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

QUESTIONS ?

Presented by: John D. Gold, Principal John Gold & Co., Consulting Foresters 619 Commercial Avenue Suite 25 Anacortes, WA