Green elm

[Johnpl315]

I potentially have some elm to mill out. Can anyone tell me what I should be paying per hoppus foot for it?

I have no way of drying or planing/levelling the planks I mill. I generally mill oak and sell as green oak. Will the elm sell this way and what's it likely to go for per cubic foot?

Thanks for any advice.

John

[agg221]

Hi John,

 

Big J sells a lot of elm, both green and seasoned, indicating that decent stuff will sell. The price to pay and the price you can sell for will depend a lot on quality/colour. Elm can be very pale, fairly straight grained and dull, through to richly coloured with curling, wavy grain and burring.

 

Alec

[Johnpl315]

Thanks for the advice. Any ideas how easy it is to get an idea of the colours from

The end grain?

Thanks

[agg221]

Fresh cut you can get a good idea of colour. Grain is harder but if the trunk is dead straight and clean it is less likely to be interesting than something gnarly.

 

Alec

[Big J]

Elm of any quality sells really. I usually work on the basis of making £4 a hoppus on green timber sales, £10 a cubic foot (not including wastage for drying cracks/defects) and £18 on kiln dried timber (again not including drying wastage). So your end price can be quite dependent on your start price!