Urban Logging

[lumberinspector]

Greetings to everyone here on the forum. I have been a member for quite some time...just in-active!

Just curious to get your thoughts etc. on this idea. How do you feel about it? Is it a pain for you to deal with one log etc. etc. etc. Are you buying the log from the customer?

 

[jp hallman]

"Urban Logging"? Are you refering to felling and removing one or two trees in city limits? If so, yes it's a real pain for me because the wood is usually full of metal and the mills don't want it. I consider wood removed from urban logging sweat equity and worthless. Let the hired hands have it for firewood.

 

[lumberinspector]

Yes, that is what I am talking about.

I have bought many urban logs from local tree service companies and have sold them to a very large mill.(This mill produces 7mmbf of lumber a year and is probably on the brink of pushing 12mmbf with equipment upgrades.) There isn't as much metal in them as one would think. I scan all the logs and remember pulling one nail out of a Walnut log. You can work the deals many different ways and usually everyone is happy in the end. You can get just as nice of lumber from a urban log as you can from the timber. Usually local portable mill owners will take them too.

 

[Redbull]

If you are interested in logs in your area, contact PTS on this board. He is from Manchester and could probably get you some good logs.

 

[lumberinspector]

lol

PTS is a very good friend of mine. I plan on getting all his logs this year.

Redbull

You must be one of the guys he climbed with not to long ago. I told him he is going to have to teach me this year!!

 

[Redbull]

Thats funny! He's a nice guy, we had a lot of fun. I'm the one that hosted the little get together.

 

[PTS]

Lumber Inspector me as modest as he is, is a highly educated lumber inspector and grader for the large mill that he speaks of. I have had the privilage of working with him since the day I started our company.

Not only is he a good grader/inspector but he is a very knowledgeable lumber sawer. Got any questions involving lumber he it the man to ask.

Anyone in the area. Lumber Inspector buys all my urban logs and gives me a very fair price. I have another buyer that doesn't grade out the logs and gives me a straight price. 26 cents for hardwoods 24 for soft and 21 for pine. At least with Lumber Inspector I get out of the logs what they are worth.

I also have the privilage of having him go on site to look at standing trees to give me there value pending they are not hollow. I can pass this onto the customer. He tells me he will give me $150. I give my customers $100 and get $50 for saving them money and they still save $100 on what they were going to pay anyway. I sit on the logs until I get a Semi Load which is several times a season. When I have my load I send them off and collect my check.

It is a great relationship. So if you are in the area jump on it and if you aren't try to find this kind of set up.youtube.com youtube.com