The problem we have as individual landowners is tryIng to compete with the county and federal timber sales that are massive acreage with many sales having performance bond requirements (i.e. Logger wins a bid and must pay for the timber whether they get it cut or not). It's driven timber prices down and some guys out of business. If I'm a logger I'd much rather move my equipment into one sale for 12-18 months and cut 500 acres all for delivery to one spot than go all over the countryside and setting up multiple times.
Believe it or not we are also competing with FEMA now. Take some time to look up the number of loggers and logging equipment out of WI, MN and MI that has been contracted for hurricane clean up in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. Some guys have contracted themselves for prime $ for 1-2 years.
Believe it or not we are also competing with FEMA now. Take some time to look up the number of loggers and logging equipment out of WI, MN and MI that has been contracted for hurricane clean up in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. Some guys have contracted themselves for prime $ for 1-2 years.