Gold Coast Shipping
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Hi - I'm not familiar with this side of the forum, so feel free to point me in the right direction if this would be better posted elsewhere.
We've got some land in the SE interior of BC (central Kootenays), and a recent freak windstorm blew down a large number of trees. It's mostly mature yellow pine, 24"-36" diameter, 60'-100' lengths. Relatively dense forest, so branches are all at the top for the most part. Many trees broke off mid-trunk, leaving 15'-30' stubs.
What can/should we do with the timber? There are probably 8-12 logging truck loads down, hard to say because these logs can be heavy with moisture.
Even with the recent upswing in lumber prices, it looks like selling to local mills will barely cover the cost of harvesting and hauling it.
Just fishing for ideas, and any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
We've got some land in the SE interior of BC (central Kootenays), and a recent freak windstorm blew down a large number of trees. It's mostly mature yellow pine, 24"-36" diameter, 60'-100' lengths. Relatively dense forest, so branches are all at the top for the most part. Many trees broke off mid-trunk, leaving 15'-30' stubs.
What can/should we do with the timber? There are probably 8-12 logging truck loads down, hard to say because these logs can be heavy with moisture.
Even with the recent upswing in lumber prices, it looks like selling to local mills will barely cover the cost of harvesting and hauling it.
Just fishing for ideas, and any advice would be appreciated, thanks.