouring farmers. I process on site with my own tractor. They get one bulk bag in 10 of logs. That's roughly 2 bags per tree. The other 18 I take and sell and they still owe me a favour!