Log hauling

[Farrier]

I am not new to logging and forestry, I’ve been in the woods all my life and worked for the Ga. Forestry Commission for awhile. I am however new to horse logging, or in my case mule logging. I was just wondering how many of you haul your own logs to the mill or log yard? Something I have noticed about most horseloggers is that they hire a self-loading truck to haul for them. Also how many of ya’ll sell your logs on the deck? Around here, you have to haul yourself because self-loaders are non existent nowadays. All the mills and log yards will pretty much buy anything you send them but they will not buy it on the deck or send a truck after it. Around here it is up to the logger to buy timber, harvest it and haul it to the buyer. There is no percentage split with the land owner. You have to buy the standing timber outright.

[Does’ Leap]

Farrier, I log my own property during the winter and have been selling hemlock to a local mill for the past few years. I have been getting $275/mbf at the mill, straight through. I hire a self-loading straight truck (not truck and pup) to haul my logs. He fits around 4,000 feet and is paid by the mill who takes his fee ($40/mbf) out of my check.

George

[PhilG]

Farrier, what state are you in ? Here in Colorado it sounds about the same except the big mill that used to buy everything here in the south went under. one thing that works good for me and the pace of horse logging is to load the logs on my trailer with a skidd steer, it takes a few more trips to get mobilized but if you are in one place for a few weeks it is worth it. a good tandem dually goosneck can haul 8-10 tons of logs, but you have to get a CDL for anything over 5 tons.

[Farrier]

I am in Georgia. The DOT here makes hauling anything includeing farm equipment a real pain. I have a 1958 international 2 ton truck that I haul hay on and sometimes logs. Technically I am supposed to have a DOT number to haul hay since I am selling it but they are kinda easy going about that. Logs are a different story.

[lancek]

I have both a slandered pole truck [Bob tail too you folks in the east] and a flat bed pull behind and flat bed f450 but I am going to phase out my ford 9000 pole truck and just use the 450 this year do to the matainince on the big truck!

[Author]

Posts