How much is my tree worth?
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Tin Pot
Guru
And hence I will jack my trees down with an axe and burn them in the garden.
Only slightly worried about the neighbours car and telephone wires...
I have the quotes for dropping it, luckily there are some big favours coming back. I do not think £1000 is out of the way otherwise.
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
And hence I will jack my trees down with an axe and burn them in the garden.
Only slightly worried about the neighbours car and telephone wires...
I like your style. The first tree I ever felled and limbed for money with an axe was a big apple tree in an orchard. I did it quicker than a similar sized one next to it with a chainsaw. And was almost ill afterwards.
Useless Trivia No. 41: FTP originally stood for ‘Functional Treefelling Power’.
I had the wood from 4 apple trees for about 3 years and took some on my honeymoon. In folklore, apple has strong love connotations.
No longer married
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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Show us your ash trees... Well, here's mine - on the left. 
Big one in the middle is a holly and the one on the right smothered in ivy is a large willow.
I also have a few more trees...
Big one in the middle is a holly and the one on the right smothered in ivy is a large willow.
I also have a few more trees...
Just remembered we had a large branch of a laburnum tree which was leaning over the drive removed a couple of years back. An aquaintance of some friends asked if he could have the large sectons of branch if he paid for the cutting and removal.
Laburnum looks nice and makes good furniture and he is a keen amature woodworker. He's going to store it for as long as is needed then make something from it.
Which is better than burning it.
Laburnum looks nice and makes good furniture and he is a keen amature woodworker. He's going to store it for as long as is needed then make something from it.
Which is better than burning it.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Show us your ash trees... Well, here's mine - on the left.
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Big one in the middle is a holly and the one on the right smothered in ivy is a large willow.
I also have a few more trees...
Don't tell me ..... you got them on yellow sticker.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Not quite... Those three were already there. Most of the rest were either a) grown from seed / pip / nut etc or obtained via a Woodland Trust scheme.
Why not - a neighbour has done just that....
Randomnerd
Bimbleur
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Why not - a neighbour has done just that....
At the risk of the thread derailing into tree health, if the tree is mature, the removal of large limbs leaves large wounds. Subsequent stress of the tree can lead to it being more prone to disease. Heavy pruning leads to growth of reaction wood, which then needs pruning. Ash can be pollarded very successfully, but needs regular management. Ive a pollard ash on my farm that we still crop for “tree hay”. Sheep love leaves and bark
At the risk of the thread derailing into tree health, if the tree is mature, the removal of large limbs leaves large wounds. Subsequent stress of the tree can lead to it being more prone to disease. Heavy pruning leads to growth of reaction wood, which then needs pruning. Ash can be pollarded very successfully, but needs regular management. Ive a pollard ash on my farm that we still crop for “tree hay”. Sheep love leaves and bark
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Hey you've given me an idea! I wonder if i took my palm tree to such a place,it'd help it grow?
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I spent all my career in horticulture, not arboriculture, and know enough about trees to appreciate the professionals are offering sound advice. I wouldn’t expect a mature tree to come down for less than £1200-1500. I have a huge sycamore which I would like crown reduced and was quoted £1100 last year. I felt this a reasonable price as it’s a very skilled job.
As regards wood value locally I can get a builder’s bulk bag of seasoned wood delivered for £55-65 depending on wood quality. A bulk bag isn’t very much wood so this appears expensive but all the cost is in the labour. I have a wood burner and open fire, currently I’ve two years worth of timber stored all of which I’ve scavenged locally from neighbours etc. Logging, splitting and stacking is very labour intensive.
Whenever I find a wood source people are generally happy to get rid of it. If you find someone prepared to pay, no matter how little, jump at it. Personally I wouldn’t pay for unseasoned, unlogged wood.
As regards wood value locally I can get a builder’s bulk bag of seasoned wood delivered for £55-65 depending on wood quality. A bulk bag isn’t very much wood so this appears expensive but all the cost is in the labour. I have a wood burner and open fire, currently I’ve two years worth of timber stored all of which I’ve scavenged locally from neighbours etc. Logging, splitting and stacking is very labour intensive.
Whenever I find a wood source people are generally happy to get rid of it. If you find someone prepared to pay, no matter how little, jump at it. Personally I wouldn’t pay for unseasoned, unlogged wood.
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Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
Which is better than burning it.
Absolutely. Another reason is that Laburnum is toxic.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
That kind of amateur effort is really dangerous. No safety gear nor helmet
