true firewood is processed for use as just that. the consumer needs clean, relatively straight and of a diameter his saw can cut through and he can handle that size piece by hand after it is cut.
pulpwood can be processed with the machine that cuts the trees down and puts them in a pile with several other trees. they then are gathered up with a machine that has a grapple on the back end of it and dragged to the landing where a big loader and a chop saw processes them into 8 ft pcs. they then are put on a truck.
this saw has several hundred horsepower on it. carbide teeth and does not care how much dirt is on it. it is produced for the paper industry or power plant production that burns a tremendous amount of wood. they chip this with a huge machine with carbide chipping blades that is powerfull enough to blow through dirt.
I hate to harp on dirt but it is the mortal enemy of a sharp chain. a single grain of sand cought between the cutting edge and the wood makes a mark on the toots. dulling it just that much. when dirt is on a tree and the dirt is a half inch thick and add froze to the equasion. a single cut renders that chain totally worthless.
repeat. a single cut does that much damage. so cleanlyness (sp)? is very very important. ask that question first.
here is the question. ( are the logs you are going to deliver processed in the woods and then carried out or are they tree lengthed.?)
you want processed and carried out on a forewarder. new word for you here. means a machine that takes the wood that is processed and forewarded to the landing. rubber tired usually. this wood never touches the ground other than laying there for a while from the cutting process to moving it out of the woods. however if you get a bad operator and he pickes up the logs with the grapple or claw the city guys call it. and he grabs too close to the ground. he can also get dirt but it is different than drug dirt. it is loose and not stuck to the tree. still a problem but not as bad.
if you are printing this off and keeping it for grampa or dad. i am including my phone no 231-8460346
some of our wood is from small producers that still use a chain saw and hand pile it. this wood tends to run a little smaller. I have customers that specifically ask for wood stove cook wood. this wood is rare to find. older folks ask for this limb wood. it takes a LOT longer to get a load. not for the outside boiler but special for old fashioned wood cook stoves that some people still have and find it almost impossible to find. if you give me a month or two i can usually get a load. this wood that I find from processors or producers is always clean. I actually work for you finding quality wood. you want all oak. ok. give me a little time. what size. bigger. can do. order early like a year in advance. more later. al
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