Ordered a Semi-load of Logs

[Beer Belly]

I would call all tree companies in the area, ask them about grapple loads or whatever they call them in Wisconsin. Lots of times those guys (arborists or loggers) will sell log loads or know someone else who will. Or best case scenario, the smaller arborist operations without the storage space may be willing stuff to drop stuff on your property.

Luckily enough, I have a tree guy that must watch my house, when I start running a little low, he stops by and sez "I have a load of good hardwood, do you want it ?".....no charge, and he backs right up to my stacks and unloads.....it's not exactly a semi load, but enough to keep me busy. The pictures are a load he did not drop near my stacks, but I wasn't going to argue

 

[Lakeside]

I have a tree guy

How did you initiate the contact with your tree guy ?

 

[Beer Belly]

How did you initiate the contact with your tree guy ?

Just happened upon him taking down some trees a few years back to inquire about the tree he was working, and it went from there.....very nice guy, we hit it off. There have been a couple times I made the call to him, and a couple days later, he drops a load. One day he had Elm and said he wouldn't drop it unless I had a splitter.....once I started splitting, I understood why

 

[Nate R]

I got this grapple load of red oak two years ago this November. It cost me $950 and the guy said it was 11-12 logger cord and I got 11 stacked cords from it. The price is still the same now.

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I had to double check your location! My family had our 40 acres in rural Wisconsin logged 2 years ago in November, and much of it was red oak firewood. (300+ cords!) Looks like you're too far to have been from our logger, though.

For reference, at least in 2018 in NE WI, we (as the landowners) got paid $31/cord of firewood on the stump. So for a truckload, we got $360, the logger then had to spend the money to harvest it, stack it and transport it, and the risk of selling it.

 

[WiscWoody]

I had to double check your location! My family had our 40 acres in rural Wisconsin logged 2 years ago in November, and much of it was red oak firewood. (300+ cords!) Looks like you're too far to have been from our logger, though.

For reference, at least in 2018 in NE WI, we (as the landowners) got paid $31/cord of firewood on the stump. So for a truckload, we got $360, the logger then had to spend the money to harvest it, stack it and transport it, and the risk of selling it.

That’s a lot of oak! On my (about) monthly trip to Menards in Rice Lake I go by miles and miles of red oak, I’d say it’s a solid 35 miles or so and I often think... WOW look at all that luscious firewood ! Lol.

 

[Nate R]

That’s a lot of oak! On my (about) monthly trip to Menards in Rice Lake I go by miles and miles of red oak, I’d say it’s a solid 35 miles or so and I often think... WOW look at all that luscious firewood ! Lol.

Yeah it was a LOT of Oak. But a good amount of it was dead or dying from Oak Wilt and/or stress, according to our forester. Then in July 2019 a big windstorm came through. and we even lost a few of the remaining oaks and red pines then. Made some other nearby properties look to be in terrible shape after that, though. So I'm pleased we were able to get a good price for the wood overall, that it got put to good use, and that our property isn't littered with dead and fallen oaks. A bit proud to think about how it all got used.
We also harvested some aspen, red pine and jack pine. Just under 700 cords from 35 acres total.

Here's a pic of one of the piles of oak firewood from that time:

 

[WiscWoody]

Yeah it was a LOT of Oak. But a good amount of it was dead or dying from Oak Wilt and/or stress, according to our forester. Then in July 2019 a big windstorm came through. and we even lost a few of the remaining oaks and red pines then. Made some other nearby properties look to be in terrible shape after that, though. So I'm pleased we were able to get a good price for the wood overall, that it got put to good use, and that our property isn't littered with dead and fallen oaks. A bit proud to think about how it all got used.
We also harvested some aspen, red pine and jack pine. Just under 700 cords from 35 acres total.

Here's a pic of one of the piles of oak firewood from that time:

WOW now there’s some REAL wood porn! I’m going to blow that up and pin it in my man cave downstairs lol.

 

[WiscWoody]

They logged the poplar from a neighbors lot the other day. The Louisiana Pacific Smart Siding plant in Hayward WI uses poplar so most of that species goes there. The looters JD 1110e forwarder is top of the line, the cab can rotate 360 degrees and track the grapples.

 

[Nealm66]

It’s interesting to see how different things are in other parts of the country. You can get self load log trick loads here sometimes when the pulp market is tanked, it will usually have about 10 cord of firewood. Most everything on a truck is measured in board feet ha ha, so an average pulp load of small stuff will range about 2000 board feet (scribner scale) and a self loader with a load of decent logs will run about 4000 bd ft. Weyerhaeuser has a similar to cord measurement they call a kunit which I’ve asked a few times wth it is and the answer is always “ just another way to screw the logger” ha ha.