timber down any ideas how to sell

[coup]

i have several large oaks down,,some are on steep ground,,how do you find buyer -logger and honest one at that. seems a terrible waste......
rest of story some are blowdowns from recent storms,,some are down from gas company replacing pipeline and i have already been paid for them,,be nice to get paid twice.....it seems that in these times when everything is so high,that there would be a market for them. ideas app..........

[TxAprilMagic]

The first place you ask at is the local saw mill since that is where the loggers take the trees to sell.
Your local bank.
The feed store.
The ag. man for your county.
The Chamber of Commerce.

[Sawmill Jim]

Need to be fast worms will infest those oak fast . Hard in this area to get a logger for a few trees cost a lot to move equipment .Can you log it yourself ??

[TnAndy]

Also, storm blow downs are often only good for firewood, be aware of that.

[Forerunner]

Ideally ?

Cut them to even footage lengths with a 6-8 inch buffer, i.e. 8 foot, 6 inches; ten foot, six inches; 12 foot, six inches, etc.
Drag them all to an easily accessible central location and lay them in a row.
Trim the buttresses off the stump end of each log to make them more uniform.
Then call every timber buyer in the area and offer the lot for bids.

Take the highest bid.

[Yvonne's hubby]

Several years ago I lost some nice oak trees due to a hail storm. They made some very pretty hard wood flooring for us. If you have anyone in your area with a portable saw mill, I would have them come out and mill those logs into lumber. You will then have a very useful product, and one that is much easier to market than logs, and worth a LOT more money. The guys in my area charge around 20 cents a board foot for milling your logs.

[NorthCountryWd]

Originally Posted by Yvonne's hubby

Several years ago I lost some nice oak trees due to a hail storm. They made some very pretty hard wood flooring for us. If you have anyone in your area with a portable saw mill, I would have them come out and mill those logs into lumber. You will then have a very useful product, and one that is much easier to market than logs, and worth a LOT more money. The guys in my area charge around 20 cents a board foot for milling your logs.

Good advice.

If you can buck the logs into lengths described above (8'6", 12'6", 16'6", etc) and drag them to somewhere level, do it. If it's quality wood, the longer lengths the better. There are guys running portable sawmills anywhere there are trees, so shouldn't be hard to find one.

Get a couple bids on price per board foot. Many sawmill guys will try to charge by the hour, but then you've got to watch them.

Once it's milled you can sell it or use it. Depending on the oak species and quality you can make out very well. I know the wooden boat crowd will pay very well for long length white oak and ash.

[ronbre]

I agree, if you can't sell it fast cut it up for firewood, and stack it to season..off of the ground

[oregon woodsmok]

I would call an independent logger who owned his own self-loader. He's get the logs out and know where to sell them for me.

If those trees are tangled up in forest and up a hill side, you might need to find a horse logger. The mechanical equipment to get big heavy trees out needs clear space and solid ground to get in there.