Foresters, what are the traits you value in loggers?

[riggin rat]

I need to retract a little bit on my statement on foresters, I had just had a bad experince with one that day. most in my area are good, honest guys but lack the marketing experince to get top dollar for the timber owner. so I did not mean to insult anybody, just personal experiance.

[SwampDonkey]

riggin rat, I can see the frustrations. It's amazing what you run into in this business. Up here in NB thank goodness we have Marketing Boards. A woodlot owner, logger or forester can go to the office and pick up a market list with phone numbers and specs. If your unsure, the phone number of the mill is right there, all it takes in a phone call. If your cutting high value wood or a lot of volume, often a procurement guy will make a trip to your log yard. Many veneer buyers have put on training in Marketing Board wood yards.  8) If someone doesn't know the markets around here they are extremely lazy or the unimaginable, never heard of Marketing Boards. Surprisingly some don't. Just baffles me.