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Post by jbird on Sept 7, 2018 9:10:12 GMT -6
Have the clean-up work specified and in the contract with the logger. This will make them a little more concerned about the mess they make as it will be money out of their pocket later. If you want a culvert installed so they can cross a ravine, or gravel put down, or the tops removed, chipped or windrowed, if you want the skidder trails leveled, if you want the landing areas slash removed.....all of that can be part of the job. You will pay for it, but at least it's not money actually out of your pocket to do so and you will be far happier with the final result. You can also define landing areas and skidder trails BEFORE hand as well....just document it. I did this and improved my property access in the process. Also have them number every tree....you want the log to have a number and the stump to have the same number. This then allows you to confirm which trees are being taken, what species they are and where they came from. Some loggers tend to take a few extra from time to time and when you have several hundred trees leaving it is difficult to look at the stumps and be confident they took only what you agreed to. If you have a cut stump with no number or a duplicated number or a number that doesn't make sense.....you know you have an issue. You should also be able to get a sheet with how the logs where graded and the price paid for each..... Trust nobody, watch them as closely as you can and try to set up means to ensure they stay legit thru the entire process. Your forester should do some of this, but the more you know what is going on the better.
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Post by benmnwi on Sept 7, 2018 11:21:12 GMT -6
That's good info, thanks. I generally assume people are trying to screw me over somehow until they prove otherwise so I'm on the same page as you. I think the advice and expertise from a private forester will be well worth the 10% charge. He likely will have seen all the ways loggers try to screw people over and hopefully he will minimize the likelihood of it happening. I need to meet that forester first and see if I think he's trustworthy and go from there. Hopefully there is enough timber to interest both him as well as the loggers.
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Post by snowracerh on Sept 11, 2018 20:05:05 GMT -6
The logger I worked with sorted and stacked all the wood along the skid road and landing area until they could truck it all at the end. I went and roughly measure height and width of each pile and calculated out what I should get paid. Also took pictures of each pile for documentation. I got paid 3 weeks after the logs were hauled off and the check was within $200 of my estimate. Also mark all roads and boundaries. I decided to have some dozer trails put in and didnt have time to go mark them, so just took an aerial view picture and drew where I wanted the trail. They put it in and were way way off. Like 150 yards off...and we are talking about a square 40 acre parcel..
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 12, 2018 9:32:53 GMT -6
A guy that has 600 acres close to my farm in Iowa, did a select cut. Here are some walnut logs. Some were $1000 or more each per tree. name the compound al no3 3
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