Oak Sawlog Value

[Dorset Treeman]

We will have an arctic load of fairly low quality oak sawlogs.

 

The trees are mainly 60-80cm diameter over bark and 3m plus in length. Not all are unbranched although there are a couple of nice straight clean stems amongst them.

 

We have been offered £45 a m3 roadside by a cabinet maker for them which is the same money we have been getting for firewood.

 

I'm not sure what best to do with these.

 

Should I take the cabinet makers offer?

 

Should I sell as a whole parcel and hope to get a bit more?

 

Or should I split up the logs into parcels depending on the quality and sell this way?

 

I will try and post photos later today.

[Big J]

£45 is taking the piss. Even fairly poor quality oak up here will make £100. Very low quality 'fencing' grade will make at least £60.

 

Post some pictures and I'll try to give you a rough value.

[Dorset Treeman]

Thanks Big J. I didn't manage to get pictures today but will post some on here as soon as I can.

[MattyF]

£45 is taking the piss. Even fairly poor quality oak up here will make £100. Very low quality 'fencing' grade will make at least £60.

 

Post some pictures and I'll try to give you a rough value.

 

 

Just paid £45 a tonne for oak and mixed hard woods amongst them was some decent oak we have separated and won't put through the processor, the seller was debating putting a parcel together of decent timber together but I mentioned it on here and no one seemed interested so like most things it's a buyers market @£45 a tonne its reasonable if your buying the lot ! Not separated I recon ,

[Big J]

That first, larger butt in the stack would be £140 a tonne roadside if it was a fully load of that quality.

[MattyF]

Most of the what was on the loads was this though, there's still some to pick out that's not got bad shake but hope fully got some decent saw logs for the mill but that's good to know thanks J .

[Dorset Treeman]

A bit later than planned but here are a few photos of the oaks. They are around 50-60cm over-bark mid diameter and mostly between 2m and 4.5m long.

 

Any more thoughts?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

£45 is taking the piss. Even fairly poor quality oak up here will make £100. Very low quality 'fencing' grade will make at least £60.

 

Post some pictures and I'll try to give you a rough value.

 

Where you are maybe, but OP is in dorset? and poor quality oak would get £35 here in devon. £100 is totally off the scale.

[Big J]

Where you are maybe, but OP is in dorset? and poor quality oak would get £35 here in devon. £100 is totally off the scale.

 

That is perhaps why it's easier to be a sawmill up here than in most other parts of the country. AJ Scotts are charging £135 a tonne delivered in for crappy quality. Good quality is double that, top quality triple. At £45 a tonne, I'd haul it up here for that. No estate/contractor is going to make money at £45 a tonne - what's the point in felling it?

[slack ma girdle]

That is perhaps why it's easier to be a sawmill up here than in most other parts of the country. AJ Scotts are charging £135 a tonne delivered in for crappy quality. Good quality is double that, top quality triple. At £45 a tonne, I'd haul it up here for that. No estate/contractor is going to make money at £45 a tonne - what's the point in felling it?

 

Based on the pictures above i reckon that it would cost me about £18-22 per cube to fell and extract, so selling at £45 is going to make reasonable money, even if it is low grade saw logs.