O/T Wood value

Devin Sparks · May 31, 2008

I have several black walnut trees that I am going to cut down to open up some more space around here. They are 10+ inches in diameter and straight trees. Any idea of a value for them. I am going to try to sell them.

Chris in MO · May 31, 2008

Before you get them cut, have them sold.

Also, if they are yard trees a mill might not want them due to the chance of hardware embedded inside the tree from years gone by.

Christopher

Anonymous-0 · May 31, 2008

Ten inch trees aren't going to be worth a whole lot I don't think.

Gun guru · May 31, 2008

Call a place that buys standing timber. What state are you in? There is a place in Michigan north of Lansing that buys standing timber called Maeder wood products.

Dont cut the trees down and then ask a mill to buy it. I am told that when a tree is dropped by lumberjacks the grain is stretched and thereby ruined. I guess the way to drop the tree is to cut out 4 wedges and then have a small portion in the middle to break. (I dont know if this is true)
Of course any agreement that you sign up to should include the company cleanin up the mess they make.

RodinNS · May 31, 2008

I'm not familiar with walnut, and I haven't been following the prices on high grade hardwood lately, so I don't know what they're worth.
What I would suggest is that you contact someone familiar with cutting high grade HARDWOOD saw logs. At 10" I do know that they are on the small end of what would normally go for veneer logs. Length, diameter, sweep and defects are all critical to the grade you achieve with veneer, and to some degree, sawlogs. I've seen prices running anywhere between 100 and 2000 dollars per thousand feet on some of the veneer we've sold in the past.... so you can appreciate that one wrong cut can cost you a lot of money.
Again, contact someone in your area who's in that business. They can price the stuff for you, and if they're hungry for wood they'll probably come out and help you cut them to length, grade them on the spot, pay you and take them away. If they're not hungry for wood, hey won't return your phone call or won't come out at all. Then you have firewood....

Rod

Fergienewbee · May 31, 2008

I agree with everyone's comments. I am thinning a lot of walnut from my wood lot. Some good sized stuff too. All is going for fire wood. Most mills want trees in the 18 24" class, depending on species and uses, and straight with few limbs. You might contact a forester and have him give you some advice. In a few more years they may be worth more than what you plan to plant.

Larry in Michigan

teddy52food · May 31, 2008

That size is the bare minimum for logs. How much do they taper? A log is figured on the small end. Anything under 6 inches is not a log. They may be worth more in a few years than what you will get from planting something else. I would let them grow.

JDemaris · May 31, 2008

You've got to check your local market. Around here in central NY, those 10" trees would be worth just about nothing.

Interesting though - that small hard maples are now bringing a premium - seems there's a big demand for hard, pure white wood and the young trees are often the cleanest. A few years back - they were worth nothing at the mill.

JD2ACWD · May 31, 2008

sell it for firewood 150 per cord

snitkawl · May 31, 2008

Man, I have heard some good ones, but stretching the grain is off the charts ludicrous. That makes the board stretcher we used to talk about seem almost possible. Gotta go, I'm looking for my left handed monkey wrench to stir some striped paint with.

Walt Davies · May 31, 2008

------------------- High Low Avg. Last Qtr. Last Yr. Volume # of Rpts.
(All prices shown as $ per MBF, International Scale)

Walnut, Black $2,500 $835 $1,520 $2,610 $1,990 17 Int. - MBF 9

Still want to make firewood out of them.
Walt

Walt Davies · May 31, 2008

go to this site
Walt
hardwood prices stump

Anonymous-0 · May 31, 2008

Dont cut them down first[like my brother in law].The buyers will not take them due to bores.

Anonymous-0 · May 31, 2008

Good luck on finding a left handed monkey wrench.
They're really hard to come by.

I've been looking all day for my metric adjustable wrench.

Tractor,Tractor · May 31, 2008

Sknitkawl: You are absolutley correct, lumber trees are felled differently than fire wood.

Tractor,Tractor · May 31, 2008

Sorry Gun Garu you are correct, Sknitkawl you are an a$$hole.

tlak · May 31, 2008

Any ideas on a 50-100 year old barn made of black walnut. the actual barn board siding appears to be something else. Inside there is a 50x100' loft, mostly black walnut and a lot of 4x6" support beams. The loft is pretty close to 3/4".

Gun guru · May 31, 2008

Okay so Im wrong. A guy that used to have a tree removal comp. told me that I had no evidence to counteract his comment.

Christopher S. · May 31, 2008

Keep in mind that this wood will still have to be milled into lumber, and kiln dried down to 6-8 Moisture Content. This leaves some work left to be done which will affect your log price.

Anonymous-0 · May 31, 2008

You can cut some 6 inch boards from 8 in small end logs.I can get plenty of clapboards from 8 in white cedar.Band mill will do it easy.

snitkawl · May 31, 2008

I am posting this at the top of the thread for visibility. Responding to the post below, I shot off my keyboard(same as shooting off ones mouth, only different). I called a friend who has been in the business of producing walnut logs and lumber for about 35 years and ask him about "stretching grain". He said(as I thought) that grain does not stretch, however, what does happen when a tree is felled improperly, long splinters are pulled from the log, destroying its veneer quality. My comments below were not meant for Mr. guru, but for whoever gave him the misinformation.
On another note. Mr guru, do you have any idea where I can obtain a hammer spring for a model 90 Winchester?

Bill in IL · May 31, 2008

Flip it over...... my craftsman adjustables are metric on one side standard on the other.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 1, 2008

Try buying some dry planed lumber from the black walnut tree. it would be better to let them grow.

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