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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: HiTech on February 17, 2016, 05:02:11 PM

Title: Equipment for sale
Post by: HiTech on February 17, 2016, 05:02:11 PM
on Craigslist. I have noticed an increase in the New England states. With all the paper mills that have closed this may be the reason. In many areas I am sure it is a rough time. When the paper mill near me closed it put many under. Soon there will be nothing made in America.
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: Peter Drouin on February 17, 2016, 09:57:32 PM
There's a ton of it in NH. Too bad.
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: timberlinetree on February 18, 2016, 04:49:00 AM
Yikes! My 401k is all iron. :-\
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: Jhenderson on February 18, 2016, 07:46:25 PM
401K? I consider equipment an expense. An investment is supposed to appreciate, not depreciate.
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: thecfarm on February 18, 2016, 08:04:43 PM
I hate to say or see it,get out while you can.  :(
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: dustintheblood on February 18, 2016, 10:09:34 PM
Was on the milling side for a long long long time, and when the great boom was on before '08 I started to think "this is nuts.  too high.  too fast.  this market has to crash soon". 

I got out while the gitin was good.

Trouble this round for everyone is that there wasn't really a good time since then.  It's been crappy since 08' and theres no way it'll get better anytime soon.  The fundamentals at so many levels (macro & micro economic indicators, ecological pressures, changes in technology etc. are all putting pressure on the wood biz like crazy. 

Lean, mean, small and profitable seems to be the only real opportunity out there.  Bigger and faster just aint gonna cut it in the mid-term

Decades from now our kids will be cutting wood and griping.  Hopefully we have them prepared and ready to do it better than we did.

(my 2 cents....now that's 2 cents Canadian so it's really not worth jack squat with the dollar so low....  ::)   )
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: BargeMonkey on February 18, 2016, 10:22:34 PM
Quote from: timberlinetree on February 18, 2016, 04:49:00 AM
Yikes! My 401k is all iron. :-\
:D  I know the feeling.
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: jocco on February 19, 2016, 11:01:47 AM
No where to run no where to hide ;D The only way out is from with in :o


Quote from: thecfarm on February 18, 2016, 08:04:43 PM
I hate to say or see it,get out while you can.  :(
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: Mountaynman on February 19, 2016, 07:43:32 PM
for most of us on here that make our living from the woods our 401k is a bunch of wore out iron when we are wore out that's the way it is but that's what we are doing it for that's what we love to do and will do it till we cant do it anymore
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: Logger RK on February 19, 2016, 09:41:03 PM
X2
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: Ed_K on February 20, 2016, 09:10:18 AM
 X3
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: log cutter on February 20, 2016, 03:17:44 PM
QuoteYikes! My 401k is all iron. :-\
A round here it is referred to as the rusty iron plan  :D
Title: Re: Equipment for sale
Post by: OH logger on February 20, 2016, 09:11:51 PM
] A round here it is referred to as the rusty iron plan  :D
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or the shorter form; RIP ;D