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Offline Sawyerfortyish

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Re: Solicitation letter from logging company.
« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2005, 09:18:53 am »
In 25 yrs of running a mill and cutting timber I have seen a lot of things that weren't right. Just like frickman said there are foresters that have a favorite mill that gets all there jobs. It doesn't matter how many loggers or mills are in the area they never get to look at the job. I also seen a forester mark timber and leave the nice stuff and 5 yrs down the road after someone did the job created the roads and landing and built bridges went back marked and cut the good stuff himself.
  You need to find a forester that doesn't get a paycheck from a mill. Also I think it may not be such a bad idea to talk to that guy that sent you the letter ask for referances and call them and maybe go look at a job and see first hand what kind job was done. Some of the things you might look at is did the logging co damage remaining trees did they grade the skid road or leave ruts did they lop down the tree tops or just leave it where it fell. Does it look like a clear cut or did they leave something for the future. How much of the tree did they take. How much is left to rot. I've seen a logger that just took the first 18 or 20 ft of a tree and left a lot of sawable logs to rot because he couldn't make much on the low grade logs. You as a land owner need to be able to read between the lines and judge the people your dealing with.

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Re: Solicitation letter from logging company.
« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2005, 12:57:29 pm »

Ron Wenrich (using your last name because there's another Ron or 2 on here  ;D), I agree with you in your assessment of some Consulting Foresters.  I felt Swampdonkey covered that when he said a landowner needs to choose reputable people.  Applies to Consulting Foresters too. 
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Re: Solicitation letter from logging company.
« Reply #22 on: April 05, 2005, 10:54:41 pm »
If you want to have your wood harvested, hire a professional to scale it for you and sell for that price.  If not, ignore them all.
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Re: Solicitation letter from logging company.
« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2005, 12:03:59 am »
If you want to have your wood harvested, hire a professional to scale it for you and sell for that price.  If not, ignore them all.
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I guess I don't understand this reply. Do you mean ignore all the solicitors or ignore the advice? Do you mean that you have one person scale your timber and only sell at that persons price?

Maybe I am misunderstanding your post here, but its not advice I would recommend whats so ever.
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Re: Solicitation letter from logging company.
« Reply #24 on: April 06, 2005, 08:11:56 am »
 Best option, hire a consulting forester to scale the timber and put it out to bid.
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