Selling Pulp

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  • November 6, 2013 at 6:52 pm #81527
    Does’ Leap
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    I am thinking about selling pulp for the first time. Up until now, I have burned the tops from my sawlogs in my outdoor wood furnace. Any idea on how to convert tons to mbf. Pulp prices in my area are $28 at the mill.

    Thanks.

    George

    November 6, 2013 at 7:50 pm #81528
    Brad Johnson
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    George-
    Pine pulp generally weighs 4700-5500 lbs/cord. So, if the mill pays $28/ton, that converts to about $7/cord. Not sure about hardwood, but you can look it up online and get a general sense of it.
    -Brad

    November 6, 2013 at 7:52 pm #81529
    Brad Johnson
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    Also, beware of lighter hardwoods like ash, as they weigh so little per cord. It is nice to get some other species in there to add some weight!
    -Brad

    November 6, 2013 at 10:30 pm #81531
    Carl Russell
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    2.5 tons/cord and 2 cords/MBF or 5 tons/MBF 5 x $28/ton = $140/MBF or 2.5 x $28 = $ 70/cord at the mill…… means you’ll get $50/cd or $100/MBF or less to get the stuff to the landing. I leave as much as I can as it is a losing proposition…. takes value away from the logs you cut……

    I don’t like to pull pulp that I can’t get at least 3 – 8 footers out of. If you can pull it out attached to the logs some folks say it just adds to the pot, but it still takes time to produce and handle it….. Good food for soil ecosystem in my mind. I love to see piles of coarse woody debris. Looks like a real forest to me.

    Carl

    November 6, 2013 at 10:53 pm #81532
    Dennis
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    The mills that I haul to do just about everything by weight. They consider 13000pds of hardwood to be a thousand board foot, 12000pds for pine to make a thousand. I normally don’t deal with pulp, I can only put 16000pds on my truck, money doesn’t pan out to be worth it.

    November 7, 2013 at 7:14 am #81536
    Does’ Leap
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    Thanks for the responses. $100/MBF before trucking is better than I expected – similar to firewood which sells on the landing between $70-$75/cord. I seldom make an extra trip (or twitch in this case) for low value wood and just leave it to rot, but if it is attached I will take it out. Since I only log for myself (no trucking horses and the associated expenses), my costs are pretty low and I think I can make out OK with these prices.

    George

    November 7, 2013 at 10:32 am #81539
    Michael Low
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    I make all of my pulp wood, logged off our farm, into biochar. I have a 40- 50 cord per year capacity with my current set up.

    http://www.vermontbiochar.com is my business web site

    Michael Low

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