Squaredy
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Thank you Mr Girdle. I believe that again these are made in the USA and/or Canada. Unless you know otherwise? The customer was trying to source UK made shingles. It is quite a common request these days to have locally sourced materials - especially when there is grant money going into the mix of a new build.
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Thank you for that, and I will watch the video. My father also lived in an ex forestry house until he died two years ago. This was a substantial brick house but roofed with cedar shingles, produced the other side of the Atlantic. What I was asking was whether there are any shingle manufacturers in the UK.
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I have been asked if I can produce cedar shingles. I can’t and have no wish to try but I wondered if anyone in the UK does make cedar shingles commercially. I have never heard of a UK manufacturer; but do any of you arbtalkers know better?
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Had this leaflet through my door today. I love the concept of a cooling off period on tree work. I am almost tempted to ask them to trim the acer in my front garden which does need an hour or two with the secateurs. Then I can phone them after a week and say I have changed my mind.
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Don't forget the pancakes on Jif Lemon day...
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Just watched the video, and I agree he is a bit of a pillock. But to be fair to him he is trying to do practical things to make the streets safer. More police, CCTV, etc. Actually it all looks rather tame compared to some parts of my home town... OK, we all know the real solution is much more deep rooted, and as has already been said in this thread is parenting. And I would suggest peer pressure, lack of discipline in schools, etc, etc. But let's be honest: no politician of any colour has got a clue how to fix the real problems.
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Yew is beautiful...
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Is there a good reason you have to have red cedar?
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They are in very short supply. I had two loads at the end of last year from Euroforest. They cost me £160 per ton delivered. That is the most I have ever paid for any logs - even good oak I last paid £130 for.
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52,000 acres apparently. Plus hundreds of other properties in wales and Somerset of course. Quite a lot of trees I guess!
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Here is a pic I found of some of the sawlogs I was offered. This is the batch that failed to sell. I assume it did eventually find a buyer. Funnily enough I found an email from a man offering me a yew tree in 2017 who lives in Washington state. I told him I would only consider buying if he could deliver to me. I didn't hear back...
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I just checked and found the emails - it was badminton estate and Wooten Basset. I would have considered buying them but I generally find yew sells very slowly, and I have plenty of logs still waiting to be milled. I don’t like milling them much due to the toxic dust.
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It is not as rare as you might think. I was offered two lots of about one hundred and twenty tons of good quality yew milling logs about three years ago. They included quite a few big stems and as far as I know they failed to sell. Price was about £100 per ton. As has been said it is all about having a buyer, and in the UK they are a bit thin on the ground.
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Yes; I don’t get a lot of people asking for birch, but show the customer a dry board sanded or planed and they sell well.
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Lovely! I have no idea why more birch logs don’t get offered for milling. On the occasions I get birch logs the timber always sells quickly once dry.
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Actually sorry, that is assuming they are forest grown. If they are from a park or garden then halve that as they may be full of nails etc.
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£100 to £133 per ton for firewood logs? Unless a veneer producer wants them that is what they are worth.
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Sounds like it could be most of a lorry load - maybe fifteen tons or more anyway. Probably worth around £1500 to £2000 as sawlogs to the right person. Of course it is worth a lot more if milled, but only if that person knows how to dry and sell the timber.
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So do you have a price in mind, and an estimate of volume?
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Is transport an option or do they have to be collected from where they are to be felled?
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help with cost to offer for oversizes logs
Squaredy replied to farmerjohn1980's topic in Milling Forum
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help with cost to offer for oversizes logs
Squaredy replied to farmerjohn1980's topic in Milling Forum
The actual commercial value of the logs in the photos is roughly nil. What you need to do is work out what you are willing to pay and how much money will persuade the farmer to part with them. They will contain a mixture of good timber and rubbish, and will take quite a few days (or maybe a couple of weeks) to convert. Then the timber needs to be properly stacked in the dry for several years; and found buyers for which may also take years. If the farmer really just wants them out the way I am sure you will strike a deal. If he thinks they are worth decent money just walk away. -
And what about if the punter simply goes to Google and searches? Does anyone use Yell these days? I agree Mr Bullman might be a better bet. I believe he advertises on this forum somewhere…
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Also correct the thread title - it is quite misleading. I thought you were considering TV advertising (Telly)! I had visions of an advert in the middle of salvage hunters for a local tree surgeon…!
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I assume you mean £250 per month? If so, tread carefully, how are they going to get you leads? Or is it just prominence on the web? If the latter does this need to link to a professional looking website to work? Effective marketing can be complicated, and a lot may depend on who the local competition is. I’m not saying don’t do it but give us arbtalkers more details and you may get some useful feedback.
