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How about testing Fed Ex and sending one of those to me ?

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I am planing on building one like this in the spring, do you think all the log poles will block to much sun ?

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Building the Timber Frame House, By Tedd Benson. I think its his first book in 1980 , Great book I still reference it after doing this for 18 -19 years, Log books are hit and miss , I kind of like the B Alen Mackey (? spelling)one ,he makes scribes also and they are awesome, there are a lot of settling issues with log houses to be aware of regarding doors , windows, stairs, lofts, any connections to interior walls… so be sure to learn all about that if you go the log rout, Log post and beam is nice,(relatively)simple and bombproof
Phil

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OK, I want to know why all these loads are so HUGE ! I want to see a load of logs like that being pulled in 2012, otherwise I am just going to asume that they loaded up some extra logs for the photo and then trimmed down for the pull. Or maybe I just need to trade in my belly backers for D rings?

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Nice Jack,
what are you making with that payload, furniture ?

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we did the same, owner finance on 40 raw acres we have to build within 10 ( 6 now) years and then get a bank loan, i’ll have to look into that ag credit…

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i think it only applies to big corporations ( the 1%) that deal in millions/billions of tons, they buy third world forrest recourses so they cant use them and then go on polluting just the same

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I sprang for a couple books, learned a WAY more on this web sight than the books, thanks ya’all
books are nice to feel and look at though….

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I used some two part epoxy stuff last summer, it held for a couple weeks is all

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Geoff ,
When we do fire mitigation jobs we have to remove all of that within 40′ of the buildings and 80% of it out to 100′, it can be WAY more work than the trees, a weed wacker with a circle saw blade works ok, i use a small chainsaw a lot of the time and just wack it off low to the ground, cutting with the top of the bar. I would avoid it if possible, (for 100 acres i’d say a hydro ax on a skid steer is your best bet ? ) those 1″-2″ stems are like titanium
Phil

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Andy,
Just lost two, found the others hiding out in the pig shed this morning, ya, it’s freaky hot, i have been working out side all week in shirt sleeves and jeans, i guess predicting the weather anymore is a thing of the past, the ski resorts are having a hard time.

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This is what i found this after noon about 4:45, i was working neer by all day and did’nt notice the rucas, it was hot(48) and muddy not a print around, no paw prints, tallon prints, nothing, three more birds are missing with no sign at all, no trace of a fetherry struggle or blood, just gone, her name was Butter, she was my favorite of the 15, 🙁
just thought I would add in some more evidence, i guess my vote would be bald eagles (seen them around a lot ) or hawks. I have been seeing some huge Crows around, in flocks, Could they have done this? or be able to carry the others away?
Phil

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Steven,
time is free, take it out. any time you are using your team it is not a waste of time, watching tv=waste of time, listening to polititions=waist of time,playing video games=waist of time… effort and horse logging is never a waste of time 🙂

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Diversification, that hits the nail on the head, we were just joking ( only not a joke) the other day that you have to do Ten different jobs to be able to live in this town of 800 people, log-sawmill-trucker-farmer-ditch digger-timber framer-painter-cabinit maker-fire wood cuter deliverer-oil changer-cook-welder….it definitely works with my a.d.d.

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in Colorado,
i just paid $3000 for a load (20+ tons) of dug fir saw logs, lots of surface rott though, $2,000 to $2,500 for load of engelman spruce saw logs, between $5,000 and $8,000 for load of spruce house logs (26-28 @18″ midspan, 40-50′) $800-$1,200 for lodgepole firewood logs or mixed firewood logs, ranges from 35-45 tons depending on how curly and scragly they are usually about 12-15 cords when cut and split. Nice dug fir saw/house logs from Utah or Idaho about $4-5,000 delivered to Colorado, usually some surface rott also. Buying off the log decks we can get Lodgepole for $400 a load, Spruce for $1,000 to $2,000 depending on if you can sort at the pile. Stumpage on spruce and fir is about $25-$28 mbf, lodgpole they are paying to remove about $1-2,000 and acre, or just letting it rott. Private is a good option now around here, we have gotten at the wood for free instead of charging to remove it in a few cases, it can work out great for both parties, with the lack of building around here though a lot of good logs end up in the firewood pile this time of year, its worth $150 a cord cut and split, and my kids are doing ALL the splitting now so they get most of that (great kids job!)

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