Squaredy
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Not sure I can advise you really except to say milling really old tropical hardwoods can be tricky. I tried some Jarra a few months back (on my bandmill) - only 7 inch width of cut and it was hopeless - even with a new blade. These mills are designed for milling fresh unseasoned timber - not dense woods that have been hardening for 40 years. Only word of advice I could offer would be to try and get hold of a sample and try it!
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A lot depends on the condition of the beams. Even if they are full of holes and with nails etc they are potentially desirable. As you say, the challenge is finding someone willing to de-nail and mill them. Sometimes it takes so long the cost of this is as much as the timber is worth. And of course the other thing I am sure you know about is you need to find customers. And if it is a lot of timber, it may take years to find enough customers to take it all. Personally I would value both species at around £30 per cubic foot - but this is de-nailed. If selling as beams some people will not mind some nails of course.
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Sounds lovely. And I bet it will sound lovely!
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Much work needed? And you must tell us what size engine! Auto I hope?
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Oooohhhh what a find. Do put some pics up here!
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Interesting car what is it?
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Beautiful trees. -
Why wait? Timber dries mainly after milling so mill it and put it to dry.
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Yes there will be precious little difference even when new. Slightly wider sapwood in Dougie Fir and a wee bit pinker. No one except an expert will be able to tell.
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I smell a rat....
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Thanks Les, doesn't look like anyone has any Cypress they want to get rid of. We will see I will give it another day or two. A few years back I was offered 50 or 60 tons of Leylandii but I only used to buy hardwoods then. They were clean and straight and £20 per ton. I know I won't get that now but I thought I would get maybe a few offers...
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No-one got any Cypress they want to offload?
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I am after some Leylandii (or other Cypress or Cedar) logs for milling if someone near South East Wales has some going cheap. I need about two or three tons only and I can collect. Must be cleanish - not totally knotty as they are for making new doors for my garage.
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It is very difficult getting proper information about it isn't it? What is needed is a comparison showing the two types on similar logs. I am sure I read somewhere that the Lucas dedicated slabber powers the chain at a much higher speed as the gearing is set up for the chainsaw not for the circular saw. In which case this would surely result in faster cutting?
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Suitably spooky. I bet one could take a great photo of this on a misty night....
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I estimate from what you said that this log has an average diameter of 3ft. In which case it is 140 cubic feet which is around 4 tons. So you need another 5 or 6 logs about the same. This assumes of course you can get a full size timber lorry there. I do agree it is a shame when logs like this get turned into firewood. Sadly there are very few people who are willing or able to collect individual stems for a modest price. Sometimes a local farmer will help with a tractor and trailer, but if they are going to do it as a one off job and charge say £200, as the log is worth maybe £280 it is barely viable.
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If it were part of a parcel that would make at least one lorry load I would agree with £70 per ton. If it is on it’s own the transport cost is so high it is almost worthless. If you can deliver it of course that is different.
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6 feet I believe. The bar is nearly 8 feet long!
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Well I have taken the plunge and today purchased a second hand Peterson Dedicated Wide Slabber from another Arbtalker. Thanks to @MikesMill for that. It is generally sound condition, though with some alignement issues, but I think I can sort this out. I will start off with some reasonable size logs - three foot diameter or so, and then soon mill my 6ft diameter Cedar of Lebanon, 5ft Plane etc. I will post pics when there is something good to show! I think my transit just limped home as the throttle is becoming unresponsive. This may be the last time I need it so I guess that is good timing. Large slabs here we come.....
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Thank you Andrew I appreciate your input. It is not too late for my project - I am waiting for my spuds to finish so I haven't started groundwork yet! I think I will be using a membrane under the slab as well as using waterproof concrete. I had leftover plastic DPM from another job, or is there some huge advantage of using Visqueen? And yes I was hoping it would just be of a size that it can be cast as one with no joints.
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Surely there is an Arbtalker who has some dried Alder for the original poster? I know most of it gets chopped up for firewood but someone must have some dry slabs somewhere.....?
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Poisoning Trees with Roundup - Phytophthora
Squaredy replied to waterbird's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
I have today found out that NRW (Welsh FC) have been poisoning hundreds of Larch trees near me. Apparently they were going to miss their own deadline to fell, imposed in the Plant Health Order and so decided to poison the trees as the only other way of complying. So now there are many dead standing Larch, which if left long enough no forester is going to want to fell, and will end up with much reduced timber value. I am probably being a bit naive - is this a common practise? -
Les, thanks for the offer, but what is your setup? What wonder have you created....?
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Yeah thanks for that Johnsond, I appreciate your comments. I do like fabricating things, but I have to be realistic about my time, as I am also fabricating a new drying shed at my yard, and a garden building at home. I do have a helper so two handed milling is an option.
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Well yes I think chainsaw slabber is the way to go. The difficulty is knowing how they compare. If they were cars I would simply take them all out for a test drive. As it is, I can't even see them all running. For the most part you have to place an order based on a few Youtube videos and tech specs. Hence my question asking for experience of Arbtalkers who may know some of these machines.
