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32 THE RURAL VOICE
And to be fair to loggers, says
Eccles, they aren't necessarily taking
advantage of the woodlot owner who
doesn't know what the bush is worth.
Without an accurate inventory of the
bush, it's hard for the logger to
correctly. estimate the value of the
wood they're buying. Forced to
guess, they're likely to offer a price
low enough to cover themselves in a
worst-case scenario.
One of the services the growing
number of woodlot management
specialists offers is measuring all the
marked trees and estimating the total
board feet available for cutting. This
information can then be circulated to
a numberof buyers to see who will
offer the best price.
Even when there is a known
quantity and quality of lumber,
prices offered by sawmills can
vary widely, says Eccles. He tells of
one 100 -acre woodlot with 128,000
board feet of quality hardwood that
was offered to eight bidders. The
spread between the high and the low
bid was $75,000, he says. "If you're
not having your bush marked, it (the
price) is going to be all over the
map."
Eccles' story also demonstrates
the value of getting competing bids.
Even if you ask around and find out
who is paying the best prices this
month, by next month the situation
could change dramatically, he says.
Perhaps this month the mill is
worried about having enough lumber
to keep it going but by next month it
may have secured a steady supply. It
may still bid on your bush but it
won't be so anxious to pay top dollar
as it was a monthyearlier, he says.
Meanwhile someone else that wasn't
buying last month may be desperate
for supply and offering top prices.
The good news for those selling
wood, he says, is that despite the fact
there's a lot of woodlots on the
market these days, there are also a lot
of mills looking for wood. Many of
the mills have been upgrading and
increasing their capacity, he says, and
now it takes more wood to feed them.
While some mills might have lumber
for their production for a year in
advance, for most "it looks like it's
harder to get product." Recently he's
seen mills from the Niagara
Peninsula to Huntsville bidding on
local woodlots, he says.
The other good news, Eccles says,