Been a while since I’ve gotten a permit from the state, but finding a good supply close to home is too easy to pass up. Some good Fir, Hemlock and Alder mixed in this load. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
What’s the story with these? To my untrained eye they look like great candidates for saw logs. Better than most of what you’ll find in my area anyway.
Not sure. Maybe no market for a mixed load. There are actually some logs up there the only thing we could guess was they are too big for any of the mills running in the area. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
This is a very small percentage of what they cut. They are being utilized for firewood and any trees left standing in the middle of a clear cut stand little chance of survival when the first wind storm blows through. Was up on the mountain during a good wind last year and watched 6 big trees snap off 1/2 way up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
They cut everything on a job like that. Any tree left standing is in the way & gets trashed by the equipment. For what's left there it may not have had enough value to go back for. Think the trucks are full & gone & we need to move the yarder or loader now.
In our area, campinspecter said if it was largely alder laying there, there is no market for it unless there was multiple truckloads of it. The fir rounds in the trailer have big knots and the wood in the 4 inch collar around the heart wood is not sound. It was possibly a windfall or snag tree. This is his opinion from 35 years experience of loading logs in the woods. amateur cutter's assessment was pretty accurate too. Around here, it would be snapped up really quickly as firewood.
Yes. Sometimes when the last load goes out it is not profitable to go back for a partial load, especially when fuel costs are high.
Without the other trees around them to continue filtering the wind in a storm and without a root system to help hold them in their new environment, they're highly likely to come down in the next storm anyway. I see this a lot in some housing developements where they've left a few tall trees because it helps sell the new houses. The same thing happens, first storm and they come down on a brand new house driving up insurance prices. Plus anyone who now wants to get rid of the potential hazard has to hire a climber or a real tall bucket truck to cut one down that could be next. Sometimes it's better to just start over. Logs could get left behind because the equipment to deal with them is now on the next contract, too.
Permit is $20 for two cord. Did a check and this is only 6 miles from home and the loaded trip home is 90% down hill. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Got another small load. Buddy was cutting with a bigger Stihl. No lack of power there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I haven’t gotten a permit in several years but I think it used to be three permits per year and may still be. I used to get permits quite a bit and you are required to record load size and date/time before leaving the landing. It basically is an honor system thing as I don’t recall ever getting checked in the woods although I’ve talked to others who have been. I know of some commercial guys locally cheating the system. For me, two cord will get me through a season of burning, but I enjoy the gathering process, especially when it is this easy and close to home. This spot even has a great place to turn around with a trailer which isn’t always the case. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Easier and close are gooder to me. My normal MO's for a scrounge, unless its black locust, then ill travel.
You talking about the saw or your buddy? That boy looks like it ain't his first day working a physical labor job. Nice score for sure!
I cut in places just like this. That's a good score. Every now and then one of the areas turns out to be a bust. A couple years ago my dad and I cut in one that was really good. Lots of easy to manage sized fir decked up. My dad ended up talking to somebody that logged it. The guy said they left so much because that whole hill was full of knotty wood. He also said being full of knots was a known issue with a specific strain saplings that were used in the area for a while.
