14-06-2013, 05:14 PM
Yes, new timber has a price, when we had the sawmill most of my customers were no problem, but the odd few were a pain, basically they want you to give the timber away to them, I used to tell them to F off, they would then go to the local DIY store and pay twice the money for a bent piece of crap.....What can yer do.
Standing homegrown softwood timber can be bought standing for around £10 per cubic meter (over bark)
£30 - £40 per cubic meter (under bark) felled and crosscut to 12 ft sawlog length, stacked at ride side.
Add haulage from ride side to sawmill (20 ton load)
Factor in around 40% sawing wastage (on a good day)
Factor in yard rental/rates etc for storage space to dry etc.
Factor in everything else in the way of out goings.
That's just for sawn timber.
For PAR, then it will cost more.
If your lucky it will return a hard won profit.
Lawrence.
Standing homegrown softwood timber can be bought standing for around £10 per cubic meter (over bark)
£30 - £40 per cubic meter (under bark) felled and crosscut to 12 ft sawlog length, stacked at ride side.
Add haulage from ride side to sawmill (20 ton load)
Factor in around 40% sawing wastage (on a good day)
Factor in yard rental/rates etc for storage space to dry etc.
Factor in everything else in the way of out goings.
That's just for sawn timber.
For PAR, then it will cost more.
If your lucky it will return a hard won profit.
Lawrence.
