What do you do with the wood?

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
It might be different further north, as more people can burn wood up there. But in my area, there is one company that pays pine logs for pulpwood. Anybody else who needs unprocessed wood can pretty much get it for the asking. We do not have many choices here. Either pay $30 per ton to dump it, take it to a private dump for whatever price you negotiate, or give it away to some fool who thinks he can make money selling firewood.

We have hundreds (if not thousands) of local tree companies but only a few people who have a need for wood. If someone around here wanted to get paid for dumping some logs, he would most likely be turned away. 10 more companies behind you looking for a free place to dump.

This size rolloff can costs about $300 per load. That is what we pay to get rid of stuff. Cheaper than trying to handle it 20 times so you can sell firewood for $10 per stack.

Good to have you back!!!

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by Lumberjack
Anything that is 16'6" goes with my log man if he can get to it.

Good luck trying to find a Cherry log that long that is straight in my neck of the woods. Seems like everyone here has a dogleg in it.

 

[John Ellison]

Carl, I am probably misunderstanding you. Do you mean 1 dollar per board foot? SYP around here is only worth about a third of that delivered to the mill. Maybe the prices are a lot higher in your area.

John

 

[rb_in_va]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
We have hundreds (if not thousands) of local tree companies but only a few people who have a need for wood. If someone around here wanted to get paid for dumping some logs, he would most likely be turned away. 10 more companies behind you looking for a free place to dump.

This is exactly what I am talking about! I have a portable sawmill and want to mill the stuff that companies dump or burn. Not to sell but for my own personal use. It is a shame to see all that bf of lumber rot or burn. Rocky, I wish I were closer to FL. Later, Roger.

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by John Ellison
Carl, I am probably misunderstanding you. Do you mean 1 dollar per board foot? SYP around here is only worth about a third of that delivered to the mill. Maybe the prices are a lot higher in your area.

John

I was sayin 1 dollar per foot of log loaded on the truck, I think that would wash in his favor. Under say 10" I would take.

The cherry was around 6' long peices. We loaded those by hand, which was fun.

 

[okietreedude1]

our wood here has two choices: dump or firewood. it all depends on the specie.

Oak, walnut, mulberry, hackberry, and other 'quality' hardwoods go to the shop where the boss's son sells it (gets about $55-$65 per rick). Pecan gets $75.

Crap wood: cottonwood, pine, willow, cedar, lg maple, elm, sycamore, go to the city dump at $20.45/ton. This we try to pass on to the customer, or at least bid it high enough to cover.

We have in the past given some straight logs to a local guy that has a mill. We give it for free just to save dump fees.

Since we got our Model 13 morbarks several yrs back, our firewood sales have dropped a lot.

As for chips, we dump for Free at residents houses if they are wanting chips. The rest goes to the city dump where they have a recycling program for green waste (this is free dumping). The free site doesnt take large logs, just chips, brush, grass,etc.

 

[Newfie]

"I dont want to push it too far, as I still want him to pick up the one tree on the far side of town,"

Just make sure you don't underestimate what trucking would cost if you had to pay money for it, especially for that ONE tree. Although it sounds like in the back of your mind you already realize this.

 

[John Ellison]

Your right Carl and Mike. I had a rig just like Carl pictured awhile back with the side loader. Besides logging I would run around and pick up "free" logs. A lot depends on how far away the mill is. When he just picks up a few logs he probably takes them somewhere to unload them, till he gets a full load. As you know that loader is picky about how the logs are laid out. If you have many of those 4' ers and they are laid out just right he should be paying you. But then if he has to drive a good ways and then fool around repositioning 2 or 3 small logs in a tuff spot it would be the other way around. If I had to make a special trip to pick up just a few small SYP logs I would figure they owed me something. You would know better than anyone here what the local market and distances are. Four footers would be nice, two to three is a nice stick around here

John

 

[jkrueger]

on the side

If anyone runs into good burls from TDs. Please let me know, I've gotten many requests from wood carvers. And it may be a way for you to get a few xtra $.
Thanks,
Jack

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by Newfie
"I dont want to push it too far, as I still want him to pick up the one tree on the far side of town,"

Just make sure you don't underestimate what trucking would cost if you had to pay money for it, especially for that ONE tree. Although it sounds like in the back of your mind you already realize this.

Trust me I do. My father has been a truck driver for over 30 years now, I understand the cost of driving and shipping. If it is a small tree, say under 2'dbh then I just load it with the brush. Now if it were serveral trees, then I leave it for him.

 

[Bills Oak]

What do you do with wood.

Guys, here in the Sunshine State the arborists have a tough time getting rid of any wood. They mostly take it to the dump & pay dump fees, that's why I started my firewood business on the side. I wished that I had a way to get it to more people. My main problem is storage area after splitting for drying. I only sell oak & I turn away about 20-30 trees per week--average diameter 24" because I do not have the manpower or area for storage. I sell it locally in Central Florida for about $80/Cord....

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Just know your wood though. I knew some guys who busted up a big silkoak, which sells as lace wood for lumber.

It is pricey stuf once milled

 

[taznleo1]

Has anyone thought about giving it to a homless shelter or contacting Red Cross to see if they would take it. I am sure when winter hits, alot of people could use the wood to keep them warm, that can't afford to purchase wood.
It would be a good deed.

 

[BigJohn]

I met a guy here Philly who goes around gathering wood for charity. Its a good idea and a nice thought. The only thing was they wanted pieces that we normally chip. The wood we like to get rid of is way too big for them to handle, also no one likes leave a job unfinished. What if they don't come to pick it up or take too long. What if they leave a mess of bark and what not? Then you have spend the extra time to go back and clean up.

 

[Ax-man]

I've thought about investing in one of those five foot splitters from Timber Wolf with just a 4 way wedge and sell the wood as a U finish it special, sell it cheap just to get rid of it in 3 to 4 ft. split lengths, what is left over then run it through the chipper for clean chips.

There is no tub grinders in our area and not a big market for split sissy wood. If you can burn, it is cheap way to get rid of wood, but sooner or later you have to deal with an ash pile to get rid of.

I wish there was an easy answer to getting rid of waste wood.

Larry

 

[hobby climber]

My business is just a part time hobby so before I quote a job, I line up people who want the wood and will cut and take it away for personel use. I add a little bit more to my climbing fee but in the end everyone comes out ahead. ...I make a good buck for what I do, the customer doesn't get billed for wood removal, & the guy who takes the wood away get gets it for free. Everyone wins! :angel: As far as chipping goes, if its to much for me to bother with with my trailer, I'll sub the work out to a bigger tree copany. Its cheaper to have them do it than to rent a chipper myself.

 

[M.D. Vaden]

Small trees - we send it to the yard debris business to grind in their tub grinder for garden mulch.

Another place takes stuff up to 48" in Diameter - maybe 36" long, and pulverizes it and burns it to power the newsprint plant and sell some power back to Portland General Electric.

Many times, we just stack the wood to save customers money. They either use it, give it away, or, at worst, run a $4 ad in the Oregonian thrifties for "free firewood cut to lenth, U-haul".

 

[crosscut tree]

chips i pile up and just let rot. give them away later for compost. this far south we use more wood for cooking than firewood. but i sure do hate to waste anything. so i set up a sawmill it was pretty cheap just a hassle to set up but sure has been a lot of fun and some beutifull wood ive gotten out of it and some awsume furniture and im just not gettin started pine you can always saw up or sell to pallet makers if you use a metal detector or leave the bottom 8 feet of the trunk where the most nails are usually at

 

[ORclimber]

Originally posted by M.D. Vaden

Another place takes stuff up to 48" in Diameter - maybe 36" long, and pulverizes it and burns it to power the newsprint plant and sell some power back to Portland General Electric.

Where's that? I'll be dismantling a moster cottonwood up that way next week and the wood has to go. They found some lower bids at my request, but want me Two things I could do without, cottonwood removals and hauling off wood. Need cash though.

 

[ArtB]

Around here, you get about $50 a cord at most for cottonwood delivered to the pulp mill.

Nice big fir logs a different story.

I've had chip trucks come 45 miles to dump a load 'cause i was taking it without charging, have heard some get charged $45-$50 a load to dump.

Real estate is definetely at a premium here, a 9600 sq ft lot in the neighborhood sold last year for over $100K, you can't sell firewood off something like that, you'd need to sell 50 cords a year just to pay the property tax.