Thread: Grey Ironbark, whole tree.

MIght be worth your while to read this post.........

What my log is worth

Hey Tapdogs1. Where are you located? I could mill it with chainsaw and 6ft bar if you had it taken down professionally. .. I could drop it but it wouldn't go well hahaha

I would be happy to give it some serious consideration. Need to have a look and work out the logistics. Whereabouts in Sydney will I find this amazing bit of flora?

Do you have any pictures?

Tapdogs

I hope you read JohnG's post. It was such a good explanation.The cost of raw material compared to the final retail price often show such a large apparent disparity. Meat and electricity are two other commodities that come to mind. John explains it so well.

You will definitely need to provide some pix of the tree and it's situation, particularly because of the difficult access issue.

Your tree could also be white box as the two species are almost indistinguishable outside of a laboratory and couple to that the two species hybridise!

Tree loppers and saw millers tend to be two distinct groups. Because there is no machinery access I would suggest that the tree will have to come down in small sections and in that case you definitely need to check with the saw miller as to what lengths are good for him. 2M diameter is a big tree.

Shame you are not up this way as we have an excellent lopper who is very, very reasonably priced. If you have not already had some quotes you may be shocked as to the cost. A good deal of it will be because of the cost of waste disposal. Not cheap in the cities.

Regards
Paul

If you can put up some photos of the tree I may be able to provide you with a rough price guide for tree removal. What is access like to your house? would you be able to get a 30Ton plus crane on the street to be able to pick off sections of the tree? Will council give you permission to remove the tree or will they want an arborist assessment on the tree? is it heritage listed or on a significant tree register?

Hi all, firstly thank you to all who replied, and apologies for not getting back here sooner, I have been away. I am attaching some photos and will try to answer all your questions. My location is near Liverpool in Sydney. Access for a crane to the street is probably ok, although it is a narrow street with one of those stupid "traffic calming" islands further back...we might have to letterbox and ask people not to park in the street near it, to make sure it is wide enough. The next door neighbours had a similar tree removed a few years ago without any problems, but they cut it into big chuncks and dropped them down, and ours is closer to our house than theirs was.... council should give permission due to the proximity to the house, it is 4m from external wall and 1m from pergola, and it is a Cumberland Plain species and they do have rules about that, so I assume it would have to be assessed. It is not heritage listed or on any registers.
Thank you for JohnG's post, it was very good advice and I realise there are huge overheads for something like this. That's why the tree is free, so hopefully someone could remove it and then recover costs by selling the timber, although I don't know if that is feasible yet. The bonus to us is the removal of the tree, we don't want anything else. Please let me know if you need anymore info! Cheers!

Just figuring out how to attach photos....

I think you will struggle to find an arborist that will want the free tree. Most trees that have commercial value are from forest that are allowed to be logged. Arborist' just cut trees down, that's it. They don't want the timber. Residential trees are full of risk to a mill and they generally won't touch them. An arborist will charge you what it is worth in time, equipment and pay council to block access to the street to enable the tree to be removed. You will need to pay them for all of this. There is no value in the tree only in the removal of said tree.


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I have made an album with some photos but cant figure out how to get them in here, but if you look at my profile you should be able to see the album.....hopefully....

Tapdogs

When you reply and wish to add pix click on the "Go Advanced." tab below your post. This will bring up a tab above with the attachments symbol. I think there is a tutorial somewhere but can't recall where.

A commercial sawmill will definitely not be interested, but a miller with a portable mill is your best bet.

Regards
Paul