Re: Logging
[Re: BigBob]
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08/03/23 03:48 PM
08/03/23 03:48 PM
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BigBob
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Buddy of mine got hosed on a logging deal.
Make sure there's a hard start/finish date in the contract, And change the locks on the completion date. Is he gonna sell tops for firewood or worse let his friends, etc. help themselves? You can sell it yourself, or hire somebody to put it up. What about clean up? They can leave a swell of a lot of oil cans laying around and all those firewood cutters will load up the truck with trash and dump it on your land. Roads? Landings? Where and what condition will they be left in, Seeding after? Forgot to say why you want start/finish dates, The guy that got the contract with the open dates screwed around with other jobs all spring, summer and part of the fall, and started a week before Deer season.
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Re: Logging
[Re: Spike369]
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08/19/23 02:23 AM
08/19/23 02:23 AM
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AJE
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I'm want to have my woods cut I have to thin the trees out because the woman who use to Here never cut down trees . He text me a price I think it's lowball price. He gave 1000 board feet for the maples and 20 a cord for the pine. Never, ever, ever trust the logger! They will promise you stuff to get your trees but will never fulfill those promises A good contract can be key. It can be tough to put many stipulations in a contract during a down market though.
Last edited by AJE; 08/19/23 02:24 AM.
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Re: Logging
[Re: Guss]
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08/19/23 01:16 PM
08/19/23 01:16 PM
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You really didnt give enough good information for an answer..... What do you want. Here’s the basic problem. You don’t even know what is needed to make a timber sale or, more importantly, make sure you get the results after the timber sale. To start with: basal area by species and size class, volume/acre, total acres, access, season of operation and your goals for the property. You should be able to answer two fo those questions and I would bet good money you can’t do the rest. If the logger promises to pay $500/1000 for the maple how do you know how much you have? How do you know how much he is going to cut? Hire a forester, they know how to answer all of these questions. Remember, it’s not how much you get paid for the timber or what timber is cut, but what is left after the logger is gone. That is what determines your future forest. Also, you will likely only do this once and you don’t get a redo on any of it.
Last edited by Clark; 08/19/23 01:17 PM.
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Re: Logging
[Re: Clark]
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08/20/23 12:23 AM
08/20/23 12:23 AM
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Remember, it’s not how much you get paid for the timber or what timber is cut, but what is left after the logger is gone. That is what determines your future forest. Also, you will likely only do this once and you don’t get a redo on any of it.
Including nuisance seeds. You don't want them bringing in noxious weed seeds.
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