Cut Pine Trees

[Delphicoder]

Last week end I dropped about ten good sized pine trees (lob-lolly I think) that are about 10 - 16 inches wide. I delimbed them all, and now I have the "logs", some cut to about eight feet, but most still the length of the tree. I was going to push them into the far woods and let mother nature take care of them, but it seems like they could be used for something useful.

The local pulp wood guys only seem to be interested in clearing acreage, where it is worth their time to haul the equipment I guess. Is there something I can use them for or is letting nature rot them away what most folks do?

Thanks in advance.

 

[moored4]

I think that some logger should have a self loader that would come in there and do shares on a load. don't cut the other sticks up till you check. Poll trees bring good money up here. If all else fails cut in to fire wood and sell it!

 

[Delphicoder]

I think that some logger should have a self loader that would come in there and do shares on a load. don't cut the other sticks up till you check. Poll trees bring good money up here. If all else fails cut in to fire wood and sell it!

Thanks, I will check around a little deeper.

 

[namesray]

if they are straight and not damaged, maybe someone with a sawmill would buy them to be cut into boards. pine is good for that. like was said, don't cut length untilall is determined what you are going to do. different options will want different lengths.

 

[clemsonfor]

Last week end I dropped about ten good sized pine trees (lob-lolly I think) that are about 10 - 16 inches wide. I delimbed them all, and now I have the "logs", some cut to about eight feet, but most still the length of the tree. I was going to push them into the far woods and let mother nature take care of them, but it seems like they could be used for something useful.

The local pulp wood guys only seem to be interested in clearing acreage, where it is worth their time to haul the equipment I guess. Is there something I can use them for or is letting nature rot them away what most folks do?

Thanks in advance.

Im a forester. There not worth anything!! If you can find someone to pick them up for free you did good! It will take about 25 trees that are the 16" size to make a full size truck load. It will take double that amout of 10" trees, and im talking about diameters that are DBH or 4.5ft up from the stump. A short truck guy may get them for free may give you $25 if you lucky to haul them off.

I would use them for fire wood, if you have a wood stove or fireplace they will burn and NOT creosote up your chimney like folks say, thats a wives tale. If you cut and split it all now and keep off the ground it will be ready to burn this winter.

 

[Delphicoder]

Thanks for all the info guys!

I will try and think if there is anything constructive I can do with them (I don't have a fireplace). I like the bon-fire idea

 

[Furu]

Since they are loblolly I know you are not close to me. If you were I would be interested. I am sure someone will want them. A small mill op may take them from you or you can sell for firewood.

 

[Taylortractornut]

A friend that sawmills takes them that size for pallet lumber or general farm lumber. We also have a local pulp buyer. Folks like me that cant buy the insurance cover to the mill will sell to him. We take logs like that and stack them off the ground till we get a load and then run them to him. Makes a little side money.


I have also used them for fire wood. Also used them for making raised beds. I wanted to try rased garden beds one year but didnt want to spend the cash on limber to buy ties. I had a long dead pine tree I cut up and made a raised bed and filled with soil. looked fairly rustic and had a good crop in it. I made others to and as they rot out the soil takes up the nutrients of the log. It takes up some nitrogen but makes a good soil conditioner. As the logs rot away we till them in or ad more logs around them.

I have several in places arond the place to use up dead trees. The process is called Hugelkulture I found out later. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[Piston]

Im a forester. There not worth anything!!

They're not worth anything to sell, however, they are worth something.

Call a local sawmill and see if they will come to you and saw them up for you, you may be better off bringing the logs to a small sawmill if you have a trailer.

If you want some lumber, a local portable sawmill will mill them up for you.
You won't get a ton of lumber out of them, but if you would like to build something with lumber off your own land it is a satisfying thing to do.

If you need help finding a local sawmill I could help you, just PM me. If you don't want any lumber out of them, then Clemsonfor is right, they're really not worth anything.

 

[clemsonfor]

Piston filled in between the lines on my blunt answer. Sorry its my personality and it sounded as i was a know it all and negative. My wife always reminds me of this. I really dont mean it that way and is the problem with computer forums, you cant really show emotion. Yes, if you have equiptment to lift and transport them to someone with a small mill like a "woodmizer " or something they saw for a reasonble fee, then you need to sticker them and air dry for a year and you can use them.

The reason no big logger will even look at them or most small loggers is that with deisel at $4/gallon it takes hundreds of dollars to just move the equiptment. At a local mill around here the gate wood price is about $35/ton(this is the price you will get paid per ton of log you deliver). But most wont want those 10" but logs and not at that price. Only your 14"+ but stuff will probably net you that price. Each log will weigh 1 ton-ish and unless were talking very tall trees you may only have 1 ton per tree most likely less on those sizes. So with fuel you can see where were going with this. If they were to make any money there will be nothing left to pay you thus why you will need to give them away if you want them gone by someone and they will need to be close by to even think about it.

 

[Delphicoder]

Thanks all!

I can see the point on the lumber and price of fuel :thumbsup:

I am going to use them around the property here and there. A good suggestion on the box garden, and maybe to fill in fence areas.

Much appreciated everyone.

 

[s219]

I can give you the contact info for a guy in Richmond who runs a portable saw mill if you want to use the wood. He charges $65/hour and will come onsite or you can bring logs to him. Lolblolly is decent for a variety of uses. You'd probably want logs 12-14" or larger for the best yield.

When we clear my new property in a few weeks, I plan to get the bigger Lolblollys sawed into siding for a barn.

 

[firefighter9208]

I cleared some woods behind my house last year. I have a single axle truck GMC C70 with a 14' bed. I cut trees all day. Big, straight trees. Loaded all that would fit on the truck. About 12,000 Pounds. Put $100.00 Gas in the truck and hauled them 30 Miles to the local yard. Got $150.00 For the load. By the time I count my time, saw gas, a new chain, and diesel in the tractor, I would have been better off piling and burning them.

 

[gengine]

Around here, that would get you around $200a cord blocked and split for firewood. A lot of people buy firewood here.

 

[clemsonfor]

I cleared some woods behind my house last year. I have a single axle truck GMC C70 with a 14' bed. I cut trees all day. Big, straight trees. Loaded all that would fit on the truck. About 12,000 Pounds. Put $100.00 Gas in the truck and hauled them 30 Miles to the local yard. Got $150.00 For the load. By the time I count my time, saw gas, a new chain, and diesel in the tractor, I would have been better off piling and burning them.

This is the type thing im talking about.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I just cleared along the road on our new property that was lined with pine trees. Cut them all down, delimbed, cut to firewood length, hauled to a friends and dumped. Dropped him about 25 cord and another 6 cord dropped at another friends. All for use as firewood. Gave it all away but it helped them out and they are very happy and grateful. If you have a use for it then great, if not then ask some of your friends if they would like it for firewood.

 

[newbury]

Get a chainsaw mill, Bailey's - Granberg Small Log Alaskan Mill or Bailey's - Granberg MK-III Alaskan Chainsaw Mill with 30" Rails and square them off. Or square them off freehand.

As others mentioned small number, small size and lumber isn't worth much.

But YOU've got the lumber, and when you square them off you'll make a bunch of firewood slabs.

 

[firefighter9208]

Around here, that would get you around $200a cord blocked and split for firewood. A lot of people buy firewood here.

Pines??? We only sell hardwood for firewood. Nobody would even look twice at a load of pines.

Chris

 

[Bartcephus]

FireFighter is right,
If you are selling pine as firewood here, you better discount heavy. Folks will hardly look at pine as anything other than "starter logs" BTU per cord is much lower, and folks don't like having to add another log to the fire so often. But it will burn and it is easy to strart with.

Regards

 

[radioman]

that is mighty gracious of you. I don't care if it pine or poplar or hardward. I have a use for them all as long it doesnt emit anything toxic. I burn soft stuff during fall and winter since I dont need all that long lasting heat or just want to warm up for the night and then let it die out. makes for a very comfortable living :thumbsup: . If I had friends like robert dropping off soft stuff all the time, I'd be doing favors for them for sure.