osage orange help

[derbyguy_78]

I have 10-12 osage orange trees,and was wondering if and where i can sell the wood.Most of the trees are atleast 25-35 ft. tall with base diameters of 12-18 inches. ANY HELP/ADVICE would be great..thanks..........SMC

 

[elmnut]

Look in the yellow pages under saw mills, lumber, timber, etc..

 

[derbyguy_78]

will do

Look in the yellow pages under saw mills, lumber, timber, etc..

thank-you elmnut,i went and measured the trees today,and was surprised to see that they were bigger then what i thought. the only thing about my local sawmills are that they are'nt really familiar with osage orange..i guess they are wanna-be's just kidding.

 

[Mike Barcaskey]

it's a specialty market. you'll have better luck cutting and milling then selling.

 

[PA Plumber]

I would ask around a little regarding any longbow or recurve bow makers in your area. Osage Orange, if straight, is highly sought after for bow folks. I think it goes: 1. Osage orange 2. Hickory 3. Ash 4. Oak

 

[derbyguy_78]

thanks

it's a specialty market. you'll have better luck cutting and milling then selling.

i will take time to ponder that advice Mike

 

[derbyguy_78]

hmmmm.....

I would ask around a little regarding any longbow or recurve bow makers in your area. Osage Orange, if straight, is highly sought after for bow folks. I think it goes: 1. Osage orange 2. Hickory 3. Ash 4. Oak

i can check around,i can't think of any bow-makers in my area(blair county)if anyone knows of any please let me know....thank-you Scott

 

[PA Plumber]

If you have any mom and pop archery/gun shops around, they may know of a local bowmaker. We only have one in our area that I have heard about.

I understand Osage Orange will outlast 3 post holes! From personal experience trying to build treestands in the stuff, it is annoyingly tough!!

Good luck.

 

[RatliffLogging]

I have 10-12 osage orange trees,and was wondering if and where i can sell the wood.Most of the trees are atleast 25-35 ft. tall with base diameters of 12-18 inches. ANY HELP/ADVICE would be great..thanks..........SMC

Find a exporter in your area and ship them to Germany. $4-$15 a bdft.

KR

 

[derbyguy_78]

hmmm......

Find a exporter in your area and ship them to Germany. $4-$15 a bdft.

KR

never thought of that,but are there any buyers in USA? i dont know anything about exporting goods. how do i go about this?

 

[RatliffLogging]

never thought of that,but is'nt there any buyers in USA?

If there were I would know about them and I am telling you there are not. At least none that pay what that tough ???? is worth to cut down and fool with. Osage will mess a saw up if it is good hard osage like you find in Kentucky and Mo.

KR

 

[derbyguy_78]

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In my area there really are'nt many osage orange,they are a pain to cut i agree,but as a firewood supplier,they are worth it for that reason(density)it would be a shame for me to cut the butt logs for firewood though

 

[RatliffLogging]

In my area there really are'nt many osage orange,they are a pain to cut i agree,but as a firewood supplier,they are worth it for that reason(density)it would be a shame for me to cut the butt logs for firewood though

Osage has one huge claim to fame it sells in 6ft 6in length which makes handling it easy......

 

[Husky137]

I would imagine that the species will last a while in log form so you could hold on to them until you find a buyer. My neck of the woods doesn't have the species so I have never had to try and unload them somewhere. The bow makers is a good lead, search around the internet to try and find leads on that.

Other options I can think of short of firewwod or milling it yourself would be to find local owners of bandsaw mills. Thye may be interested in purchasing your logs.

Third option would be to find a log concentration yard. They bring in logs from all over and sell to the mills in quantity and can command better prices. They also often have better access to foreign markets. Call a couple of local mills or loggers and see if they can point you in the right direction.

 

[RatliffLogging]

Bow staves are a good lead but here is the trick to making and selling them. They have to be hand split and they have to be 68-77 inch long no shorter no longer and in 3 inch by 4inch end measurements. They bring $30 or so a stave on ebay or about $7.50 a bdft if you do the math.

KR

 

[derbyguy_78]

osage

thanks for the advice guys,i will try all.

 

[SRT-Tech]

dont forget the cutom knife market either! (handles). cut some 2" x 7" x 1/2" thick piece of dry osage and sell em wholesale to knifemakers.

 

[perchhauler]

I'm new on here. I'm about an hour and 15 minutes from you in Pa. and I know some exporters around here you could check with, possibly sell to. Steve

 

[derbyguy_78]

cool deal

I'm new on here. I'm about an hour and 15 minutes from you in Pa. and I know some exporters around here you could check with, possibly sell to. Steve

sounds like a good lead.........who are these people? thanks Scott

 

[perchhauler]

I just e-mailed you with the contact info.. Let me know if you got it, and good luck.. Steve