Owner of local mill has become rather wealthy by virtue of business smarts and hard work. . .and a scaler who could beat a logger down on both scale AND grade!
Unless you brought in a whole load of veneer logs, you would get #1sawlog $$. Any veneer logs would get separated and accumulated untill...
Havent worked at a mill for 20+ years, and please, someone correct me if I'm wrong: doesnt the scaler measure BF at the small end of a log? Shorter logs with less taper would seem to be more lucrative for the faller, vs if you get paid a premium for longer length, say > 18'
Mill makes money on every cubic inch of trim. It all adds up.
Bark, softwood/hardwood chips, sawdust. It all gets sold. Finger joint machines turn short sticks into longer ones.
If you ever buy hardwood flooring you get a few short pieces in the bundle.
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