[Wibb]

Mine was partially logged before I bought it. The logger ran roughshod when the previous owner wasn't watching/knew what they were doing. Oaks were all hollow so they ended up taking more than they were ever allowed. Can't tell you how many double trunked oaks they took one side from and a lot ended up dying as deadfall.

It did create a mess of multi-flora but turned mine into a doe haven. There are pregnant does everywhere when it greens up

 

[dan99]

My uncle builds log cabins for a living. I'll let him know.

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That’s ridiculously cool.

 

[CuivreDog2]

I have a small timber sale out for bid right now. I have 292 white oaks marked for sale with an estimated 26,685 board feet of lumber on the Doyle scale. So far low bid was $12,000 and the high so far right at $18,000. These trees are part of an existing thinning effort and are in no way "high quality" trees, but rather a sale being conducted to enhance the remaining trees timber value further down the road. Timber values vary greatly depending on market, logger interest, ease of access, etc.

 

[beanpile]

I have a small timber sale out for bid right now. I have 292 white oaks marked for sale with an estimated 26,685 board feet of lumber on the Doyle scale.

Small?

 

[CuivreDog2]

Small?

It's a VERY light thinning across 56 acres of my place. In most areas you would be hard pressed to see one marked tree from another hence the reason I used the term "small" If you do the math it's right about 5 trees per acre so small compared to most harvests but enough to generate logger interest. Most sales I see around here are a "rape and pillage" harvest for maximum income, this sale is to enhance habitat efforts and maximize the value of remaining timber down the road.

 

[letemgrow]

It's a VERY light thinning across 56 acres of my place. In most areas you would be hard pressed to see one marked tree from another hence the reason I used the term "small" If you do the math it's right about 5 trees per acre so small compared to most harvests but enough to generate logger interest.

You doing all the marking/marketing yourself or is a forester involved?

 

[CuivreDog2]

You doing all the marking/marketing yourself or is a forester involved?

I always use a consulting forester......I'm by no means an expert in timber sales and what needs to go/be saved and I have no desire to monitor the actual harvest. My forester marks, puts out for bid, and then monitors the harvest start to finish as well as enforces all the provisions listed in the sale contract. His efforts regarding monitoring access, damage to existing roads and their repair to pre-sale conditions, replanting of skidding areas, tax planning preparation etc., are invaluable to me for what he charges.

 

[Black Legend Gauge]

Small?

Very small, to be honest.

We kiln dry and sell around 1.5 million BF a month. Over 2mmbf for most of 2020 and through beginning of 2022.

 

[Mork]

20 years ago was very popular for kitchen cabinets.