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Thanks. The chip market is different than the log market. It sounds like it is similar to your area. We are only paying $10-$30 a ton for saw logs now. Amazing that costs have gone up so much that it is still a difficult situation. One of the biggest issues is that the oil patches have sucked...

Holmen I guess it gets complicated in our country. The enviornmentalists(not all bad) sue just about every timber sale on F.S. lands and make a living doing it. That is a big part of the problem. One of the other issues is that we have lost most of our mills, at least in this area. So there is...

A lot, or just a few? Yes, our market here tends to lag in the Rockies. Canadian Industry Mags. Show just about every contractor running new or almost new. I only know of one contractor in this part of the state that has bought a new piece of equipment in recent years and he is the largest...

I don't think there are many U.S. loggers that could afford any of that equipment. We just aren't paid enough. Wheras, in Canada many of the contractors are running new or late model equipment. What are we doing wrong?