100ft Oak Tree available

[rafeeaster1]

Hi,

I am new to the forum so hopefully I am in the right place.

We have a healthy oak tree that needs to be removed to make way for a new building. It is approximately 100ft tall, very straight trunk (see pics) and has been surveyed to confirm it is in good health. It is 10ft circumference (measured at 6ft from the ground).

We would like to try and sell it for its plank potential as it really is very straight.

We have checked and this is no TPO on it so it is good to go.

Can anyone suggest how to go about finding a potential buyer for something like this?

The tree is located in Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0TB.

Thanks in advance Arbtalk!

[defenderjack]

Hi,

I am new to the forum so hopefully I am in the right place.

We have a healthy oak tree that needs to be removed to make way for a new building. It is approximately 100ft tall, very straight trunk (see pics) and has been surveyed to confirm it is in good health. It is 10ft circumference (measured at 6ft from the ground).

We would like to try and sell it for its plank potential as it really is very straight.

We have checked and this is no TPO on it so it is good to go.

Can anyone suggest how to go about finding a potential buyer for something like this?

The tree is located in Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0TB.

Thanks in advance Arbt

 

whats the accses like , can you get a crane or hiab near it? Other wise you plan is nackered !

Unless its easy for somebody to pick up in a large stick it wont be worth much.

Milling on site is possible but from the picture it doest look like you can fell it

[rafeeaster1]

Hi,

Thanks for your comments. The access is good, the lane runs just behind the fence panel you can see behind the tree. The fence could probably come out without too much of an issue.

[kev7937]

Much as its posted far to regularly the "highly valuable black walnut tree" video may apply here.

[Kveldssanger]

That is, nonetheless, a good straight bit of timber there.

[kev7937]

That is, nonetheless, a good straight bit of timber there.

 

 

Yep. Once the crowns been dismantled there's a nice lump of wood there. Unless there is room to drop it of course.

[Cheesy pete]

i could be wrong but that looks more like a 50ft-60ft tree to me

[Mick Dempsey]

Now purely in the interests of furthering the debate, and from a viewpoint of some one who knows very little about milling etc.

That crease which is visible in the pictures could be a sign of "shake" or not?

[Kveldssanger]

If we are looking at the same thing (third picture just under the tape) it may just be slight fibrous kinking, either self-inflicted or due to a pocket of decay. It may also be nothing whatsoever.

 

A circumferential shake may be unlikely as there is no signs of wounding.

 

Of course, I may be entirely incorrect here.

[agg221]

"Highly valuable black walnut tree" only applies if the figure anticipated is unrealistic.

 

Very roughly, assuming the fence panels are 8' wide, it looks like there is room to drop about a 24' stick. This, conveniently, appears to be the height to where the branches spring, so the best bit. I doubt there is a good way to take a second length out, which would be inferior anyway.

 

There is a bit of taper, but mid-girth looks like it would still be around 8'. This is convenient, as it suggests around 100 Hoppus feet.

 

Price-wise, what counts for it is that it's a good size, clean and straight. What counts against is is that there is a single stick (not a full load) and there is a bit of spiral growth to it, although not too bad. No idea on local prices, but £4-6/Hoppus would seem realistic.

 

There may be something going on under that depression in the bark, but it won't be shake (that's a crack which arises either during or after felling. It could be some localised decay, but I wouldn't expect it to spread very far.

 

Alec