Johnpl315

So do you think £2.20 per net of unseasoned oak would be a good price for me to aim to sell for or is that to much?

Thanks

Great thanks

Bags are 45cm x 60cm I think

Hi guys, sorry of this has come up before,

How many net bags would you expects to get from one cubic metre of logs?

What would be the going rate for wholesale net bags, ie. 500 nets of oak. Worth much unseasoned?

Thanks

In my experience the timber is not close to oak or chestnut however better than a lot of softwoods.

What kind of size diameter are they? I could be interested but 20 years is a bit young, leave them another 20 and they may be worth something...

I would steer well create of the EA. You are allowed to burn material on site. You would need permission from whoever owns the land though.

Burning can be quite time consuming especially as poplar has such a high moisture content to start with so I would try and work round it as much as possible. Fell and send the trees in a direction they can be winched out and the brash left.

Just my opinion

I think you make more money doing bags because you fit less logs in each bag. Having said that unless you have a forklift or similar to hold the bag open and load it it takes longer and you have to source the bag

I haven't at the moment, cut the oak up for firewood but I have chestnut and I will have more oak soon.

Having said that I am near Chichester in West Sussex so not that close.

Yeah that is beautiful! Wish I could make stuff like that!

Most of the pieces I have are about a foot long and a foot diameter.

I saw a photo of a bowl on a previous thread here, it looked fantastic and it's probably the reason I haven't started splitting this lot up yet!

Hi all, following my thread in the milling forum, I have some holm oak rings, can anyone advise me if it's worth leaving any large holm oak rings in case I find a market for turning?

I have no experience of turning, is it something you can do with unseasoned wood or does it need to be dried?

I am not expecting this to be a big earner as I am well aware this forum is full of tree people who come across such wood on a daily basis.

I would of said though that a large ring when split for firewood would fill a net bag so firewood value around £4 when seasoned

Thoughts?

Or literally just 3" squares?

I am in West Sussex, timber is near midhurst at the moment. What kind of lengths you after?

There's some decent lumps here I think?

Because time is money! I already have loads of English oak planks sitting around that no one seems to want, I agree it seems wasteful but firewood is just more profitable sometimes!

Annother

Here's a pic of the grain

Hi guys.

Got a small lump of holm oak, I started cutting 6x2s and initially I was impressed as the grain is very pretty.

I then came on here and read some previous threads on holm oak where a lot of people were saying it twists, splits and warps as it dries. I have done about half the butt (it's only a small bit) and I was planning on chainsaw milling the remaining wood in to two inch slabs, however I am not sure it's worth it? It's only just over 5' long.

Or I could log it which would be loads quicker and probably more profitable.

Thanks

There are two lumps large enough for decent bowl blanks I should think and a handful of smaller bits that might make cups, knife scales etc. I would fill a net log bag with it so as firewood it's £3.50

Confused by this talk?!

Annother pic

Found a few bits of sweet chestnut with quite an interesting grain. Not huge lumps but might be good for turning?

That could of been me a few months ago, I was searching for info before I splashed out

Yes it is but all sawmills seem pricey for what they actually are! Hopefully over the years it will pay for itself