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Buying wood from tree surgeons
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<blockquote data-quote="Yojevol" data-source="post: 1576888" data-attributes="member: 25996"><p>I've done it a couple of times. Firstly, some yew which you can read about <a href="https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/yews-it-or-lose-it.116121/" target="_blank">here</a>. Secondly, a medium size maple which I had felled in my garden. The tree surgeon left me the trunk for milling and the rest for firewood. The trunk weighed about half a ton so the handling issue needed to be resolved. Fortunately my local farmer friend was able to use his farm machinery to lift it into a trailer. My nearest sawmill is 15miles away and he milled it while I waited. Having got it home it's now stacked in my woodstore and it'll be a couple of years before I can consider using it. </p><p>So, yes, if you can get your local tree surgeon to advise you when something of interest is coming up, but, and it's a big but, you've got to have the logistics available at short notice. If you're having to use commercial plant contractors, the economics start to look very iffy.</p><p>Brian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yojevol, post: 1576888, member: 25996"] I've done it a couple of times. Firstly, some yew which you can read about [URL='https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/yews-it-or-lose-it.116121/']here[/URL]. Secondly, a medium size maple which I had felled in my garden. The tree surgeon left me the trunk for milling and the rest for firewood. The trunk weighed about half a ton so the handling issue needed to be resolved. Fortunately my local farmer friend was able to use his farm machinery to lift it into a trailer. My nearest sawmill is 15miles away and he milled it while I waited. Having got it home it's now stacked in my woodstore and it'll be a couple of years before I can consider using it. So, yes, if you can get your local tree surgeon to advise you when something of interest is coming up, but, and it's a big but, you've got to have the logistics available at short notice. If you're having to use commercial plant contractors, the economics start to look very iffy. Brian [/QUOTE]
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