mature spruce - any value/

[steve rollnick]

I wonder whether 2-3 acres of mature spruce, with easy access, has any value, and if so, approximately what that might be?

Steve

[carlight]

maybe £35 per m3 at mill ,

maybe 200 trees at half m3 each =£3,500

double that to £7000 as delivered firewood

maybe best to get other opinions -

[steve rollnick]

thanks so much for taking he time to work this out. And if I didnt take the trees down myself, let alone split the logs etc, I assume i'd get a lot less for the trees.

Steve

[ncrawshaw]

Whereabouts are you?

[carlight]

steve - yes .

at a guess , any thing from £1 to £10 per m3,, as standing timber .

as an aside , it seems sad that one of your bigger trees , at ~1m3 , is pretty much worth £10 at most ,standing .

total costs for planting/early maintenance must be over £1 per tree nowadays........any road , i get lost re yield classes and all that , being a humble timber cutter .

cheers carl

ps -plse find a second opinion re all this !

[Meadowcopse]

Spruce gives a leaf-litter that can contribute to a good compost mix

[MartreCycle]

Hi "steve rollnick" -

a few thoughts - have a look at www.arbtalk.com - there is a firewood forum

- http://sylva.org.uk/myforest/index.php

add yourself - bit long winded though free

People who do their 'planking' - wood mizer type folk may be interested - how + where to find locally to you may be a challenge

The interest in softwood as a fuel is taking hold as the amount of Ash declines ( and the price increases ) - worth remembering - northern europe has been burning softwood for many years.

[Emma S]

is there any chart/list which specifies prices for different types of wood? We have an acre of mainly hornbeam with some ash to coppice this year and it would be helpful to know what it is worth.

Also you could try woodlots to advertise the wood?

[Toby Allen]

Where is your hornbeam and ash? I may be interested in buying it standing if it's near me (hereford). As for values of different timber, it all depends on what people are willing to pay.

[Emma S]

We are in East Sussex, so not so near!