Selling Aspen

[Lnewman]

I have a lot of big tooth aspen that is ready to harvest.   I am able to cut a truckload and stack it at the roadside.  Any thoughts on how to go about selling it ?

[thecfarm]

When I was selling wood I would ask my trucker and a logger I know. Might be some paper work on your end to fill out too.

[jwilly3879]

There are two places in my area that purchase aspen for shavings for animal bedding. One stick scales and pays $90/cord, the other pays $32/ton for aspen and $26/ton for pine. The stick scale outfit deducts for rot.

[Maine logger88]

I 2nd thecfarm talk to a trucker and he will know where to sell to and how much it will pay, up here the I was selling to the mill in Rumford and getting 40$ a ton

[Woodhauler]

I 2nd thecfarm talk to a trucker and he will know where to sell to and how much it will pay, up here the I was selling to the mill in Rumford and getting 40$ a ton

40 a ton roadside??? Or at the mill?? It was paying 61.70 a ton if you had a contract!! If you went through a broker it would be around 59-60 aton.

[Woodhauler]

I have a lot of big tooth aspen that is ready to harvest.   I am able to cut a truckload and stack it at the roadside.  Any thoughts on how to go about selling it ?

500 a thousand bd ft in brooks maine! Guy makes apple ladders out of it!

[Maine logger88]

42 roadside I just looked at some old slips but that was over a year ago I haven't cut any high grade since. 500 a thousand that's good if it opens up good is that Baldwin ladders

[thecfarm]

Aspen here in Maine is selling for a high price, or was a few months back. I don't really have any. Some at the lower end of the field. MIGHT be a truck load.

[SwampDonkey]

Verso was/is paying good money for both tree length and 100", but that is on a volume contract with our marketing boards I think. Island Falls is treelength not quite $53/ton, Jay is 100" close to $61/ton. Mill delivered.

We had a veneer market for good aspen, but pulp prices at the time were just about the same anyway.

Anyone making berry boxes and needing aspen veneer logs? I suppose not many berries to pick in winter. ;D

[Corley5]

$45.00 a cord on the landing for aspen pulp.  $70.00 for 100" sawbolts.

[Ken]

Private wood delivered to the local pulp mill pays about $103/cord ($41/ton).  Most of my work in within 50-60 miles of the mill.  I like cutting aspen.  Cuts easy and adds up quickly.

[Maine logger88]

Yeh especially when its cold and you can back it in to limb it, a couple years ago I had a spot were that worked out with  short pull good wood 14 to 18 in on the stump I could almost do 2 2crd twitches an hour never been able too have it work out that good since

[SwampDonkey]

The only aspen dad cut was large stuff, that needed cut'n before it went down hill in quality. 300 cord on 10 acres back in '84. Sent it to Houlton, Maine. Remnants on the line died and fell down about 6 years ago, 24"-36" stuff. He did all the cut'n and had a skidder man. Cut 10 cord a day of 100" for a truck load, hauled after supper. Other aspen was cut later, but it was by a logger on stumpage. You couldn't break the limbs on this stuff with your method, too big. She'd look terribly rough. Had to be cut flush.

[Lnewman]

Thanks for all the comments.  Anyone know how to find truckers in Western PA?