Hey y'all just wondering what it's like to be a logger. What's the biggest pains and problems with logging? What do you like about it? Why do you do it? submitted by /u/Due-Mango3783 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi, all. I inherited a parcel of land in California zoned as a timber preserve. I'm exploring all options (donating, developing, selling). What can I do with this property from a logging perspective? Can I sell it to a logging company? 50ish acres with coastal redwoods Edit: please delete if not allowed submitted by /u/Extension_Emu8242 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

This was my first log loader I bought when I was 24 years old. I started logging for myself when I was 20, and went 16 years before my back gave out and had to go on disability, and close down. Not a day goes by I don’t miss being out in the woods. submitted by /u/Direct_Classroom_331 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello Logging Community, I am a photographer, not a logger and have been working on a project in the northeast (between MA, VT, NY) for the past three years or so. The project draws heavy influence from the natural world and from themes of isolation/natural phenomena. I was in a bit of a research pit yesterday when I came across this image of abandoned logging roads in North Carolina. I thought that it would make for an amazing landscape image but as mentioned, I am not in the south. Do any of you working in the Northeast have any idea where a landscape such as this one might be? Any insi ..read more

Hello all. Hoping someone can answer this. I have 4 very large pines on my property. My elderly aunt told me that loggers will not take trees from "homesteads" because they anticipate nails being in them. Nail + saw = damage / projectile. This makes sense but I was curious if this was still a general practice or have standards changed? I would offer them free to a company that wants them. Appreciate any insight on this! submitted by /u/Abrupt_Stella [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Ole Slew Foot by Johnny Horton submitted by /u/lurpedslapper [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Thanks in advance for any help. Long story short, we had a survey done in 2023 and they told us what we had on our land. I personally don’t want to log it unless it will provide us with enough cash to make some big improvements to our family homestead which is long overdue. Essentially I am looking for some unbiased insight as to what we can reasonably expect to gain from logging our property. We have a little over 200,000 board feet of timber ready to log. Does it even make a difference to separate the varieties? Is it even worth it to log the land? I am so torn. White oak — 70,000 Yellow po ..read more

I figured who better to ask about the state of wood than the people on the front lines cutting it. I realize the answer will vary wildly depending on the mill and quality control, but, I’ve read a lot about how the western red cedar you find at most suppliers these days is not the same as the old growth high tannin stuff from years past. So, curious if one can still source (affordably) boards for siding that would have a long lifetime. For context, I’m a homeowner in the PNW, and residing my house. I love wood. I’d use Douglas fir if I could, but am not looking to be staining and treating the ..read more

Great grandad was a logging man, he drove an oxen team.. Grampa was a logger too and he did it all with steam.. Papa ran a triple drum it was a diesel fired pot.. Now some fly big sky cranes, loggings changed alot...... submitted by /u/mosquito_torpedo [visit reddit] [comments ..read more