New venture help, wood prices etc

[woodworm]

Ok

Its obvious you don't trust anyone in forestry, so go and speak to a large farming estate or 5 within 30 miles of your farm and ask them how they do their forestry. Ask them which contractor they use who they can trust and then go with a similar system or use their contractor, If you want to extract it yourself you can expect the harvestiing to cost you more because the forwarder will be sitting idle while the harvester fells your timber which you are going to get out yourself because you think it is a better way of doing it (it isnt).

A reputable contractor will enable you to receive a good income for your timber whatever quality, and can save you a lot of hassle.

 

Alternatively...

 

You have already said you can get your buddy to harvest it and you can do the rest so do it, whats the problem?

 

You have been given various answers from different people, surely one of them must be a goer?

[john k]

Give Andy Wright at English Woodlands Forestry a call (01825 890381). They manage a lot of privately owned woodlands in Kent and Sussex and can help with as much or as little of your timber operation as you need. They are part of English Woodlands Timber and are very knowledgeable about the local timber markets.

 

Do you have approved management plans in place for your woods? They can help with that too, and have plenty of experience of working with farm woodlands and understand the grant implications.

 

Good luck. It sounds like a great opportunity to get a lot of woodland back into production.