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how to buy timber?

  • 13-10-2009 1:15am
    #1
    ballivor cobber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    I am looking for poles for a building project. Have contacted Coilte and they just said to turn up where they're harvesting and they'll dump some by the road - pickup and transport my problem. Tried for old eircom poles but they seem to be sticky about selliing them due to 'environmental hazard' (creosote). So have been wondering about buying a crop off someone's forestry - say an acre - and harvesting it myself. I'm in Meath (Nr Ballivor), where should I look for people advertising this kind of thing?


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  • #2
    Johnnyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭Johnnyr


    See previous thread
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055685190


    Might also be worth contacting private forest management companies. See http://www.itga.ie/index.asp

    If pick-up and transport is your problem with the Coillte site, how do you plan to pick-up and transport the one acre you intend harvesting yourself? You could ask a haulier on the Coillte the job to deliver the poles for you. It would be a lot easier than harvesting an acre of forest yourself, plus you don't have to worry about felling licences, insurance, etc.


  • #3
    ballivor cobber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭ballivor cobber


    Thanks for the suggestions. The reason that Coilte didn't seem such a good option was also that they seemed quite expensive. I think the quote was about €25-30 per cubic metre. I guess if I could get a driver to deliver for me that would make things easier alright. I thought though if I could get hold of a local plot I could tip away at it myself and draw with a trailer. Didn't consider insurance, licence etc though...
    Will look into your link, thanks


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