PINE logs anyone?

[PowerTracManiac]

Have pine logs galore from the lot clearing and I don't know what to do with them?
Average 16 to 24 inches in diameter.
Don't have a dump trailer so I can't take them anywhere.
Contacted a couple lumber places and they weren't too interested since they were pine?
Any sugesstions or ideas would be appreciated.

 

[oosik]

Do folks over your way burn pine for firewood?

 

[PowerTracManiac]

If its not hardwood they think its not worth there time to burn around here.

 

[BigDaddyEureka]

Huh. I'd think with lumber prices through the roof people would take anything useful, and those sure look useful!

Seems like you've got enough there to build a small cabin!

 

[oosik]

Firewood. That's a shame. Ponderosa pine is all I have here. We burned pine for the first 15 years we lived here. It's a fine firewood.

 

[grsthegreat]

Lumber prices are record high, but the prices there paying for wood is lower now that years ago. Not worth harvesting, as you can barely pay trucking charges.

 

[plowhog]

You might advertise in Criagslist looking for someone who has a personal or hobby sawmill. There's lots of things of value those logs could turn into for a private individual. Just maybe not a big sawmill.

 

[dirtymartini]

Location?

 

[s219]

If it's yellow pine it would make great framing lumber or posts/beams and someone with a sawmill might want them. If it's white pine it would be desirable for siding, boards, etc.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Have pine logs galore from the lot clearing and I don't know what to do with them?
Average 16 to 24 inches in diameter.
Don't have a dump trailer so I can't take them anywhere.
Contacted a couple lumber places and they weren't too interested since they were pine?
Any sugesstions or ideas would be appreciated.

No one wants mine either (Douglas Fur).. Free or otherwise. Even the chip and multch guy claims to have a backlog of hundreds so wont waste the fuel to come get them. I posted them and one person called, but he can never seem to make it over here. All cut 16'6" 16"-24" diameter. The top 1/3 of the trees were chipped into the woods. Excavator comes in a day or 2 to clear the trees back, so I guess they will just be the start of the burn pile.

 

[MossRoad]

No one wants mine either (Douglas Fur).. Free or otherwise. Even the chip and multch guy claims to have a backlog of hundreds so wont waste the fuel to come get them. I posted them and one person called, but he can never seem to make it over here. All cut 16'6" 16"-24" diameter. The top 1/3 of the trees were chipped into the woods. Excavator comes in a day or 2 to clear the trees back, so I guess they will just be the start of the burn pile.

What town are you near, if I may ask?

 

[Midniteoyl]

What town are you near, if I may ask?

Knox.

 

[truckdiagnostics]

pulp wood?

 

[MossRoad]

Knox.

Nice. We like to walk at Tippecanoe River State Park. Nice to climb the fire tower and see the change of seasons.

 

[Midniteoyl]

LOL.. I thought you were gonna say you were the guy who wanted the trees.. He's from up near SB.

It's been a few years (wife got sick and whatnot) but we talked before about Tippecanoe, and Bailey's.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Hire a portable mill to come in and turn them into lumber, then sell the lumber!!

I wish I was close enough to get them!

SR

 

[MossRoad]

Ha! Sorry, no, I'm not the guy that wanted the trees. I've got enough to last me a lifetime.

Don't forget Richard's. I like their Goldblatts shopping carts.

When I was a kid, Joeys Wallpaper in Toto was THE place to go for wallpaper. They advertised on TV and radio non-stop. Kinda like this Freedom Fred guy does now.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Don't think the local store is open anymore, but I do believe they have one Merrilville, or did. They are on Ebay though: JOEY S WALLPAPER TOTO | eBay Stores

 

[PowerTracManiac]

I heard the same as u. There's a huge oversupply of logs right now. Log people don't have any more room for logs?
But milled lumber prices are up 300 percent in 1 year. Seems like with that much log supply , the milled lumber prices should be going down. My quotes for the wood for the house are about 25,000 more than what it would have been about a year ago. I am delaying purchasing the lumber package because I am not paying that much of a premium.

 

[PowerTracManiac]

Portable mill idea sounds good.
How does that work using home milled lumber cause the boards will not be graded?
Do u have to use that non graded lumber material for non habitable structures like a pole barn, garage, shop, etc?