The Ruminant

10 hours ago, Squaredy said:

That is key….. finding buyers.  The size you have quoted is about fourteen and a half cubic feet, so in theory is worth maybe £450.  BUT the timber is not seasoned, and for most people is not a very useful size either.   The whole reason for milling logs is to turn a not very useful item (a large tree trunk) into a really useful item (a board or beam).  So the product you are trying to sell is impossible for most people to handle, not a useful size, and needs years to dry.

 

 Good luck selling those slabs, I think you will need it.  If you break them down into a more manageable size you might stand a better chance.

Thanks, good advice. We intermittently sell smaller pieces of milled timber - the estate is lucky enough to have a large saw mill that can handle up to 20" rounds up to about 18' long, though we do it as a sideline on a rainy day, not as our core business - but this was a dead and well-seasoned oak that we felled several years ago. It had lain there because we didn't have any means of processing such a large butt - finally got a guy in with an alaskan sawmill to do it for us.

Ironically, we mentioned it to a nearby wood joinery business yesterday and he's interested in buying a couple of them, with a view to making thinner boards of that length and width for his own kitchen, which backs up the point you're making. 

We're in no rush to sell it all either, which may also help to achieve a decent price. Thanks for your feedback

We recently milled a large field oak into 7 slabs. They are large - 4100mm long x 1000mm wide x 100mm thick - the pictures don't give a true idea of their size! Any idea what they would be worth and where is the best place to sell such things? We have two more equally large oaks waiting in the wings, assuming we can find buyers for these. Thanks

Anyone know what the going rate per hoppus foot is for good quality oak butts?

We've fifty or sixty lying at roadside and a local buyer has just looked at them and picked out the best thirty. I've to measure them and give him a fair price for them - any indication what they should sell for? They're minimum 18" diameter and minimum 18' long

Many thanks