clear cutting

[Scott]

 Dad's an electrician at the Irving Pulp and Paper mill here. For hog feul a mixture of bark and sawdust is burned. This pulp mill will not accept logs, chips only. All slab wood from Irvings sawmills are chipped for use at the pulp mills.

[SwampDonkey]

Scott:  

But the bark has to be removed from the slabwood first. Bark in the pulp chips doesn't make good quality tissue or paper. They must debark their logs at the sawmills , eh? I do know their chip trucks haul steady. A friend of mine used to complain that the house shook when they went by his house in Peniac on route 8.

cheers

[Peck]

Did not have any luck with finding any interested parties. One gentleman that Mr. Lee recommended said that the person that I have lined up to do my clearcutting is very trustworthy. The biggest problem, I was told, is that 10 acres is hardly enough to make it worth their time. The cost to get the equipment there plus operating it eats away at the profit. The only reason this individual will even take the job is because he is already going to be there cutting the saw logs. The property is also not the most convenient piece of land to work with. The back of the property is 3/8 mile away from the chipper. Of course I would like to get some money for the cutting, but if it's not profitable for the logger, I can't expect that to happen. As I said earlier, none of Mr. Lee's contacts were interested, all needed more acreage. Thanks again.

[Peck]

After all that being said, I just recieved a call from one of Mr. Lee's contacts, a very interested party that is willing to pay me for the chips. He is coming out to take a look.  Go figure!

[Jeff]

Keep us posted on how ya make out!

[SwampDonkey]

10 acres is a good junk of land to harvest from. Personally, I wouldn't work on a lot under 15 acres. But, a local contractor cut a 7 acre piece here all last fall and cut around 375 cords off it he said. He didn't chip it though. Best of luck with your wood harvest Peck.

cheers

[Peck]

$2 per ton. That is the price Mr Lee's contact is willing to pay.$2 does not sound like a lot, but it's still better than Zero.  I still am  not sure how much money that amounts to, probably not a lot. Thanks again

[Jeff]

2 dollars for stumpage sounds about right. You should be aboe to get a volume estimate and a good idea on amounts before you sign anything.

[SwampDonkey]

$2 or $3 bucks on a lot that size isn't bad at all for chippin and you don't have a mess left on site. $8-10/ton USD for 100 inch wood pulp is the norm here.