Worth my time to extract alder

[Marsh Monkey]

i've been working on a fetid swamp for the last month along the side of it has been a bunch of 18" plus alders my guess is bout 60 tonnes i reckon i can get them to dryish land but was wondering if it's worth it.. i was figuring they may be worth a bit as firewood unless anyone wants to make a load of clogs the site is near king's lynn

[skyhuck]

Its good fire wood, I like it.

[Scott Walker]

Second that, I've sold alot this year and the customers love it.

[slack ma girdle]

i'll third it, it is one of the fastest seasoning woods, and smells good when burning.

[Mark Bolam]

Try and contact some charcoal burners mate.

There's a lass on here but she's in the NE so the haulage would kill it.

Might be worth a PM like, for contacts?

Elfinwood.

[gdh]

It's not my favourite wood but it burns well enough, only issue I can see is size - there's not many people who want it that big. Might be worth finding a buyer first in case you can't shift it straight away.

[Ashes_Firewood]

Easy to cut and split. Dries quick. Burns well.

[TGB]

I read somewhere, that the original pilings that Venice sit on are of Alder. Good for jetty and pier building too.

[HertsWood]

I love alder, great firewood, perfect for making charcoal!

[Marsh Monkey]

Thanks for the replys to be honest it's more the fetid bog part that scares me... reckon its a good 400 yards to anything that could be considered as solid ground so couldn't get a forwarder to it. i've got a iron horse that'll prob skid out about half a tonne a go but only at walking pace and i'll still have to build a bit of corduroy over several really wet bits (over the top of my chainsaw waders) reckon it'll take at least a week to get it out so don't know if the time it takes is worth the value of the timber