james92790
ArboristSite Lurker
Hi, I'm really not sure where to put this, the Trading Post or Commercial Tree Care and Climbing, but I'm looking for all of those hard to find tree services who I can't find with a google search of my area, so I thought arboristsite would be a good place to post this.
I've got a portable sawmill business in western MA, and we have always bought logs from tree services and homeowners, not loggers, because some of the best logs go to firewood; nobody wants to mess with potentially metal filled logs. We definitely don't mind the metal, Wood-Mizer blades do well enough to get through a few nails before you need to change blades.
I've been getting large orders for white oak, to the point where I need to contact more than the few tree services I currently deal with. I'm avoiding buying from loggers because I know that thousands of bdft of logs gets cut down every day, just to get chipped up, turned to firewood, or rot.
So what I'm looking for is:
White oak, 5ft and up clear-ish, I'm not picky on how clear "clear" is
White oak, 7ft and up, knotty, crooked, small, half rotten, whatever
Black walnut, any quality/size
Interesting logs (butternut, sycamore, mulberry, apple, box elder, etc)
We currently pay about $.20-.30/bdft for hardwood logs on site, and $.25-$.38/bdft delivered. Totally negotiable and depends on type. We can also trade milling in exchange for logs. And visible or hidden metal/ceramic insulators/rocks isn't an issue.
So if you're a tree service within about 3-4 hours from me, or a homeowner with a few logs not too far away, feel free to let me know what you've got for logs.
Thanks,
James Clarke
And if this is in the wrong place or breaks any forum rules, sorry and please delete/move it or let me know. I did my best to make this not advertising, but please let me know if I crossed that line. I'm sure it's not normal for someone to be looking to buy potentially metal filled logs from arborists, so I'm hoping even the mods are like "where does this go?" haha.
I've got a portable sawmill business in western MA, and we have always bought logs from tree services and homeowners, not loggers, because some of the best logs go to firewood; nobody wants to mess with potentially metal filled logs. We definitely don't mind the metal, Wood-Mizer blades do well enough to get through a few nails before you need to change blades.
I've been getting large orders for white oak, to the point where I need to contact more than the few tree services I currently deal with. I'm avoiding buying from loggers because I know that thousands of bdft of logs gets cut down every day, just to get chipped up, turned to firewood, or rot.
So what I'm looking for is:
White oak, 5ft and up clear-ish, I'm not picky on how clear "clear" is
White oak, 7ft and up, knotty, crooked, small, half rotten, whatever
Black walnut, any quality/size
Interesting logs (butternut, sycamore, mulberry, apple, box elder, etc)
We currently pay about $.20-.30/bdft for hardwood logs on site, and $.25-$.38/bdft delivered. Totally negotiable and depends on type. We can also trade milling in exchange for logs. And visible or hidden metal/ceramic insulators/rocks isn't an issue.
So if you're a tree service within about 3-4 hours from me, or a homeowner with a few logs not too far away, feel free to let me know what you've got for logs.
Thanks,
James Clarke
And if this is in the wrong place or breaks any forum rules, sorry and please delete/move it or let me know. I did my best to make this not advertising, but please let me know if I crossed that line. I'm sure it's not normal for someone to be looking to buy potentially metal filled logs from arborists, so I'm hoping even the mods are like "where does this go?" haha.
