Tree

[Bazile]

We had a massive tree cut down
Our neighbour says he will take the logs and trunk off us for his wood burner

Would you let him have it for free ?

Her indoors tells me to just let him have it for free

[kvalidir]

Depends what a 'big tree' is and what the wood is. If it's a conifer rip his hand off as they spit and are useless for burning really and hard to get rid of, if it's a massive oak tree, beech tree, etc then it has a real value so sell it. It would depend on if it was felled ( with a complete trunk) or only usable for logs too.

[murraymints]

ditto kva..if it is a sizeable one piece trunk or several but more than say 5 r 6 feet long..and oak..is worth more than just firewood

[Bazile]

Don't know what type of tree it is
It's shaped ( was shaped ) like a Christmas tree / dart /triangular

About 10 plus metres high

[kvalidir]

That's some sort of connifer or spruce, let him take it, it's nasty sappy wood that you can't burn at all on open fire and is rubbish in log burners too, it hisses and spins and makes a mess so let him have it :) x

[IJKLM]

On the whole, let them have it for free, unless you can think of a better use for them.

I buy logs in bulk for my wood burning stove. I pay around £175 for a cubic metre delivered on a pallet.

From these people, if you are interested:
https://www.buyfirewooddirect.co.uk/1-25M-crate-kiln-dried-mixed-hardwood-firewood

However, those are cut to length (around 25cm), then split. They are also kiln dried down to a moisture content of 20% and finally packed onto the pallet, which is weather-proofed.

So the commercial value is a lot less than £175/cubic metre

If he wants to use them in a wood burner, then he should really cut to length and then split the logs and then leave them in an outdoor, but sheltered location for a couple of years to dry out. A just-felled tree will be full of moisture, and that will make the wood unsuitable for burning for a number of reasons

1. the heat output will be lower, as some of the heat energy is being used to heat and evaporate the water within the logs
2. the water and resins will condense onto his chimney walls as grime and soot, increasing the likelihood of a chimney fire
3. It's a bit anti-social, as there will be a lot more smoke coming off the woodburner

Finally, of course, it's up to you, but if you would have to pay to have the stuff removed, then why not just let next-door have it for free?

[murraymints]

spruce/conifer..noooo...crackly 'orrible stuff...give it him..or let him come and take it ! save you a bit of graft

[DarceyK123]

Depends what you were intending to do with it.

If you were going to have to get rid of it anyway then let him have it, he's doing you a favour.

You never know, he might bung you a few quid, and if he doesn't you've got rid of it for free.

[woofgang]

I'd give it away....I like to share and also I think its always a good idea to have done my neighbours more favours than they have done me.

[Bazile]

Actually I'm quite interested now to confirm what type of tree it was.

The length of the trunk from the ground up to where the branches started ,was about 2 metres in length , then you had about 3 large branches coming off to the sides and then going skywards tapering to a point at the very top

[IJKLM]

Can you post an image of the leaves?
That will often help to identify it.

[Bazile]

Her indoors took a picture of it before the the chopping down started , she has just told me

I will post a picture later , when she arrives back home

[Old_Geezer]

Do you have other plans for the wood, or will it stay cluttering the flowerbed or you need to pay someone to cart it off ? Blooming cheek if he said he'd have it. Should've asked and offered to pay, then you could've refused payment if you so wished. Really though, it's up to you.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah - free
it is not as though it is mega-bucks

and it costs to dispose of a tree innit - so there is value in it ( cost of saying no and disposing yourself)