eastern hemlock??

[Ryan Willock]

does anyone buy eastern hemlock?? is it valuable??? never had any experiance with it as it doesn't grow in my area. i was in the mountians recently and saw some and was wondering.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Ryan it's funny that you made this thread although I only deal with Hemlock once in a while,I recieved this in the mail today

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Here is page 2

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

And page 3

 

[Eric E.]

Getting the same price as White Pine now in NE PA

 

[Newfie]

about $100/$150 MBF right now in mass. We got those little wooly bastards about 3 towns over.

 

[Ryan Willock]

WOW, thats almost not worth skidding out!!!

 

[Newfie]

True...

Clear butt logs will usually bring double that. There's a place west of me I might use if I ever need to get rid of a truckload of the stuff that pays pretty good for truck length hemlock to make large beams. Frankly I don't run across much of it that doesn't just chip.

 

[Jumper]

Hemlock

My Uncle used to cut it when he was alive, there was a lot of it on the family farm. Do not recall what he did with it, I suspect it went to the pulp mill perhaps.

 

[crowe]

I have about thirty thousand feet of it laying in behind my dads barn I am getting ready to use some of it to start our new house framing, lapsiding and so forth. I hate to sell the stuff for no more than it brings it seems like you are just giving it away. I understand selling it if you are moving volume. If we get into a good patch we keep it for ourselves and saw it up for friends and so forth for hunting cabins, buildings, barn siding and so forth. Makes some good lumber and doesnt really shrink up all that much when you use it green. Later Wade