fallen beech

johnd123

a guy has agreed to sell me a fallen beech and i am debating whether to use it for fire wood or convert it and use /or sell it for wood working /turning
any advice on what it might be worth and whether its worth converting it

Blackcurrants

Totally depends on the quality of the timber. You can make about €80 per m3 of seasoned hardwood firewood minus expenses. I would suggest keeping the best for potential wood turning but turn the rest into firewood. If you can't sell the timber to a wood turner for a good price it'll still make great firewood. Spalted beech is highly prized by wood workers. Hope that helps.

tabby aspreme

Cut as much as possible into planks, €300-400 / m3 for freshly sawn planks, or dried to 8-9 % moisture content € 1000 plus / m3

Blackcurrants

The cost of sawing is quite high but you do get the best return if the timber is good. You'll need to bring the log to a sawmill that will take hardwood or get a mobile one in. Also when we were selling lovely straight 80-100 yr old oak we were offered a terrible price as the market is still flooded with timber from the storm 2 years ago. You can always keep the planks for yourself or sell to an end user would be your best mark up.
1 m3 of log makes 2 m3 of firewood. Best of luck.

blue5000

OP how big is it?

johnd123

havent seen it for along time but i guess about 3 or 4 ft diameter
must take a look soon

timfromtang

Hi OP,
I would be happy to bring my logosol portable mill to your site and saw you beech for you.
Very reasonable cost
tim

johnd123

i must take a look at it again and see what size it is etc
thanks

tabby aspreme

timfromtang wrote: »

Hi OP,
I would be happy to bring my logosol portable mill to your site and saw you beech for you.
Very reasonable cost
tim

Hi Tim, what diameter can your logosol cut , had a look at them in Stradbally this year they look like a good system

timfromtang

The logosol can cut up to about 60cm diameter and 3.4 metres long, but for logs larger than about 450mm diameter I have had good results quartering the logs with my timberjig, before loading them on the mill.

It is certainly a good system, i am very happy with the precision of the planks produced on my mill.

I have the logosol farmers sawmill, and the timberjig, there are other devices available from logosol that will cut very large slabs, the big mill system for example.

tim

johnd123

i have the beech tree now its 15 ft long and 2 ft in diam
not sure what to do yet
was thinking of cutting it to suit wood turning
i would have enough for years if i get enough time to get at it