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Value of Red Oak Tree
cbxjeff
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I have a red oak trunk over 8' long and about 18" at it's small end. Does this have any value? Where do I look in central IN to sell it?
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It has about .115 board feet. The log is too short to make veneer grade. Here in New York, and average delivered price for oak sawlogs is about $350/MBF. Your log is worth $40.25 delivered to the mill.
I think he needs an exact figure.
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quote:Originally posted by nyforester
It has about .115 board feet. The log is too short to make veneer grade. Here in New York, and average delivered price for oak sawlogs is about $350/MBF. Your log is worth $40.25 delivered to the mill.
I think he needs an exact figure.
[:D]Mattie, that is just too funny.[:D][:D][:D]
I get my fire wood from the locals that will not sell to the mills for pennys on the cord.
Sorry Jeff not trying to hijack your thread[:)]
Firewood here in CA. Red and Tan oak sell for about $550 a cord.
$550 a cord ?
That means I have over $16,000 stacked in my back yard.
Okay for us younger members. How many ricks is a cord?
3 A cord is 4' high, 4' wide , 8' long
http://www.sizes.com/units/cord.htm
Here in upstate NY, the good fire wood is Ash, cherry, or hard maple.
Okay for us younger members. How many ricks is a cord?
Depends on where you are. When I was growing up there were 3 ricks to a stacked cord. 4'Hx8'Lx16"W and I think this is a true rick. But some people will load a 8' P/U bed to the top of the siderails and call it a rick,face cord,short cord,or "truck load". This is actually closer to a half cord than a rick so if it's split,cut to appoximatly 16" length,dried,stacked neatly three wide in the truck,(if it's thrown in any which way it'll be short)and priced at 1/3 to 1/2 of the local going rate for a cord then it's a good buy. (if the bottom half of the truck bed isn't filled with poplar)
gotta watch those fellers that park alongside the road.
(I used to be one [B)][V])
Best wood I ever used was Apple....just make sure someone else splits it!
Allen
Call Eric at the Indy store, he knows a guy with a sawmill.[;)]
Don
Depends on where you are at, but by my secondary residence in the Adirondacks, one can get a face cord which is 8'x4'x12-18" for 35 bucks, delivered. In other areas it is as high as 300.
Oak is used for cheap furniture and is at the bottom of woods that you would want, barely above pine.
Firewood here in CA. Red and Tan oak sell for about $550 a cord.
wow...one could about truck it out there from NC and make money....we pay 100 a cord here +/-...
wonder how many cords I can get on a Semi?
I could build containers that hold a cord...what get maybe 10-12 cords on a truck costing about 100-150 a cord...
what are freaight rates now? $1 a mile?
3 grand to ship to CA...sell load for 5500 clams retail....
rats...wont cover cost of the containers..
hey...was a thought!
Firewood brings $150.00-$200.00 for hardwoods around here.
Not necessarily. Depends on the quality. I had 45 acres of old growth white and red oak on my place in TN. I had it cut a few years back. It was all veneer quality and every log was sent to Japan. I won't say what it brought...but it was a very, very pretty penny. [8D]
I have another 20 acres in pine. Been standing there since they were planted in 1964. Ready to cut now. Just like money in the bank. [:D]
you should see how Elm, Cherry and Hard Maple burn in the fire place...long and hot. It is a shame for the hard maple, as we can make such good syrup from it in the spring.
quote:Oak is used for cheap furniture and is at the bottom of woods that you would want, barely above pine.
Not necessarily. Depends on the quality. I had 45 acres of old growth white and red oak on my place in TN. I had it cut a few years back. It was all veneer quality and every log was sent to Japan. I won't say what it brought...but it was a very, very pretty penny. [8D]
I have another 20 acres in pine. Been standing there since they were planted in 1964. Ready to cut now. Just like money in the bank. [:D]
Yes it does depend on quality. Other than Stickley who uses only very high quality 1/4 sawn oak - and that is just on their mission furniture, I know of no other "fine" furniture maker that uses oak for any larger amount of their pieces.
Oak furniture is typically found at discount furniture stores like Marlo and RoomStore.
Don, do you have Eric's phone number?
You fellas talking about fire wood, are you talking about a face cord, or a full cord?
Here in upstate NY, the good fire wood is Ash, cherry, or hard maple.
Full cord 4'x4'X 8' Split, and 1 year seasoned, delivered, Tax.
16" $375+-
24" $500+-
Went into Lowe's a few days ago and saw some clear, pretty , white wood. It was labeled as aspen which I've never seen before since I live in tidewater VA.
What do you fellows that know wood and do craft/construction work use it for?
Thanks to all for the info. This tree fell on it's own and although I have cut a ton of firewood from it I hate to cut a trunk member that large. I guess I have bought too much oak lumber!
Don, do you have Eric's phone number?
He's at WT Indy[;)] 800-551-2251 Tell him I sent ya......
Don
Let me ask you fellers sum'pn related to wood but along a different line.
Went into Lowe's a few days ago and saw some clear, pretty , white wood. It was labeled as aspen which I've never seen before since I live in tidewater VA.
What do you fellows that know wood and do craft/construction work use it for?
Aspen is basically Poplar. It could be quaking aspen, big tooth aspen, ect.......there are many sub-species. The wood is considered a hardwood because the tree looses its leaves, however it has the wood structure of softwood. It is very soft and commonly used as trim molding, and carving.
Full cord measures 4' x 8' x 4' = 128 cubic feet
(I sell this for $170 delivered locally)
Face cord is 1/3 of a full cord - 4' x 8' x 16" = 42.6 cubic feet
(I sell this for $70 delivered locally)
I got a truck load of apple once, for firewood. An apple orchard was replanting, they had bulldozed 50 acres of big old apple trees, and were begging people to come and get it.
Never again! Damn stuff is too hard to split. Also, not very big, and the trunks are crooked.
I used it to smoke some steaks and fish, I was not that impressed. I prefer mesquite.
The value of a tree on the stump can only be an estimate, compared to the true value. A good timber buyer will absolutely not pay veneer prices for standing timber. That is where a lot of people who sell the standing timber on their lots to the highest bidder get screwed, or should I say screw themselves.
An example would be if you wanted that walnut tree taken out, and i looked at and estimated there was 2000 board feet in the tree, and it was worth $3.50 per board foot, for a total of $7000.00, and paid you for it. Then when i cut it it was hollow or imperfect in the middle, and it was only worth 75 cents a bord foot.. On the flip side of that, the buyer who pays for saw logs and runs into veneer, and makes a killing...but the land owner gets screwed.
As for the worth of that walnut...need more info to scale it...like how long is it straight for, and how big at the smallest of the straight.
What would they pay the landowner?
As far as the black walnut - I get asked that question a lot. My response is, whats a 57 Chevy worth ? I don't know, is it a coupe, or a convertible, is it rusted out......you get the picture.
Trees are the same, but its called grade, not condition.
All trees have different grade logs from the butt all the way up to the top and they all have different dollar values.
Shooting from the hip - I'd say your black walnut tree could be worth that on the stump, but that would be one hell of a tree !
8"-9" 1 clear face - $400/MBF
10" 2 clear face - $1,000/MBF
12" 3 clear, 11" 4 clear, 15" 2 clear - $1,400/MBF
13" 3 clear, 12" 4 clear - $1,700/MBF
14" 3 clear,13" 4 clear - $2,000/MBF
16" 3 clear, 15" 4 clear - $2,300/MBF
$3.50 for sawed walnut sounds good to me !