Posted by Wolf Kirchmeir on March 1, 2006, 9:59 am
Carl 1 Lucky Texan wrote:
[...]
>> My third tree farm was a wood lot in Maine. It had two creeks and
>> highway frontage. It had been harvested in the past. It was
>> replanted and was reestablishing itself. After thirty years we hired
>> a forester to mark a timber improvement project to basically cut about
>> 3/4 of the trees to permit a much better forest to develop. We found
>> a logger that agreed to carry out our plan. The logger did a great job
>> until the job was almost finished. Then the logger came in with a
>> crew and stripped the land of just about everything he could sell.
>> The forester matched the stumps with the logs at the mills so we had
>> a good record of how much timber he had rustled. However the timber
>> rustling laws in Maine have no teeth. [...]
IMO tree rustlers should be run through a sawmill. Slowly.
Posted by higgledy on March 1, 2006, 1:35 pm
...using a dull blade.
Posted by George.com on March 2, 2006, 3:03 am
> Carl 1 Lucky Texan wrote:
> [...]
> >> My third tree farm was a wood lot in Maine. It had two creeks and
> >> highway frontage. It had been harvested in the past. It was
> >> replanted and was reestablishing itself. After thirty years we hired
> >> a forester to mark a timber improvement project to basically cut about
> >> 3/4 of the trees to permit a much better forest to develop. We found
> >> a logger that agreed to carry out our plan. The logger did a great job
> >> until the job was almost finished. Then the logger came in with a
> >> crew and stripped the land of just about everything he could sell.
> >> The forester matched the stumps with the logs at the mills so we had
> >> a good record of how much timber he had rustled. However the timber
> >> rustling laws in Maine have no teeth. [...]
> IMO tree rustlers should be run through a sawmill. Slowly.
find out where the bastard is next logging and go and drive some iron stakes
into the trees. With a bit of luck his chainsaw may meet one and from there
meet his head.
rob
Posted by chris on March 2, 2006, 6:27 pm
Thanks for the info...that was great. I just returned from the north
woods, I had looked at a few lots up there. Very nice for planting, one
was actually a farm split up into small acerage. I cant believe the
price though 20 acres for 60 thousand. way out of my price league. I'm
going to keep looking though. Myself I dont plan to get rich, I know
the land investment would be the money in the long run but planting
some trees and watching them grow would be very rewarding for me and my
kids..."nothing ventured nothing gained"
Thanks again
Chris
Posted by Stephen Henning on March 3, 2006, 1:02 pm
> Thanks for the info...that was great. I just returned from the north
> woods, I had looked at a few lots up there. Very nice for planting, one
> was actually a farm split up into small acerage. I cant believe the
> price though 20 acres for 60 thousand. way out of my price league. I'm
> going to keep looking though. Myself I dont plan to get rich, I know
> the land investment would be the money in the long run but planting
> some trees and watching them grow would be very rewarding for me and my
> kids..."nothing ventured nothing gained"
> Thanks again
> Chris
What we did 40 year ago was get a real estate catalog for the whole
country. It listed lots and at that time desert land in the SW as very
expensive and woodland in Maine was very cheap ($50/acre). We invested
in 40 acres of woodland in Maine and it appreciated to $875/acre. It is
still depressed. But my point is to look for good land at a low price
that you can enjoy and it is certain to go up in the long run. Avoid
areas where speculation has already started. Usually large acreages are
cheaper than subdivided lots.
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>> highway frontage. It had been harvested in the past. It was
>> replanted and was reestablishing itself. After thirty years we hired
>> a forester to mark a timber improvement project to basically cut about
>> 3/4 of the trees to permit a much better forest to develop. We found
>> a logger that agreed to carry out our plan. The logger did a great job
>> until the job was almost finished. Then the logger came in with a
>> crew and stripped the land of just about everything he could sell.
>> The forester matched the stumps with the logs at the mills so we had
>> a good record of how much timber he had rustled. However the timber
>> rustling laws in Maine have no teeth. [...]