Farmer Giles

This is one just before it came down. It was felled once the Police Officer had finished writing out the ticket for the trucker. He was slightly over the 7.5t weight limit.

They would not have been down for too long otherwise the wood magpies would have been there and took it all away

They were dropped in early December. I just moved them a hundred yards away from the road. It would be a b####y strong magpie lifting anything from them though.

Had any luck? I tried to sell an Oak trunk of a similar size, possibly bigger diameter to a local sawmill. He didn't sound keen when I told him he couldn't just drive up to it with his lorry and pick it up with it being down a track and up a field. He didn't ring me back. So it's going to have to go for firewood now.

I'm awaiting a reply from a member on here who has enquired.

These will be available to be picked up from a concrete hard standing.

Who felled them?

Maurice. I gave them a small tug with a tractor to finish the job.

Right hand side and left hand side of tree number one.

Number two.

Number three. The knarly one.

Number four.

HazzyGawa. You must be driving around with your eyes closed if you haven't seen where these trunks came from.

I've seen you often enough getting a chipper from Keith Irwin's.

I think I have got to post up the shots on Monday,and then you can tell me who will handsomely reward me for them.

are they hedgerow trees,because we all know that a 3 foot oak makes a hell of a straining post:001_smile:

I wasn't sure what you meant earlier. But no. These are from a field that has not held animals. So has not been fenced. No hidden metal surprises.

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Welford/thornby

 

I'm at Watford village

Think more Cold Ashby / West Haddon.

At least one of these trunks must be three tonnes in weight. My telehandler is rated to 2.7t. But can't raise more than two feet from the ground lifting this one.

Where in northants?

Just off Junction 1 of the A14.

Sorry cant help you out with this one but i did think it was going to be about swimming in northants tho. Lol

Very good.

If you aren't too far from the mill, it might be worth giving Steve at Helmdon Sawmills a call on 01295 760305.

I've spoken to him once. I've left messages. I've rung and had no answer.

But he must be worth trying again if someone from Edinburgh recommends him.

Evening all.

I'm a farmer, who has I confess joined this site looking for help.

I had a pair of Oaks, and a pair of Ash trees dropped for me at the back end of 2011.

I could easily (with chainsaw, logsplitter and sawbench) knock one of the oaks into firewood. But that seems almost wasteful.

Who near me (Leics,Warks,N'hants) could I approach with a view to taking these trunks?

They are all around twelve to fourteen feet long. Roughly three feet across.

Can't post pics until back at work on Monday.

Three are what I would call clean and "unknotted". One would be a bit "knarly"