Help With Teak

[toan6082]

STARTED YESTERDAY TOBUILD RESORT.WANTED TEAK.I KNOW IT IS ABOUT 2000 BAHT S.M. . WAS OFFERD 14 YEAR TEAK TREES STILL GROWING FOR 700BAHT. TODAY WENT AND BROUGHT A STIHL CHAINSAW TO START CUT,KNOW BEEN TOLD WE NEED PAPERWORK FIRSTLY TO CUT THEN TO TRANSPORT THEN TO CUT INTO USEABLE SIZES . DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO THE COST OF PAPERWORK TO MAKE IT LEAGAL AS THE WIFESAID LOCALS MIGHT TELL POLICE IF NO PAPERWORK OUT OF JEALOUSY

[Crossy]

Firstly please don't post all in CAPITALS, it's difficult to read and is considered as shouting.

As to your trees, I'm not 100% certain but I believe teak trees need to be registered before they can be cut and transported, how you go about this I have no idea.

I'd certainly not be cutting them myself as a foreigner (unless you have a work permit permitting it).

[jubby]

700 baht for a 14 year old tree !? . Thats cheap.

what are you going to do with it. its green wood, needs drying. or are you going to build with green wood. young wood is kiln dried these days I believe.

Traditionally it was left in a pond for a while to season.

14 year old teak is relatively young and if used 'green' will probably be eaten by Insects .

Don't expect bug resistant teak at this age.

[toan6082]

Firstly please don't post all in CAPITALS, it's difficult to read and is considered as shouting.

As to your trees, I'm not 100% certain but I believe teak trees need to be registered before they can be cut and transported, how you go about this I have no idea.

I'd certainly not be cutting them myself as a foreigner (unless you have a work permit permitting it).

sorry crossy do not post too much

[toan6082]

700 baht for a 14 year old tree !? . Thats cheap.

what are you going to do with it. its green wood, needs drying. or are you going to build with green wood. young wood is kiln dried these days I believe.

Traditionally it was left in a pond for a while to season.

14 year old teak is relatively young and if used 'green' will probably be eaten by Insects .

Don't expect bug resistant teak at this age.

thanks jubby .did not realize bugs eat young teak. plenty of teak trees near my area about same price but leagality is a gray area

[bbradsby]

The whole thing's fishy. iIs maybe not even their land, and someone's just waiting for you to do the work then swoop in, arrest you, and confiscate the wood & fine you to within an inch of your last Baht. Teak is controlled here. YOur post indicates that you know this to some degree, but choose to proceed anyway. Best of luck.

[thaibeachlovers]

Have you considered buying old teak wood houses? I've seen plenty derelict ones around T'land. Shame to let the wood go to waste.