I might be able to help some in this area, as I am a Professional forester. I am a southern forester so that kind of limits my expertise and knowledge...not cause were slow down here, but because I went to school in the south and have only worked here, and mostly in the pine woods.
I burn pine too. I guess I was confused. I was under the impression from the title that this was a forum for land management? Or the sawmill side of things. Basically forestry business not firewood. Oh well. I probably won't post any firewood deals as I dont look for them, I dont buy wood.
Anyone want any wood in my area PM me. I am in charge of timber sales program and handle all the loggers on over 200,000 acres. I know a place or two just ask and I can tell you if I have somewhere or not. There would be no way I could list all the logging areas with slash piles on the docks!!! I handle loggers from colmbia SC to Atlanta GA then from Augusta GA to Anderson SC.
I know but I bet some think that!! Just like all "yankees aren't fast talking"!!! Although I have met some that have made my head spin and I can't begin to figure out what there saying.
That is true, when I was down there I worked with a black guy named Fred. It took me forever to learn how to understand him.
Dealing with loggers...I have a few of those. Nothing to do with race, there some black guys hard to understand, but the two that stick out in my mind are both white. I have to hear what they say then sometimes think about what would make sense in the context of the conversation and let my mind fill in the blanks.
You feel bad asking then to repeat or "what". Some loggers I try and not call on the phone cause its possible to understand them with their accent they way they talk or mumble and the dang equipment running on the background and a CB sometimes on top of that going off
Thats exactly how I felt, fortunately another guy was there and interpreted the southern talk for me. But once I worked around the guys for a while it wasn't really an issue. I eventually picked up enough of an accent that people wouldn't call me out as Yankee. that was big for the southern rednecks, nicest people you will ever meet, but they had a thing about Yankees and always looked at you different if they knew you were a Yankee. I still say that SC people in general are by far the nicest people you will ever meet. The first time a random lady at the gas pump started talking to me I was a little thrown off. Up north unless you know the person its rare for someone to go out of their way to have a conversation at a gas pump or similar situation. Down there it was normal and you would have a great conversation with a total stranger all the time. Up here you get a weird look for starting a conversation like that. And in SC if you drove a truck everyone waved, I had a lot of fun with that up here. Waved at people all the time and got a few waves back but also got a lot of confused looks from people. they are thinking do I know that guy?
