Thread: What to do?

if I was you I would put firewood prices on it, I am not up with the prices of firewood but it would have to be climbing to $200 per tonne by now surely????

maybe a starting figure would be $200 x tonnage (guesstimate) then work it out from there, or if you just want it removed then place $10 per tonne on it, if I was closer I would have it by now! a lot of good pieces in there!

You could put it up in the timber swap section as a give away or as a swap for getting some of the boards that are milled out of it. In general it would normally cost you a lot more to have it removed than the logs are worth to sell. As for the fire wood bit, being green it would be no good as firewood for probably 3 years so don't get dreams of grandeur about the 200 a tonne thing, besides it still would have to be cut, split, stored etc. until useable or saleable.

Any way, there would be clubs in your area that would be possibly willing and/or able to take it away and If it was in the timber swap section I am sure that some of the clubs in your area would see it.

Travis.

it has no comercial value,

backyard tree, poor access low volume, mall logs.

someoen will probly take it way but that about all.


sorry

I dont see any value there either stack it an store it or put it out the front for council clean up.

there is good timber in the log. but the cost of removing it makes it comercaily unviable if you were to pay for teh log.

It's a pity it was cut up into such short lengths because this significantly diminishes the limited value it had to begin with.

As Travis says, about the the most you could expect from this situation is a share of the milled timber.

Sorry but, show us your flitch fire, so to speak

I agree. Firewood value only which would be almost zero if the buyer can't get right up to the log. Do you have any mates with wood heaters?

cheers
Steve

If I owned a trailer, I'd come and take the smaller stuff to my sister for firewood.
I'd have a bit of trouble with the 800 dia stuff, but I'd probably cart that away too.

Value to me?
very little

Access doesn't seem to be a problem, just lean on the back fence over it goes
load up ,and put up the fence

Actually what is the access like, that may encourage people ?



Brian

Jamie, unfortunately, with docking it into such short pieces it really has made the log/s rather useless as a saleable item. A miller may have been interested in the log if it where kept up wards of 4m, but as many have said, there isn't anything in it worth 'buying' although wood clubs in your area would probably interested in taking it away for you, as they can use much smaller billets.

Thanks for all your advice. I didn't have ideas of granduer, just thought it might be useful for someone.

The access isn't too bad. The lane at the back leads into a large carpark back of neighbour's units. Easy to reach with a palfinger, or remove a panel from the fence, which is what we did to get the tree down. The lane probably wouldn't take a huge truck though.

My problem is not being in woodworking I don't know clubs or groups in the area.

I guess I'll try the swap forum or try some of commercial people if they will take it away.

If I'd known I would have got the tree lopper to leave it in longer pieces.

Thanks again,
Jamie

I must say, wouldnt it be nice if the odd tree lopper owned a Lucas Mill (notice the capitals Alan) and knew how to cut a tree into a decent billet. The bloody things cant fit into a chipper anyway so do it properly ya gonzos

Nifty my experience with loppers who have a mill is they are not savvy on the mill, they can own one but can't operate it, I know it's a generalisation, but there are a lot of owners out there, but they aren't operators...


PS. thanks for the caps