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Post by bill9068 on May 24, 2021 13:25:25 GMT -5
 My timber buyers started to harvest it this last week at my Perry county property. Haven’t had any timber cut for about 20 years and the equipment sure has changed, not a chainsaw in sight, all done from air conditioned cabs. |
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Post by bill9068 on May 24, 2021 13:26:08 GMT -5
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Post by bill9068 on May 24, 2021 13:26:39 GMT -5
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Post by HighCotton on May 24, 2021 14:09:06 GMT -5
I'll be curious to see how this works out for you!
I just walked my property with a State Forester. I only wish I could have spent a few more days with him as he was a great dude and I learned a ton from him.
However, I could not get much input as they are not allowed to estimate timber value as a state employee.
I'll post a few questions here.
If you're not comfortable posting here feel free PM me.
What timber are they predominantly harvesting, ie, hardwood, oaks, hickory, walnut, tulip/poplar, etc?
Any "pallet/pulp" like sycamore timbered?
Rough idea on number of trees or board feet?
Care to share the company you're working with?
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Post by bill9068 on May 24, 2021 14:40:35 GMT -5
I walked with a forester 2 years ago, he estimated the select cut I wanted to be worth about 55/60k. After bidding the price was 75k. There’s a lot of black oak, a few white oak, poplar, hickory and all the ash trees. There’s a lot of cull trees for pulp, total tree count to be harvested was 453.
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Post by bill9068 on May 24, 2021 14:45:17 GMT -5
He gave me paperwork showing all board feet etc. but I cannot find it right now. The company cutting is a father son team. They say they cannot keep employees due to unemployment benefits. I talked to their truck driver the other day and he said they had 9 employees before COVID but now just 3.
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Post by parrothead on May 24, 2021 16:15:51 GMT -5
Heck that is one dangerous business I cant blame people for wanting insurance
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Post by HighCotton on May 24, 2021 17:19:26 GMT -5
He gave me paperwork showing all board feet etc. but I cannot find it right now. The company cutting is a father son team. They say they cannot keep employees due to unemployment benefits. I talked to their truck driver the other day and he said they had 9 employees before COVID but now just 3. Thank you Sir!! Good information! |
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Post by freedomhunter on May 24, 2021 17:20:57 GMT -5
HighCotton, I sent you a PM
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Post by scrub-buster on May 24, 2021 21:06:17 GMT -5
I could sure get a lot done with that grapple. I've got some osage trees that are too big for any equipment that I have. Good luck with the logging. Hopefully they don't mess up your property.
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Post by steiny on May 25, 2021 7:18:12 GMT -5
Good deal !
I've had our various woodlots logged several times and always pay a private forester to review my goals then mark trees, estimate board footage, get bids and supervise the harvest. It's pretty inexpensive and provides peace of mind.
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Post by bill9068 on May 25, 2021 8:13:48 GMT -5
I haven’t hunted this property in3 years. By opening up the canopy I’m hoping to get the underbrush thick once again.
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Post by esshup on May 25, 2021 8:33:04 GMT -5
I haven’t hunted this property in3 years. By opening up the canopy I’m hoping to get the underbrush thick once again. You will do that plus all the tops that are left will create a lot of cover. |
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Post by swindianapaul on May 25, 2021 17:20:40 GMT -5
Who is doing your cutting. Looks like the same type of rig Werners used at my place. Was pretty cool to see it in action.
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Post by bill9068 on May 26, 2021 10:30:56 GMT -5
Who is doing your cutting. Looks like the same type of rig Werners used at my place. Was pretty cool to see it in action. Klines logging. |
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Post by treetop on May 26, 2021 11:14:27 GMT -5
My timber buyers started to harvest it this last week at my Perry county property. Haven’t had any timber cut for about 20 years and the equipment sure has changed, not a chainsaw in sight, all done from air conditioned cabs. It is amazing to watch them for sure up north they may grab and cut 4 or 5 pine tress before they lay them down how they balance that I’ll never know some of the mules have duals with chains on them to get around the low areas Now those could be a blast to play with on the back 40 Then to watch them strip the limbs and cut to length and stack at the same time they do a 40 to 50 foot tree in seconds |
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Post by bullseye69 on May 26, 2021 12:01:22 GMT -5
My timber buyers started to harvest it this last week at my Perry county property. Haven’t had any timber cut for about 20 years and the equipment sure has changed, not a chainsaw in sight, all done from air conditioned cabs. Looks like a scene from Axe men! |
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Post by bullseye69 on May 26, 2021 12:06:19 GMT -5
My timber buyers started to harvest it this last week at my Perry county property. Haven’t had any timber cut for about 20 years and the equipment sure has changed, not a chainsaw in sight, all done from air conditioned cabs. It is amazing to watch them for sure up north they may grab and cut 4 or 5 pine tress before they lay them down how they balance that I’ll never know some of the mules have duals with chains on them to get around the low areas Now those could be a blast to play with on the back 40 Then to watch them strip the limbs and cut to length and stack at the same time they do a 40 to 50 foot tree in seconds We had a similar attachment for our payloader when I worked at the nursery. You can cut one tree and go to the next easily because the grabber arms hold the cut tree. When you get to the next tree you release the arms and the uncut tree holds up the cut tree. You can do that till your arms can't hold anymore. |
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Post by bill9068 on May 26, 2021 12:15:24 GMT -5
It is amazing to watch them for sure up north they may grab and cut 4 or 5 pine tress before they lay them down how they balance that I’ll never know some of the mules have duals with chains on them to get around the low areas Now those could be a blast to play with on the back 40 Then to watch them strip the limbs and cut to length and stack at the same time they do a 40 to 50 foot tree in seconds We had a similar attachment for our payloader when I worked at the nursery. You can cut one tree and go to the next easily because the grabber arms hold the cut tree. When you get to the next tree you release the arms and the uncut tree holds up the cut tree. You can do that till your arms can't hold anymore. It’s a big heavy machine. When it went in my field that’s dry, it sank 10” in the soil. They are using the same trails to drag out the trees and they are like 6” of powdered dirt. Think I’ll plant clover in these after they dress them with the bulldozer. |
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Post by bullseye69 on May 26, 2021 12:35:50 GMT -5
We had a similar attachment for our payloader when I worked at the nursery. You can cut one tree and go to the next easily because the grabber arms hold the cut tree. When you get to the next tree you release the arms and the uncut tree holds up the cut tree. You can do that till your arms can't hold anymore. It’s a big heavy machine. When it went in my field that’s dry, it sank 10” in the soil. They are using the same trails to drag out the trees and they are like 6” of powdered dirt. Think I’ll plant clover in these after they dress them with the bulldozer. Sandy soil? |
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