After 4 months it finally came! (Log Load)

I had two timber companies promise me a load and back out, one claimed he couldn't get his truck where I wanted the wood, the other set a date and then stopped answering/returning my calls. The third came through with this load and I couldn't be happier! I have a week off work before the holidays and I'm hoping to get pretty deep into it then. I'd say the MS362 I bought early this fall will be broken in by the end of the pile. Now I just need to convince my Dad his old SXL needs to be replaced with a MS441!

Superduty and barn in background for size reference:

Dang! That is a big load of wood, especially at a residence.

What did you say your address was again???

I live in Michigan too, would you mind telling me where you got them from, and what they cost?

Thanks

shelbythedog said:

I had two timber companies promise me a load and back out, one claimed he couldn't get his truck where I wanted the wood, the other set a date and then stopped answering/returning my calls. The third came through with this load and I couldn't be happier! I have a week off work before the holidays and I'm hoping to get pretty deep into it then. I'd say the MS362 I bought early this fall will be broken in by the end of the pile. Now I just need to convince my Dad his old SXL needs to be replaced with a MS441!

Superduty and barn in background for size reference:

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That's so beautiful it got me teary-eyed!

Half the rep now and the other half when you post pics of it split!

what kind of logs?

John R said:

I live in Michigan too, would you mind telling me where you got them from, and what they cost?

Thanks

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Chris Muma Forest Products in Gladwin, they are a class act, my Dad used to do business with them in the late '80s and early '90s, (1-2 loads like this a year). He told me not to mess around with anyone else and give them a call back in August, but the other two loggers were $100 cheaper. I certainly learned my lesson and know where to buy logs in the future. Cost: $1600 dollars not going to the gas company!

woodhounder said:

what kind of logs?

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What the loggers call "Mixed Hardwood", I can pick out Oak, Ash, and Maple so far.

I take it that is a freshly cut. How many cords?

When I was in my teens, we would get one or two loads like that a year.

I wish we....would have gotten it a year in advance and had it cut and split in advance so it could dry....

I don't like cutting from a pile! I found it's much easier bucking up the tree where it was dropped.

Dan

shelbythedog said:

I had two timber companies promise me a load and back out, one claimed he couldn't get his truck where I wanted the wood, the other set a date and then stopped answering/returning my calls. The third came through with this load and I couldn't be happier! I have a week off work before the holidays and I'm hoping to get pretty deep into it then. I'd say the MS362 I bought early this fall will be broken in by the end of the pile. Now I just need to convince my Dad his old SXL needs to be replaced with a MS441!

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My father in law had got a a couple loads the last two years and heats two houses and their hot water and a 48x64 pole barn and burns about 3/4 of a load a year with his heatmor 400!

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Wow ! nice pics. Thanks

That should keep you busy for a while!! Looks like there is some softwood mixed in, is there?:chainsawguy:

Looks like there is some softwood mixed in, is there?:chainsawguy:[/QUOTE]

How can you tell?

woodhounder said:

Looks like there is some softwood mixed in, is there?:chainsawguy:

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Beat me to it Woodhounder

i get slabwood from chris muma. $55/bundle delivered and about 1 1/2-2 cords per bundle. good people to do business with.

How many cords would you guess that is? Or what are the measurements?

Good news for you, Shelby, no doubt.

I think you got lucky with the timing, too. From the pix, the logs look clean of frozen-in dirt. I found out about that a few years back- no fault of the loggers- weather happens. Ash bark can really hold some dirt.

With practice, you get pretty nimble scurrying about on a pile of logs with a chainsaw, especially a lightweight saw. Even without corked boots. Merry Christmas.

That's an early Christmas gift. Absolutely beautiful.

That is a nice looking load.

I got about 120 yards of mostly 20 footers delivered to me a couple months ago myself from a company doing street work in the area that needed a place to get rid of it for free, so I lucked out mine was free with free delivery.

One piece of advice for next time, have the driver leave the pile on runners and no higher than six feet tall.

Otherwise, nice load of 4-12" wood, and so nice and straight. Sounds like a good mix of high btu woods. 1600 is a bit high for delivered logs but it is probably a lot less than a season or two of easy heat.

Thanks everyone for your advice and comments.

To answer a few of the recent questions:

No softwood seems apparent from the perimeter of the pile, if a few sticks made it in it will still be better than the pine/poplar diet I have the stove on now.

All the loggers quote the loads at 20 cord, and they end up around 18 cord when cut/split/stacked as I recall from childhood.

The loader operator had to stack the load that high to allow enough room to back the truck out, he had to swing the nose around just past the pile to get the trailer pointed onto the road. Its pretty tight quarters over there, I'm only on one acre so I had to make due with what I've got. As it was he came within a few inches of sticking the left front wheel of the tractor in my 5' deep ditch.

I feel the price was reasonable, the lowest quoted price from the dozen or so loggers that I spoke with was $1400 and the highest $1900. The only two companies who quoted less promised loads and couldn't come through, you have to pay what the market demands or else sit on the sidelines, and what good is a $100 load if you never receive it. Heck, my Dad used to pay $1200 for a comparable load 20 years ago, so today's rate is only +25%, compare that to petroleum fuel over the same period of time.

That price for 20 cord is great, around here its 10 cord loads and the price swing is .....