Loggers... Adapt and overcome?

[Metals406]

Well, I've been on the phone all day looking into this sale. There's a mill that'll buy it all for $35.00 a ton (pulp)... But the haul is 280 miles round trip. The trucks gonna want 400-500 bucks per haul... And he can probably only get 18 ton on per load cause this is all dry fire kill.

It's not looking great, but it doesn't mean it's not worth doing yet.

I have a call in to a firewood processor that would take all the white wood... I'm waiting for him to call me back, and let me know what he pays a ton? He'd be waaaay closer to haul to.

I talked with the the guy I use, with the self loader--for like a hour. He said all the loggers he knows aren't working at all, and one guy was talking about trying to go to Washington to log for Weyerhaeuser.

I called Plum Creek and the Forester/buyer said he didn't even know if they'd buy any wood this year at all!!

More research is needed to see If I could maybe make a buck or two for 3 months or so of work?

Talked with the firewood guy... He'd buy the whole sale for 47 bucks a ton... Definitely makes it, possibly, worth bidding. Also talked with the lead FS forester on this sale, and he filled me in on a lot of stuff.

I found the multiplier for CCF to MBF... It's around .427... I figure there's around 1,200 to 1,300 cord on this sale. Very few provisions on the FS end of the sale... No slashing, road maintenance, or building. Some rehab with some grass seeding.

It's a closed bid sale followed by oral auction... The Forester said it's that way, because everyone will bid the minimum, so the oral auction will be needed to see who really wants to pay to get it. Part of the sale has to be done in the winter... Which I'm not too excited about.

I want to go walk the sale... I'm just waiting on the 'bid package' to come in the mail... It'll have maps, etc... Hopefully unit boundaries are clearly marked? If not, I'll have to see if slowp wants to come over and hang blue tape? LOL :greenchainsaw:

 

[Metals406]

Mmmmm... Butt.... Cuts.



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[Rowan]

This company has always done some firewood... lots this year.

Drive by...

 

[Metals406]

That's a lot of firewood!! The guy here does all whitewood... Said he produces 2,800 to 3,000 cord a season.