The Forestry Forum

Where I am putting my cabin, a "tornado" blew thru last night. My cabin was spared thank-you!
What we do have from talking to some people is a lot of downed white pine. From my perspective they are big pine 30-40 inches if not bigger. Most of the damage is accesable only from the lake and a lot of the trees are in the lake. It will be easy to load them on a trailer as I can back a trailer into the lake float the logs on and pull them out. I can then transport them to my sugar bush where I can mill them. I did plan on buying a mill this fall or next spring.
How long can I leave them in the lake?
How much would they  be worth?
I can get free ones on my property but I would have to log them & transport them to the mill, these ones are already down and are "easier" to move.
Stephen1

Im surprised you didnt get any replies to this one.. It is certainly different..

It not really clear what you are doing.. If the trees are in the lake I dont think you can float them on a trailer very easily with the limbs still on them???

Did those big trees up root and get thrown into the lake??

You will have to winch them out, delimb them, buck them up then load and transport.

There must be a heck a mess to clear up for a road in etc...

I assume most are up ended in the lake with all the root system still attached at the shore line, they would have to be butt cut without killing yourself when the root system flops back on shore, also you have to keep from getting thrown in the water etc..

Quite the little job to clear that mess up with those size heavy old pine...

Around here (Maritimes) you have to beg them to take your pine, then they grade them really hard to get them for nothing, top rate about $300.00 Mbfm roadside..

Thanks Woodhog for the reply. We have some trees down in our sugar bush so I will be working on them once the roof is on the cabin.  Most of the damaged trees were on the islands in the lake, with only some trees next to the water. Like you said trying to cut a tree in the water with the rootball still attached was scarry. They will make good hiding spots for the bass in the next few years. We were able to  salvage some trees at a friends, the downed trees were next to the lake and we cut & rolled 8-12' logs  down into the water, which he taing to a mill this week, other people were just cutting up the trees into firewood size chunks and rolling them into the bush. Amazing the damage mother nature can cause.