Contact your district forester, I think Jeremy Cocharan is in central Iowa. They will have a list of recommendations, one of them is the old district forester. A couple neighbors used him a few years ago and were very happy with him.
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aimfirst2
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been thinking about doing this for many years, curious for those who have done it....are the areas where cutting and dragging out timber really unmanageable after a timber harvest? I used to cut down trees for firewood and noticed those areas of high disturbance grew back with nasty/thick stuff in subsequent years....it makes me wonder what a timber harvest would do especially where retrieving the timber would be tough at my place
deerdown
Well-Known Member
Use a forester! I had a logger come in, mark the trees, we agreed to what he'd take. When I got back to the farm to see what he did, he cut 1, yes one, of the trees we agreed to, and took my best trees, and he was packed up and long gone by the time I got back to check on progress.
There's some shady loggers out there, use a forester who can oversee the work while it's being done. Never again will I not use a forester....
There's some shady loggers out there, use a forester who can oversee the work while it's being done. Never again will I not use a forester....
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Did you take him to court ?
deerdown
Well-Known Member
Wasn't worth my peace. It caught up to him a few years later, neighbor had him harvest and he went on the next door neighbors place who did take him to court. Heard he cut 30k worth of timber on that neighbor. don't know what he ended up paying for that theft.
Hopefully he ended up with a felony record and a reputation that follows him.
Hopefully he ended up with a felony record and a reputation that follows him.
Yikes!!! That guys name needs to get out there!!!! Leave reviews or spread the word so others don’t get burnt! at that rate- the guy probably is in jail!!