A day cutting wood

Peter Drouin · February 14, 2017, 06:29:11 AM

7300 bf on the truck. ;D

4x4American · February 14, 2017, 06:41:51 AM

Did you pay extra for that frozen mud? :D

Davek603 · February 14, 2017, 07:04:31 PM

That was a good chunk of change! Bonus mud and all!

4x4American · February 14, 2017, 08:01:39 PM

I asked a logger who brings me a lot of low grade logs once when he came with a bunch of dirty logs if he'd charge me any extra for the sand and mud. Without skipping a beat he told me that the pulp mill never complains about any dirt or mud and he'd just as soon bring his logs there if I had a problem with it. (he's the biggest cohone buster that I know, from the time he shows up to the time he leaves, first and last thing he's doing is busting stones) I said oh so you can dish it out but can't take it huh, didn't realize you were so sensitive!

Peter Drouin · February 14, 2017, 08:10:04 PM

Sensitive, :D :D

WDH · February 14, 2017, 08:13:13 PM

Peter,

You are going to have to take sensitivity lessons :D.

Peter Drouin · February 15, 2017, 06:18:00 AM

Quote from: WDH on February 14, 2017, 08:13:13 PM
Peter,

You are going to have to take sensitivity lessons :D.

Ann tells me that sometimes, I tell it how it is, No sugar coating from me. ;D ;)

Magicman · February 15, 2017, 07:21:08 AM

You are just a sweetie pie Peter. Oh wait! Yesterday was Valentine Day. YOYO today!! (you're on your own)

Bruno of NH · February 15, 2017, 10:36:46 AM

Peter
That's the Bricklayer/Mason in ya
Telling it like it is :D :D

Peter Drouin · February 16, 2017, 05:16:25 AM

Went to order more wood. ;D
This logger moves wood, Has a Tigercat cutting trees bunching like carrots. Two Cat grapples skidders pulling feeding the crain. slasher and chipper.
Hes putting some Hemlock together for me.

The chipper looks new.

4x4American · February 16, 2017, 06:24:58 AM

Nice setup, it good when the big boys can work with you.

Peter Drouin · February 20, 2017, 05:21:17 PM

Boy oh Boy, when the temp goes up, wood moves. :D :D :D

Ice melting snow going Maple sap running, If it keeps up, The road bands will go up.
2 today, looks to be around 14,000+ bf.

Have to pile it, No room to spread it out, till I scale it all. Have more coming tomorrow.

Got wood. ;D

Hackeldam Wood Products · February 20, 2017, 06:20:22 PM

Nice to have a thaw. That logger has an impressive operation.

4x4American · February 20, 2017, 06:27:13 PM

Looking good Peter, getting logs in is my favorite, except when it comes time to pay up lol

Peter Drouin · February 20, 2017, 07:01:15 PM

Quote from: 4x4American on February 20, 2017, 06:27:13 PM
Looking good Peter, getting logs in is my favorite, except when it comes time to pay up lol

This time of the year, Money is tight, but, I can't sell lumber with an empty cart. ;D

paul case · February 20, 2017, 07:46:16 PM

Those look like some nice slick logs you got coming in. NICE!

PC

Peter Drouin · February 20, 2017, 08:56:17 PM

Quote from: paul case on February 20, 2017, 07:46:16 PM
Those look like some nice slick logs you got coming in. NICE!

PC

Up here winter is the best time to cut W Pine and Hemlock. So I don't have to spray water on them like the bigger mills do . In fact I had a log buyer stop by to see my setup. His mill cuts 100,000 BF a day. smiley_dizzy That's a lot of wood. We did have a good talk.

Is there a good time of the year for you to get logs?
I know you sell logs too. You must go through a lot of them.

paul case · February 21, 2017, 08:52:43 AM

I am able to get logs all year around. No road restrictions or anything like that. However many of the loggers here also have cattle and will take time off in the summer to bale hay, some custom cut fescue seed as well. You have to be ready for that.
I only sell logs when we are getting way more in that we can cut in a timely fashion. They dont go bad so much as If there is a lot coming in I have to have a lot more money to keep buying them. I want to buy them so I sell off the higher dollar ones and keep the cheaper ones. We cut primarily oak. On grade oak logs the sapwood can stain in the hotter weather which will cut it back one grade. That can be a $.50 bdft difference. So those grade logs need sawn relatively quickly and shipped. From October on through April they can stand to be stacked up and wait a little bit longer.

YellowHammer · February 22, 2017, 06:50:00 AM

I've got the same problem with local loggers here, when the hay is ready they stop until the season is over, sometimes a month or more.

Peter Drouin · February 22, 2017, 07:42:06 PM

Paul, Do you have room to but new logs on one side of the pile and take from the other side?

paul case · February 22, 2017, 10:45:50 PM

I actually do but I chose to do it another way.

We never seem to get a load of logs that are all grade and 1 species or that are all tie logs. So I spend some time sorting them after I scale them. We can store 3 or 4 TT loads inside. I use the forklift to stack them up against the wall on cants. That still leaves us room to drive through the middle of the building. Our mills are 150ft in the building. The building is 400 x 40. The only thing is our door is 11' and the ceilings are a little short but we manage.

I also stack some outside but they will be like maybe a semi load in each pile. Once we start on a pile we try to finish it. Right now we are pretty fresh on logs as we dont have any that are older than 60 days.
Here is an old pic of the lot in front of the mill shed.

I think there is 8 or ten acres to stack logs here. I have not used all of it that way but I have it if I need it.

PC

4x4American · February 23, 2017, 05:26:34 AM

How is anyone gonna know there's a sawmill there without logs and lumber stacked to the moon lol

Peter Drouin · February 23, 2017, 06:00:16 AM

Nice to have all that room. Logs inside, Never heard of that before. What is the longest log you buy?

petefrom bearswamp · February 23, 2017, 07:40:50 AM

Wow Paul, 400 ft long bldg, and 10 acres for the mill yard I am very jealous.
My yard is short of 1-1/2 acres and my storage bldg is 32x36 for lumber and machinery only.
But I dont usually have a lot of log inventory maybe 10- 15 mbf.
If i ever get ambitious and learn how to post ill put some pics on.
Snow is going fast as i type, but winter due here next week again.
Got back from FL last Saturday with 2' of snow but only about 8 10 inches now.
I usually dont open until April, but perhaps can get going earlier this year.
Getting the itch to make sawdust.

paul case · February 23, 2017, 08:36:34 AM

Well I guess I would buy whatever shows up, but I like to saw ties and they are 8'8'' and I have a market for some 3x4 cants 10''4'', so I buy a lot of 10' 6'' logs. If I am making ties and only have 10' logs I make a stick of firewood.
Long story shortened, I like 10'6''. Fits through the door and can make everything I have a good market for from them.

Yeah I like to keep it inside. I hear''We didnt even know there was a sawmill here'' a lot even though there is a sign on the gate that says''SAWMILL''. It doesnt matter to me if they know I am here. I do sell a lot of firewood and slab bundles during the winter to people that happen by, but lumber rarely sells that way for me. I have had as much as 400 RR ties and 3 TT loads(12,000 ft) of logs stacked up inside before. It sure is nice not to deal with soaking wet slabs or iced over logs. It helps them not dry out so quick in the summer too. Oh and my hard tired forklifts dont do so well outside when the lot gets real wet or snow covered.
Those pictures are old. There is almost always logs and slabs and pallets of firewood piled up outside now as well.
PC