I have rights to a stack of mostly White/Post Oak logs 12/14' x 24-50+", about 30 and recently cut. No rot/hollows at all, is this wood worth selling to a sawmill, or should I just split/burn and sell as firewood?
id just cut them up for firewoodI have rights to a stack of mostly White/Post Oak logs 12/14' x 24-50+", about 30 and recently cut. No rot/hollows at all, is this wood worth selling to a sawmill, or should I just split/burn and sell as firewood?
That's how it goes. I received a 42" diameter x 9' long black walnut log to carve for the customer. Just about everyone who saw the log whined about it not becoming lumber. When I crunched the numbers, it was more profitable to carve a bear than to mill, dry, plane, then market the lumber.I just hauled in a chestnut/red oak to my local mill because I thought it was worth more than firewood. 5 logs 8ft 8 in. the only log that was worth anything was the butt log. It was like 300 board ft of lumber and the average price was .35 a brd ft. So I got a chk for 97.00. not worth the effort. It had more value in the firewood when you figure in the work getting it out and loaded.
I am not understanding the reasoning for moving the entire log.... why not mill it in place? you are going to mill it at some point anyway? why do it there and not here? it sounds like a lot of unnecessary work for the same end result. mill it into smaller bits then move it is my vote. good luck, it sounds like a great project!! post pics of the progress!!Well, I did it. Screwed two large bolts into ends of this one monster timber and attached a rope to them and pulled until I blew a gasket. But, must have moved the old beast 20 feet. 1 human power. Not much, granted, but didn't cost a lot (not including lifelong chiropractor visits). I may have found a solution to moving big timbers and committing long, agonizing suicide in the process.
I am not understanding the reasoning for moving the entire log.... why not mill it in place? you are going to mill it at some point anyway? why do it there and not here? it sounds like a lot of unnecessary work for the same end result. mill it into smaller bits then move it is my vote. good luck, it sounds like a great project!! post pics of the progress!!
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