OAKWOOD
FORESTRY CONSULTING, LLC
P.O.
(608)643-4140 or CALL TOLL FREE : 1-800-526-9653
TIMBER SALES ADMINISTRATION
1.
You and/or interested members of your family and our forester would take
a woods walk of the area to be harvested. The
forester can make forest management recommendations and learn your goals and objectives for the woodland, i.e., how the
woods should be managed to meet your needs given the current composition of
trees (species, age, health).
2.
Then the forester will run a cruise and/or select, mark and scale each harvest
tree with a tree marking paint and tally its board foot volume. Tree
quality is also noted at this time.
3.
Next a Invitation for Bids is prepared.
Up to 80 competitive timber
buyers receive an Invitation to Bid on your sale.
The bid describes the trees (species, volume, number of trees, etc.)
and shows the timber buyers how to locate the sale area.
Specific Conditions of Sale are also listed, such as, contract length,
amount of down payment, logging restrictions, etc. .
4.
Three weeks after the Invitation for Bids is sent to the timber buyers a Bid
Opening is held. Timber buyers
and the landowner are more than welcome to attend.
All bids received are opened at this time.
5.
WHEN a high enough bid is received from a responsible buyer the
next step is to sign the Timber Sale
Contract provided by Oakwood Forestry Consulting. The contract was
developed with the aid of our attorney and is thorough and comprehensive in
protecting your interests. Some
important features are :
A. Purchaser will have Workmens
Compensation insurance.
B. Which trees will be
harvested and how payment is to be made.
C. Purchaser will pay double
appraised value for taking an unmarked tree or unnecessary damage to the
residual stand.
D. No logging activities when
rutting of roads or fields may occur. Damaged fences must be repaired.
E. A specific length of time in
which the job must be completed.
6.
When the Timber Sale Contract is signed the purchaser generally makes a
20% or more down payment. The
remaining bid amount is paid to you before logging operations begin, i.e.,
YOU HAVE ALL YOUR BID MONEY BEFORE
ANY TREES ARE CUT
7.
Our job continues after the timber is sold.
We will inspect logging operations to help assure a good quality logging job.
After each inspection a LOGGING INSPECTION REPORT is filled
out and sent to all parties.
TIMBER SALES ADMINISTRATION COST TO
THE LANDOWNER