Zeissman

Thanks all, They are Leylandii not Lawson and the majority seem to have quite good form. I can't picture the diameter but they must be 35-40+ feet high. In broad terms, if we were going to fell say 800, it looks like we might need to find several niches to offload the wood. Is there a ball park figure to work on for the contracting work for felling and stripping leaving a product that can be left to season for biomass chipping, stake forming, etc? Including stump removal? I ask as the other alternative is biomass self sufficiency to run the house and cottages there. Not sure whether the sap (and bark fluff) is asking for problems if Leylandii is all you run?! Not sure how long 800 trees would last either. Z.

Hi all, I am advising a client at a farm in East Hampshire which has a plantation of probably 1200 leylandii that were planted about twenty years ago on some relatively flat pasture. Some of them have been thinned out and some have blown over in recent storms. My clients would like to remove the majority of them so that you can see the amazing view that was once the main feature of the farmhouse. What is the most cost effective way of doing this properly (i.e. so that it can be put back to grass in the next year or two with no stumps sticking out all over the place, etc)? Is there an obvious solution where they could actually make some money? Normal hardwood would obviously not be an issue but opinions seems very split about the usefulness of leylandii for things such as wood chip boilers or charcoal so it is difficult to know which direction to head in. Any ideas gratefully received. All best, Z.