U2bwolfb4
ArboristSite Lurker
well I just got my first custom cut order of the year.. It's 15 red cedar log's avg. size 12- 20 inch's dia. 8 ft. length.. when the guy brought them, and dropped them off, I noticed some bluing on 2 of the log's.. as I pointed this out to him, an asked if any were from old fence row's,, he wasn't sure as he bought them off a local logger, aka buddy.. well, then I let go with a little more, on cost's, if there were.. he wanted to know what I was going to do.. first off, I told him I was going to run my metal detector over them,, an if I got any hits I was going to mark them off,, an do a little chainsaw surgery on them.. I have run into this before,, cost me 3 bands,, hmmm,, not cool,, sorry, got off track, any way.. my point is for the new guy's just starting out,, [ wary of the blue ] my payment for the lesson, was 3 bands.. always ask where the logs came from., could mean either profit or loss,, money,, time down for repairs, band costs,, etc.. I picked up a nice detector, at a yard sale, has saved me more than once,, food for thought,, have a good one u2bwolfb4