bitzer
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How in the hell can a guy make any money?
Yoder, ecoliner, shovel yarder, cheap yarder+loader
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bitzer
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Matt- call the history channel and tell them you're starting a logging company. I'm sure they'll be right over to help. They can pick the crew and finance the equipment. Then we can all see how yer biz is going!
Skeans
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That 200 stays mainly at home on our place thank god.
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Volume.
folks with the big toys can get like 20 loads a day, every day... I'm not quite at 1 load a day.
Skeans
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I know most of the guys down here are pushing 35 to 40 a day on company ground.
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bitzer
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35-40. Thats crazy but i believe it. I forget your volume per acre is a little different from mine.
1270d
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4 guys pushing out 40 loads in a day? Wow that's incredible!
We run 5 man with a part time helper and can move 500 tons of hardwood on a good day. That still only about ten loads though.
North, maybe you could deal with another small time logger. Its your sale, but work something out to share the work?
We run 5 man with a part time helper and can move 500 tons of hardwood on a good day. That still only about ten loads though.
North, maybe you could deal with another small time logger. Its your sale, but work something out to share the work?
Excellent. I think that's their HQ here in Oly that I drive by all the time.
Woos31
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Good luck with all of er northman
Considered that, only everyone that still has a yarder is booked until **** all knows when.
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Another thing I'd consider is insurance especially with having to have a crew.
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Joe46
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Bekkavar out of Sequim is selling off some equp. NM. Pretty dandy little yarder, grapple cat, loader , ect
Skeans
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Matt having equipment and being around the stuff I'd look into a 200 class shovel and stay out of the high lead or yarder game because the big guys can hit a slow time then under bid you all day.
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Looked at the timber cruize, mostly alder and maple, both are hard to make money on, probably enough fir, hem, and cedar to let a guy make a buck or two, but at the end of the day, not enough to justify 200k or more in equipment, and 20-30,000 in wages before the first check clears the mill.
So thanks for the words folks but I think the best thing to do here is dodge a bullet.
So thanks for the words folks but I think the best thing to do here is dodge a bullet.
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The equipment is still there after the job is finished, they are more of an investment than cost.
Sometimes it is better to expand your business slowly, sometimes one needs to take the opportunitys that arise, too bad that you never know beforehand which is better.
I think it's best to follow your gut feeling
Sometimes it is better to expand your business slowly, sometimes one needs to take the opportunitys that arise, too bad that you never know beforehand which is better.
I think it's best to follow your gut feeling
problem with this particular circumstance, is that I highly doubt that I'll have more yarder work in the near future, so once this job was completed I'd still be left with about 80-90k to pay of on a machine that is going to sit in the front yard and piss off the county.
Bummer, that, but smart.
Yup.
Trx250r180
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If you need Dave Bekkevars cel Northman let me know for the equipment .
contacted him on FB, he wants too much for that yarder to be worth it, 135,000 and I'd still need a loader...
