Logging
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BSK
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I ended up getting 4,000 seedlings. At an 8' x 8' spacing, you will need around 680 seedlings per acre. At a 10' x 10' spacing, you will need about 430 seedlings per acre.
With four old guys planting on very rough terrain, we got around 3,000 planted in 3 days. I did the last 1,000 by myself and it took about 4 days.
Boll Weevil
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These logs were bumping right up against what the mill can take for sawtimber at 26" and what the cutter could handle at 28". Best I can count rings from the pic this loblolly is between 43-48yrs old.
BSK
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Interesting.
I had some 32" Red Oaks cut that I aged at 62 years old. Had a couple 40" White Oaks cut that I aged at just over 80 years.
I had some 32" Red Oaks cut that I aged at 62 years old. Had a couple 40" White Oaks cut that I aged at just over 80 years.
Boll Weevil
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I stopped to snap a pic while spraying and really liking how things are shaping up. This block is natural regen so spacing a little more tricky but will start on the planted pine this week. 3rd row thin should go a little faster…right up the row then operator select in between.
BSK
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Are they able to sell pine of that size? I ask because I've got clients with 20-30 year-old pine that can't sell the stuff. They would love to cut or thin them, but mills won't take them.
Boll Weevil
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Yes. Location, location, location. I've got mills close by to take everything from pulpwood to chip'n saw, to sawlogs…both pine and hardwood. A new mill opened in Corinth earlier this year and the PCA mill in Counce is a big mouth to feed when they're running wide open. There's some wood pellet mills popping up so that's another market maybe your clients can look into.
BSK
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Very interesting. Thanks much.
Boll Weevil
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Nephew ran the drone a little for me today.
BSK
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Looks great!
Hridge
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We thinned our pines in what they call a Savannah Cut. We finished in early 2023. A straight line wind storm came through Humphreys county after our logger was finished and blew down probably 6-700 pine trees that left and our place is a mess. Logger had to be on another contract job so cannot get him or any other logger to come get the downed trees. Once a pine is uprooted and falls, there is a 4-5 month shelf life to be processed. We are just gonna have to live with the mess and do a controlled burn in a couple years. Probably $50-75 k worth of wood laying on ground. Luckily we have large hardwood stands. All in all, it will be great deer and Turkey habitat but hate seeing money wasted.
Boll Weevil
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Adjust volume accordingly.
Boll Weevil
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Spent the day cleaning up a log deck…loggers moved on around to the next location. With 88,000 lbs of log truck running over it for weeks it was like concrete…no problem for the subsoiler though.
BSK
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Dang, that's a piece of machinery right there!
If I had used one of those on my log loading deck food plots, I would have pulled up rocks the size of VW Bugs!
If I had used one of those on my log loading deck food plots, I would have pulled up rocks the size of VW Bugs!
If I had used something like that on my log decks things would actually grow there!
Boll Weevil
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All the roads and all but one of the log decks is cleaned up and planted. Even a good logging job with a solid crew is gonna make a mess, but as I assured my mom (worry wart who's grown to love a well kept timber stand), this is the worst this place will look for the next 30 years.
Note to anyone planning a logging operation: it's a lot of work. We're nearly 6mo in, about to finish, and I've pretty much got my fill of "tractor therapy" for a good long while.
Note to anyone planning a logging operation: it's a lot of work. We're nearly 6mo in, about to finish, and I've pretty much got my fill of "tractor therapy" for a good long while.
JCDEERMAN
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Amen
We had a 2 year operation on our place and got done late last summer. Was a lot of work, but it completely transformed the whole farm. Much nicer now
BSK
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As I tell landowners who have forested land all the time, no logging is a bad thing. Yes, it can be ugly for a while afterwards, but mature timber supports very few deer. Too much logging can be a bad thing too. Never cut or thin the timber on an entire property at once. This just creates the same habitat everywhere, which will be very hard to hunt. Some logging, in patches, is a GREAT thing. Creating diversity of habitat, early-stage regrowth, and cover in patches is the answer to a productive and fun to hunt property.
DoubleRidge
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Looking good! And some very rewarding work!
Looks great!
