A Fair Trade?

[Magicman]

If the trader and the tradee are both happy, then I would say that it was a good trade.   ;D

A few months ago, I was given seven very nice 8' SYP logs that came from one tree.  The butt end was 24" and the smallest end was 18".  A couple of the logs had no taper and none had more than 2".


 
When I am given logs such as these and have no immediate lumber need for myself, I just pass them on to a customer who pays me for the sawing and everyone is happy.


 
So it went with these seven logs.  I loaded and hauled them to my customer.


 
Here my customer is seen inspecting two stacks of 2X4's and another stack of 2X6's on the left.  The last of the seven logs is on the sawmill.


 
I bring that cant down and will saw ¾X8" for board on board wall paneling.


 
The entire log was knot free.  The inscription on my helper's shirt says;  "I Suffer from Cruel and Unusual Employment".  "AC" is one of the best helpers that I regularly work with.


 
The seventh log is sawn into ¾X6" & 8" and stacked, so what did I trade for??


 
I got a trailer load of gravel.   ;D 

[drobertson]

LYNN, YOU ARE BLESSED! NOTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THIS!  REAL HAPPY FOR YOU BROTHER!   david

[WDH]

Those certainly looked better than his logs did  .  Maybe someone will give you a whack of cherry logs when you are on your next road trip to custom saw in Middle Georgia, near Perry in fact  ;D.

[NWP]

It looks like the real work starts when you unload the gravel. It doesn't look like that trailer dumps.

[Magicman]

Actually that was a nice framing lumber job which totaled 5861 bf.  The 1" lumber is on the far left side in the background and is difficult to see.


 
Here, I am packed up and ready to leave.  I'll be sawing a small framing lumber and ERC job tomorrow for a repeat customer.

NWP,  Right about unloading the gravel.  I unloaded it with a shovel Friday, and my right hand complained all day Saturday.  Ole folks ain't 'posed to do stuff like that.   :-\

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Look at ALL that lumber   say_what

You can sure make a mess.  :D

Good score Magic. 

[Chuck White]

Sounds like a deal, Lynn. 

[Holmes]

At first glance I thought you were getting a trailer load of sawdust. Whew

[Brucer]

There is no universal standard for "fair". Fairness is always negotiated between two parties. So I'd certainly say that was a fair trade.

[captain_crunch]

Good People Get their reward 8) 8) Glad it worked out for you My Friend
Brian

[hackberry jake]

You would think that a man that owns a sawmill would have side boards for his trailer  ;D and why didn't fat Albert unload it?

[fat olde elf]

There is something magic about that Magicman !

[red oaks lumber]

sure don't see many stickers in that lumber

[Jemclimber]

Nice pictures, that probably makes a very loyal customer. It's great when both people think that they got the best end of the deal.

[slider]

Looks to me like you got a load of georgia red clay.You sure you were not duped MM.

[AdamT]

Another job well done! How many logs total on this job?

[Magicman]

sure don't see many stickers in that lumber  

All of the lumber will be forklifted to his lumber shed and restacked.  This many times repeat customer is a homebuilder and keeps a continuous supply of framing lumber.

Another job well done! How many logs total on this job? 

I really do not know, but probably between 30-40 logs, some of which were really bad, and some really good.  Here are a couple of pictures.


 
Bucking and staging.  Unbucked logs in the background.


 
More unbucked logs in the background.  The customer is moving a section of pipe.   ;D

I am off to another repeat customer this morning.  He is a dairy farmer, and I ain't trading for fertilizer.   

[red oaks lumber]

why do people like to handle lumber more than nessesary? if there is a forklift on site sticker it once and be done with it!

[AdamT]

Hahaha!  I thought to myself "something's not adding up right here, or I need to figure board footage differently!"  I thought there was the original 7 logs you had to trade, plus the 7 logs mentioned in picture number 2 for a total of 14 logs, and a bunch of lumber.     

Your next series of photos shows the other logs missing from the equation! Lol.

[petefrom bearswamp]

Lynn
where can I get one of those tee shirts for my tail man?
He is a good worker and reliable as He comes on short notice.
I only saw 2 or 3 days a week and in warm weather.
Pete

[francismilker]

Seeing this topic makes me want to live in a lumber area.  All my milling is with the intention of crafters.  I'd love to have the ability to saw for actual home builders.  Around here, if you want 2x4's for building a house you go to the lumber yard.

Good trade MM!

[justallan1]

I see it that if i pass on a good deal or always give more than what was asked then I'm the one getting the call the next time, in any deals, business or personal.

[Tree Feller]

Nice whack of lumber but man, I'd hate to be re-stacking over 5000 bf. Why didn't the customer sticker it correctly as it came off the mill so that it wouldn't have to be handled twice?

[Tree Feller]

Around here, if you want 2x4's for building a house you go to the lumber yard. 

For 2x4 studs, it doesn't cost much more to buy them from a lumber yard and you get them with slightly radiused edges and planed faces. The longer the lumber, the more economical it is to have it milled, especially if the sawyer swaps the trees for a load of gravel.   ;D

There's also the added satisfaction of not letting the trees go to waste. That's the primary reason i saw my own construction lumber.

[Magicman]

Why didn't the customer sticker it correctly as it came off the mill so that it wouldn't have to be handled twice? 

Many times customers do things differently than I would have done.   In this instance and every other of the many times that I have sawed for this customer, that is what he has done. 

My job is to saw the logs.   ;D