[mitchmaine]

hey taylor, if we agree that logs and pulp have a fixed value at any one time, and the contractor takes his share, and the trucker takes his share, then the chopper selling roadside gets the last check.then it belongs to him and the landowner. the only way to make more money is to cut more wood or pay less stumpage. educating the landowner about the business is a good thing. involving him especially if he doesn’t do it as well as you is asking for trouble. paying him less stumpage for doing a better job of cutting his woodlot is one method. and getting further up the checkline is also a good idea. if it’s your contract, you get the check first. at least you know how much your paying for trucking. people have been cutting wood for a long time and have been compaining about payment just as long. maybe you’re onto something. good luck

[mitchmaine]

if your going to ask your landowner to market their own wood, they are providing a service to you. less work and headache for you and a liability shift as well. now you are just cutting and yarding wood for them and not the mill. if you take less money, like you should, that might be a pretty good incentive all by itself.

[mitchmaine]

hey guys, my dad was a tractor farmer. when i decided to go into the woods with horses, he thought i’d lost my mind. (?????) hm. well, the choice was economical. a new skidder was $13,000 and a team was 1/10 that price. dad was in a nursing home in a wheelchair. his room mate arthur, twenty years older, took better care of him than the nurses. arthur worked in the woods all his life. we used to talk about it when i was in a fix. he’d say stuff like ” we used to do…” or ” i might try…”. that was the way he gave advice. anyway, my point is that none of the things he said would have made any sense unless i had an experience to compare to what he was saying. i had to break something before he could fix it for me. you have to let go of the rope yourself, before you know how warm the water is. thanks for this great website. mitch

[mitchmaine]

hi jen, Beachy’s Harness Shop, 2815 township road 182, Baltic, ohio 43804. you have to write for a catalog. no phone. Team D-ring harness, plain, about $1000. Heavily spotted, About $1200. Comes with lines, hames, bridals. Not exactly the northeast, but the service is quick, the work is great, and you oughta drive out to pick it up. it’s worth the trip, but they also ship. Ask for Mose.

[mitchmaine]

hey george, hemlock is way heavier than pine. if the wood you moved already was close to the size of the pine you may have already done it. use a single set of sleds under the butt and wait for 6″ snow on top of frozen ground. if you have any downhill you’ll have to use chains around your runner to hold the load. good luck. mitch

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