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Ruralnaedowell

Joined: 11 Nov 2010
Posts: 121
Location: Welshpool

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 12 11:15 am Post subject: How much is standing timber worth a tonne ?

How much is standing timber worth a tonne ?
I know this is an open ended question like how long is a peice of string, but on one of my shooting permissons the chap wants to sell 20 or so acres of standing timber - it is a mixture of some biggish douglas planted in 1965, larch and nobles. Probably 40% is for planking and poles the rest is pulp and firewood. The access is crap and the timber can only be got away with a JCB Fastrac and 20ft trailer and cleared using a 360 excavator withy a clearing head. The site is steep. The handy thing is that it is only 6 miles from a wood chip factory.
In fairness the woodland owner doesn't have a clue as to what its worth, but the forestry contractor has asked him how much he wants a tonne clear felled to start the negotiations.
What would be good a good starting price without either a. looking stupid or b. totally pricing himself out of the market. The contractor would pay for all the timber in advance, before work started.
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RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 12 12:38 pm Post subject:
Ask the same question on the arbtalk forum.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 12 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: How much is standing timber worth a tonne ?

Ruralnaedowell wrote:

The access is crap and the timber can only be got away with a JCB Fastrac and 20ft trailer and cleared using a 360 excavator withy a clearing head.

No idea I'm afraid but I'm curious as to why you've specified a JCB Fastrac, as opposed to any other tractor?

Ruralnaedowell

Joined: 11 Nov 2010
Posts: 121
Location: Welshpool

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 12 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: How much is standing timber worth a tonne ?

Rob R wrote:

Ruralnaedowell wrote:

The access is crap and the timber can only be got away with a JCB Fastrac and 20ft trailer and cleared using a 360 excavator withy a clearing head.

No idea I'm afraid but I'm curious as to why you've specified a JCB Fastrac, as opposed to any other tractor?

I used it as a generic term for speedy tractor, much as one might say Hymac for a 360 degree excavator.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 12 10:13 pm Post subject:
Ah, I see. I saw an MB Trac out on the road today - it always amazed me that JCB managed to beat a German company at their own game to become the generic term.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 12 3:20 am Post subject:
I was recently quoted �46/tonne for spruce sawlogs at the mill. So standing timber would be that, less the cost of felling, extraction, transport and wastage... all of which are site specific.

microbiz

Joined: 05 Sep 2012
Posts: 9

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 12 7:49 pm Post subject:
No idea but there's a site with loads of timber adverts. Put 'woodlots' into search engine and you'll find it.

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