Is this a big whack of logs, or a whack of big logs???

[scsmith42]

This past Saturday one of our fellow FF members really made my day.  Ivey Pridgen called me and told me that he had picked up some rather large oak logs from a local loggers deck, and figured that I'd be interested in them.

You bet I'm interested!  It's always great to find some nice, large clear logs.

Sunday I headed over to the coast to pick them up, and when I got there, holy cow!  This is what I saw when I pulled in:

 



(ignore the date - the camera time was not set correctly)

These were some of the nicest white oak logs that I've seen.  38" or thereabouts on the small end, and nice tight growth rings with no sign of metal.  A single tree produced almost 40' of nice, clear logs.

And to top it off, Ivey gave me a large cypress to boot!

FF members (and Ivey in particular) are great folks.  Thanks Ivey!!!

Scott

ps:  Hey REID - do you recognize anything in this photo that used to belong to you???

[customdave]

Yep thats a wack of logs alright!!!!, nice ones @ that. That should give ya some chewin for a day or two, have fun & play safe....



                         Dave

[Ironwood]

Must be grapple. ?

 Ironwood

[scsmith42]

Must be grapple. ?

 Ironwood

Yup!  Next time sell him one that doesn't leak so much fluid, ok?   

[WDH]

Holy white oak!!!!!  That is a big whack of big logs  .  There will be some beautiful q-sawn white oak lumber by the q-sawn white oak whisperer (Scott)  .

[DanG]

Yup, big whack of big logs!  Congrats on the aquisition, and good on Ivey for getting them to someone who can deal with them!

[Ironwood]

I will offer a full refund, I NEED it now!


 Ironwood

[sigidi]

HOLY SHivers!!! that is sweet

I'd like a truck of those everyweek please

[scsmith42]

I will offer a full refund, I NEED it now!


 Ironwood

Isn't that funny how things work out?  It seems like we sit on a piece of equipment for years, finally figure that we'll sell it cause it's not being used, and then we need it....

[scsmith42]

I'd like a truck of those everyweek please

You and me both! (well, I'd settle for a truck of those every month instead of every week, but you can have the leftovers!  )

[DR_Buck]

Must be grapple. ?

 Ironwood

Yup!  Next time sell him one that doesn't leak so much fluid, ok?   

Maybe if you wouldn't strain it on such a BIG WHACK of logs it wouldn't leak so much?   

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Thats a nice whack of big logs Mate  Theres still room for another two or three ontop there tho  or is that just the way i load my trucks  Ill have to track down a pic of a load dad cut when i was a kid 2x 16' by 7to8' dia and post it for you blokes 

I'd like a truck of those everyweek please

You and me both! (well, I'd settle for a truck of those every month instead of every week, but you can have the leftovers!  )

I'll say Id love aload a day like that Id be Happy Man  Ive just got onto a block of ringbarked Grey/red & Yellow Box 2' to 4' dia which will come in at about 500 to 750 ton of sawable logs most of them are solid as its in pretty good country for em down here pluss the blocks only 10 mi away looks lke ill be on Hardwood Posts & Beams for a while 

Regards Chris

[Norm]

Even though they are a pain to deal with there's just something about a nice big log that makes us all drool.

[Magicman]

I love Big Logs.  If they are not mine, I love seeing someone else's  Big Logs.....

[brdmkr]

Scott,

You're making me want to fire my mill up again.  It has been at least 6 months!  Big logs make me want to service the mill and get to sawin'!

[scsmith42]

Must be grapple. ?

 Ironwood

Yup!  Next time sell him one that doesn't leak so much fluid, ok?   

Maybe if you wouldn't strain it on such a BIG WHACK of logs it wouldn't leak so much?   

 

[pineywoods]

Be carefull, a load just about like that on my trailer sunk the wheels down to the axles in this Louisiana clay. 

[Chuck White]

Them's some beauties Scott! 

And free to-boot! 

[OneWithWood]

Lookin' good.  Forumites come together one more time 

[scsmith42]

Them's some beauties Scott! 

And free to-boot! 

Oh, they weren't free (well, the cypress was... ) but I was happy to pay for them.

[donny hochstetler]

nice load of fatso"s theres a sale this sat. about 15 miles from here that have a truck very similar to that one in the pic.that will be sold would be nice for my tree service but I have other plans .congradulations on the big logs should keep you swingin for awhile.

[Kelvin]

Those sure look good.  I'm curious what do logs of that caliber run?  Do they charge more or less for over size logs?  I've seen some blogs for what mills pay for logs, but local loggers quote me about 200-300% more than what the blogs say mills are paying.  I assume some of it is volume, but mostly i think they may be looking for a sucker.  Are those considered veneer logs or saw logs... No. 1 sawlogs, No. 2?  All butt logs?
I appreciate the info.
Thanks
kelvin

[submarinesailor]

Scott,

I wish my schedule for the next couple of months wasn’t so crazy.  I would offer to come down to help you saw them up.  Always wanted to see a swinger, swing mill that is, in action for a full day.  But, my work load, both at work and home, is just so CRAZY.  I didn’t even get a chance to go deer hunting this year………….      Remember to be real careful while handling those big ones.  About 5 years ago we had haft of a big one get away from us and still scars me to this day.

Bruce

[LOGDOG]

Dang!!! Definitely a whack of BIG LOGS! 

I see some quatersawn white oak in your future. 

LOGDOG

[Ivey]

Sorry it's taken so long to chime in.
Scott, and I had a great time Sunday loading and straping those sticks down, it was a good visit.
Reid, that grapple works just fine, yes a few leaks, but that keeps everything greased up. The whole rig works better than
I expected it to when I was putting it together. It has no problem w/ an 8,000# log as long as I can grab holt to it.

[fishpharmer]

Now that's my kind of log.   Awesome for you Scott.   

[oakiemac]

Ok, its official-i'm jealus.

[scsmith42]

Those sure look good.  I'm curious what do logs of that caliber run?  Do they charge more or less for over size logs?  I've seen some blogs for what mills pay for logs, but local loggers quote me about 200-300% more than what the blogs say mills are paying.  I assume some of it is volume, but mostly i think they may be looking for a sucker.  Are those considered veneer logs or saw logs... No. 1 sawlogs, No. 2?  All butt logs?
I appreciate the info.
Thanks
kelvin

Kelvin, I paid 400/1000 for those logs and felt that it was a very fair price.  If not veneer grade, they are #1's.  There are not many local buyers for the big logs; usually the loggers leave them in the woods because of it.

If you have to buy the logs straight from the mill that bought them from the loggers, then you will usually pay around 900/1000.  Basically the mill marks them up 2X.

There are three logs from the same tree; the third of which has some defects up higher (but not many).

Landon, you bet!

Bruce, would love to have you down - anytime.

[Ivey]

Scott, you got them things unloaded yet?

[bill m]

Very nice logs! We don't see much White Oak like that around here. Here are pictures of some logs I sent out this past weekend.


Two 38 ft. long logs


This log is 17 inches on the tip, 41 ft. long. We also cut 25 ft. off of the butt end.

[Ivey]

Bill, nice logs.  Your tractor with FEL in the picture looks just like mine, I like it does a good job for it's size.


Kevin, The price that Scott stated above is what I pay at the log deck. If I picked them up at the mill the price goes way up.
I was going after cypress, but at the time there was no cypress on the deck, so instead of making a 100 mile trip for
for nothing these logs were there, and knowing how scott likes biguns  ;DI brought them home. Two of the logs I could have
done a little chainsaw work and sawed them, but I don't need any w/oak at this time. Scott got the prize.

[taschmidretired]

Wow!
 Those kind of logs bring back some fantastic memories. Back in the start of the Lit'l sawmill boom I used to deliver my 10 hp mill with a garuantee that it would (eventually) saw up a 36" (scale end) x 8' log of any species.  Well during those boom years I had orders out a year and a half in advance. That gave my potenial customer a long, frustrating waiting period in which to find the biggest, hardest, knottyest (my own word) log in North America (so I thought at the time).
 My favorite memory (if I can remember) of this was on Grindstone Island in the St lawrence Seaway. 
 
They loaded me, my truck and mill on to a barge and headed for the Island.
 There had been no mills on the Island for many years and the red oak was absolutely huge and prime.  I saw the logs they had waiting for me and though they were large they were not out of my range (plus they were fresh from a recent Microburst that hit the Island) so no problem.
 Then my potenial new owners informed that the neighbor farm was skidding in the log they wanted me to demonstrate the mill on.

As the 36" (scale end) x9' red oak log was brought up to the mill, the neighboring farmer bringing in the skid said to me, " If That Mill saws this log" I'll buy one too!
 As I was finishing the last few cuts, the neighbor farmer started to explain to me that he was a little strapped for cash because of the new John Deere and all........
 
  I was so thankful just to have been able to dice that baby up!  (even though it was almost dark when I got done)  Nice Logs !
 

[sigidi]

I'll say Id love aload a day like that Id be Happy Man  Ive just got onto a block of ringbarked Grey/red & Yellow Box 2' to 4' dia which will come in at about 500 to 750 ton of sawable logs most of them are solid as its in pretty good country for em down here pluss the blocks only 10 mi away looks lke ill be on Hardwood Posts & Beams for a while 

Regards Chris

Pity I wasn't closer - I'm fangin to get Bo fired up and flying into some timber

[scsmith42]

Scott, you got them things unloaded yet?

Ivey, it rained all day yesterday, so I spent the day on "dry" projects!  I'm headed out in a few minutes to unload them.

[sigidi]

Scotty, you've had heaps of time to unload now - where are the pics??