Pulpwood Specs

[thecfarm]

MountainMan4761,welcome to the forum.Pulp is not a big money maker or really a money maker at all on a woodlot cutting logs.It just really cleans up the woods.On a small scale it's hard to cut enough to keep it fresh for the paper company.I use to cut logs on my own land.I did not really get all that much pulp.I would only cut a load or two of logs a month. The plup would start to discolor by the time I got enough for a load. I almost got stuck with one load. The trucker did some smooth talking to convince them to take it. I feel the trucker is the one that makes the money on pulp.He spends the least time with it,if he don't get stuck in line at the mill.I'm only 20 minutes from the mill.Up the road the mill had their woodlot cut off.Was cut in early summer and the wood sat there until fall.  But that was OK,because it was them doing it.

[SwampDonkey]

Up the road the mill had their woodlot cut off.Was cut in early summer and the wood sat there until fall.  But that was OK,because it was them doing it.

That's been our argument here as woodlot owners for years. I've seen wood lay two years roadside on public land and freehold and all the sudden they haul and use it. A stick a little gray on the end from a woodlot and they send it back home. These big outfits have no consistency.  Even on contract volumes, they shut the mill gate for months and then all the sudden they want the volume yesterday and fresh cut to.

[MountainMan4761]

Thanks for the info, I'll look up my local forester and give him a call.  As far as cutting it fast enough I have cut 10-12 cord of pulp and skidded it out in the past two days, so it should be fresh enough.  I have tree length logs and the tops.  I just need to know how to process it.  You are certainly right about not making much money on it we are just trying to clear an old field.  Hopefully we'll cover costs and make a few dollars.  Once we get through this pulp wood we will be into some nice yellow birch and hard maple logs which should be a little more profitable.  Thanks for the help and replies.

[Jamie_C]

You could also call H C Haynes over in Winn, ME ... they are usually on top of everything happening in your area.

[SwampDonkey]

Haynes has a wood yard up here in Meductic, NB for private wood. I have numbers but for the NS and NB procurement guys.

[MountainMan4761]

Well we cut another 7-8 cord of pulp today, which should put use between 18-20 cord of pulp.  Hopefully enough for two truck loads.  I called the trucker and he will be over in the next two days to get it.  Thanks for all the help and responses.  Next week I we will be moving on to cutting spruce.  There's nothing like limbing all day!