Managing Your Timber Sale Advice for landowners before logging
What’s a Fair Share for the Owner? Understanding log markets and the jargon C,K, and J sorts, camp run Pulp wood, chip ‘n saw Log scaling and weight scale What should a logging job cost?
Understanding Log Markets
Log prices fluctuate Log market contacts are important Perceptions of log quality vary Know what you have in order to evaluate harvest timing and target purchasers
Log Markets: Sources of Data
The Jargon Bureau grades: peeler, SM, 2S, 3S, 4S Export Sorts: Japan, China, Korea, others Domestic Sorts: Camp run, chip ‘n saw, diameter/length breaks, oversize logs
Log Sorts: Peeler
Log Sorts: Japan
Log Sorts: Korea
Log Sorts: Chip-and-Saw
Log Sorts: Alder Sawlogs
The Jargon: Sorts Revisited
A final word about log exports Source: April 2002 report by James Stevens, Campbell Group LLC
Log Scaling and Weight Scale Roll-out scale
Log Scaling and Weight Scale Roll-out scale Puget Sound Log Scaling and Grading Bureau 1969 Rule Book “Independent” 3 rd party measuring Mill scale Ton wood Weight sampling
What Should a Logging Job Cost ? What is a “logging job”? Extras Clearing debris and pulling stumps Burning piles Capital improvements Road maintenance and abandonment Permitting, engineering, surveying Marketing services Harvest administration Reforestation
Logging Cost Factors Logging systems Timber size and quality Road access Distance to market
More Cost Factors Harvest volume Silvicultural system Neighbor concerns Contract terms (“Extras”)
What Should a Logging Job Cost ? What is the magic “% split”? There isn’t one: logging costs commonly range from % of gross WDOR uses the figure 35 % of gross when no records are available
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Presented by: John D. Gold, Principal John Gold & Co., Consulting Foresters 619 Commercial Avenue Suite 25 Anacortes, WA