Loggers

[powder smoke]

Logging!! Tried to hire a crew to do some logging on my property winter is the best ground is frozen solid.
The loggers are having trouble finding a market for it. The Mills are full logs everywhere! Oh well maybe next year!
Ill hire it out in the fall before the market is flooded!

 

[Bob Wright]

Lumber or pulpwood? Thought there was always a market for railroad ties?

Bob Wright

 

[Mobuck]

Different locations- different scenarios.
Three years ago, I sold a lot of maple(for furniture)and cottonwood(for pallet lumber)to an Amish logger. There was a LOT more that's basically inaccessible except under perfect conditions and those Amish loggers have been calling me 5-6 times a year for 3 years asking if they can get back into the woods. Last year and so far this year the ground hasn't frozen enough to carry the forwarder so not going to happen. Maybe next year.

 

[powder smoke]

Saw Logs White Pine Spruce and some Hemlock always end up with some pulp wood also.
Usually Ill grab an oak or two for firewood and Projects in the shop. Got a real good mix on my land.
Got another piece 68a without any mature wood on it. My boy will cut that! ps

 

[Busterswoodshop]

Lumber or pulpwood? Thought there was always a market for railroad ties?

Bob Wright

The railroad ties around here are being replaced with ties made out of concrete.

 

[OVERLOADDED]

Different locations- different scenarios.
Three years ago, I sold a lot of maple(for furniture)and cottonwood(for pallet lumber)to an Amish logger. There was a LOT more that's basically inaccessible except under perfect conditions and those Amish loggers have been calling me 5-6 times a year for 3 years asking if they can get back into the woods. Last year and so far this year the ground hasn't frozen enough to carry the forwarder so not going to happen. Maybe next year.

So, MoBuck are you close to Seymore, MO? The Amish in my neighborhood come from Seymore, MO, close to Springfield,MO! I have provided transportation over there from Galesburg,KS! Overloadded

 

[WAYNO]

Location is everything. Out West, our logs go to China. :?

 

[protoolman]

Dont know what the ties are made from. Last year they replaced most ties around here with some synthetic ones.

 

[Rick Courtright]

The railroad ties around here are being replaced with ties made out of concrete.

Hi,

Same here (our closest rail line is probably the same one as yours, just a couple of hundred plus miles west...)

Rick C

 

[Mobuck]

"So, MoBuck are you close to Seymore, MO?"
Nope, north central MO about 25 miles from Iowa line. Lots of Amish(ish--some are more Amish than others) in this area of north central/north east MO and south central/SE Iowa.

 

[Jeepnik]

Lumber or pulpwood? Thought there was always a market for railroad ties?

Bob Wright

Concrete ties are becoming more common. Last longer and the clips (can’t remember their name are bolted down. The old spikes work loose. The bolts don’t.

 

[nekvermont]

Lumber or pulpwood? Thought there was always a market for railroad ties?

Bob Wright

Concrete ties are becoming more common. Last longer and the clips (can’t remember their name are bolted down. The old spikes work loose. The bolts don’t.

It's probably not PC to use creosote as a preservative any more either.

 

[powder smoke]

Concrete ties need no preservatives.

 

[OVERLOADDED]

"So, MoBuck are you close to Seymore, MO?"
Nope, north central MO about 25 miles from Iowa line. Lots of Amish(ish--some are more Amish than others) in this area of north central/north east MO and south central/SE Iowa.

I understand we have " old order" nearby, and " new order" near Bartlett, KS some 30 miles SE of home. The new order have skid steers and rubber tire equipment, plus chain saws. I provide transportation and rent tools for the building of post frame buildings and metal roofs. The new order manufacturers metal panels and trim for roofs and building. Another group build and sell trusses! Peter E Swarthz built a butcher shop last year powered by a 2 horse treadmill! Very busy this past year! Overloadded