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Hoping some of you are more local then me.

I'm looking at some property down that way, the price is good enough I could log it and break even or maybe even come out a little ahead.:rock:

What I don't know is which mills to talk to, Self loaders, saw shops(besides Madsens...), equipment rental places. That sort of thing...

I will admit it is quite the hike for me to get out there but the plan now is to camp out and clear the property so I can pay for it. From the looks of things down that way there isn't a whole lot of small scale logging going on lots of weyco trucks out of vail and a few private trucks but only saw signs of one gypo and one other small scale outfit, but lots of nice tracts of good timber on private ground.

Also I noticed some Garry Oaks not much that was real big, but I know nothing of them cause they don't grow wild this far north. Is there much timber value in them or are they just firewood.

As it stands now I have a few mills I need to call (if there still open...) and Formark's Tacoma yard, and a couple names of self loaders in the area a member passed along awhile back... its always better to have more contacts...

By the way this piece of dirt is off SR 507 between Bucoda and Centralia backed up to what I ass-u-me is weyco land or SP...
 
Sierra Pacific has a mill in Centralia, Hampton Tree Farms has a Doug-fir mill in Morton and a Hemlock mill in Randle. Gots to get the phone book...and they're not in it but I think I remembered the name...TMI (same outfit but different name formerly tubafor) in Morton takes cedar Northwest Hardwoods in Centralia, and if you have oversized, there's a mill in Washougal tha takes up to 48 inches--Interfor??? not sure on that one. I think there is still a chipping place in Morton too.

There is also a small mill in Onalaska that takes cedar. I think the alder mill there went out of business.

Madhatte can help more. There is a custom outfit that takes hardwoods. I met the guy but can't remember the name. They have a couple of small mills and I think one is in Spanaway.

Self loaders have either Nixon on the door, or a name that starts with a G that I can't think of right now. It'll pop into my gray matter sometime.
 
North,

Gary Oak most of the time this far north is pretty hollow unfortunately. Has to do with how much moisture we get or something like that. Down in Oregon they get pretty solid. Look for Oregon ash there too! As there is plenty around there and are a wetland indicator species.

If you have ash then check Cascade Hardwoods and Northwest hardwoods. Peelers try Murphy Veneer in Elma. Simpson Mill 5 and Mill 3 around Shelton. Mill 5 is chip n saw and Mill 5 buys up to a 30" I believe. Manke has a yard in Shelton too. Then there's the Weyco export yard in Oly. Merrill & Ring has one in Oly also. Cedar you've got Marys River in Montesano and Reicharts down by Toledo. If you want a self loader I can give you the number of a guy my uncle, and a gypo I know uses. I've used him too. He's from down that way. Then there's Dahlstrom's in Hoquiam. They buy oversize stuff. Also exporters in Aberdem/Hoquiam are ALCAN, DKORAM, and someone else I don't remember. For pulp there is Willis Enterprises in Oakville. Willis also buys what I've always heard termed as peelable pulp.

My uncle used to do gypo stuff around there but anymore it's lot clearing in conjunction with septics and foundations as opposed to strait logging.

Luck to ya!

Wes
 
Northwest Hardwoods in Centralia does all alder and maple, I think.

Service Saw & Supply in Chehalis are a quality outfit and would be huge, I think, if it weren't for Madsen's right next door!

The custom hardwood outfit Slowp was alluding to is Green Tree in Graham. That "G" name -- Gilliardi? That outfit is based out of Nisqually.

There' a gypo outfit out of Chehalis whose name is eluding me right now. I can look it up at the office, I suppose.
 
Forgot about poles good call Patty. Yeah Bell in Tacoma and then the old PLS yard in Oakville is owned by McFarland Cascade now. The likelihood of having poles could be slim but if you think you have some call the pole outfits and have them come take a look. They are both hurting for poles last I heard.

Nate, I forget which buys Oregon ash but one of those. Service saw is pretty nice. Been in there a few times. I mostly get all my stuff through Harbor since they are closer and price point is pretty close. Plus I'm in Hoquiam more than Chehalis.

Oh and as for Interfor the mills are in Beaver and Port Angeles.

North I PMd you the number for the self loader I know.

Oh and Manke has a self loader out of Shelton. They'll use it to load regular trucks too. But that's only if you're selling to them. I believe they'll haul pulp and stuff they aren't buying as long as they are getting some logs. Gypo I know that uses Manke has shifted to the self loader I PMd you about.

Wes
 
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well if you log down by bucoda, i dont live far from there, i can help just to learn some new tricks...
 
It was 8 acres for 16000. no house or nothing, but some decent timber enough to cover the price of the land, problem was the original access came from the Weyco side, before they sold the 80 acres to weyco, current access would of had to come through bnsf land, then up a steep muddy hill... he offered it for 8k, buit i figure it would cost close to 20k just to build a road into it and thats on the cheap, then getting the acre or two from bnsf would cost another 10k at least. Not to mention permitting and the commute alone.
I'll keep swinging until I hit something.
 
a grand a acre, wow. swamp over here cost more than that. I lost a bid a while back on 17 acre of big pine, guy bought land and all for a few thousand more. it was land locked, he bought a right away for 500 bucks and built a road thru a pond........like they'd let me do that.
really tho farm field going for a million for 100 acre good ground. I prolly should move lol.
 
Don't forget that we have some pretty strict laws about timber harvest. Land may have timber on it, but that timber may be in a riparian area and hands off for timber production. That affects value.
 

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