Just need some advice

[northmanlogging]

... welcome to the wide wonderful world of gyppo logging... its not all bad

 

[Pulpwooder101]

As long as its better firewood ill survive hahaha!!
The guy said he was going to do some work on the truck before I buy it. He was really honest on everything and had pictures of what the truck will handle. And it blew my mind hahah! Here some wood I did by hand in about 3 hours today

 

[northmanlogging]

keep getting all this work lined up and you just might need a skidder and a loader, before you jump the gun and drop 20k on equipment get these deals on paper, you will sleep better knowing you have a way to pay for everything.

 

[Pulpwooder101]

Oh no doubt, I make great money offshore, but I intend to save most of that for emergencies and other things, the logging wont ever be big enough to require a large cutter and pair of skidders. The biggest I may go would be a timber pro forwarder for large scale thinning jobs. But of course, that is many years down the road. And thanks for the encouragement. I'm not gona be dumb like the rest of my generation, I'm going to plan all this out and put it to paper instead of going by heat of the moment hahah!

 

[slick700]

in the adirondacks we get 26 a

What I meant by 14 days is I work offshore and I'm off 14 days at a time. He basically wants anything I can get out but while leavening anything 12" and up. Some of the land will allow me to back the truck right up to the trees and which them right on up. The loader works pretty fast for what it is, can have a loaded truck in 15mins and the mill is 15 miles down the road from the job. And since I'm working now, I can probably save up for a small skidder or something. $23 a ton ant much, but it's better than nothing!

 

[beardedbeast]

Pulpwooder101, what kind of logging equipment are using? I've been thinking about doing small scale logging on the side.

 

[nk14zp]

I like how your truck is setup. Is it gas or diesel?

 

[Pulpwooder101]

It was a gas burner, she up and died on me last week, bought a F550 with a 460, got a used 28ft trailer and I'm hauling more tonage now. Fixing to buy a cutter too, got just about everything going good, pulling decent cash in for now lol

 

[beardedbeast]

What kind small scale loading would you suggest?

 

[Pulpwooder101]

I'm using a truck and trailer with a 65hp tractor, using 2 or three saws. Got forks on the loader and a grapple on the back of the tractor. Fixing to buy a bell cutter and knock some wood on down

 

[treeslayer2003]

pulpwooder, where ya at? have you looked at bells yet?

 

[Pulpwooder101]

I'm down here in Mississippi, were pulpwood is about all the land owners will let ya cut. Iv looked at a few bells, since I'm trying to stay low impact I figure this little machine would be the best bet. Found one for 15k that has a new motor with 2500 hours, new paint, AC and a fixed hot saw head, and a dangle pincher. Also looking at a small 4 wheeled hydro axe with a pincher head too.

 

[treeslayer2003]

for pulp the shear is prolly cheapest to run. i like the bell, it is cheap to run but it will take ya some time to get used to it.
oh try to get the high float tail wheel......it will still fall in.