re: Selling timber in Webster Parish

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I'm not trying to be greedy but at the same time I don't want to get ripped off selling the timber.


Oh you can bet you'll get ripped off.

To get a "fair deal" you need to hire a forester, to cruise and market your timber. Your profit after his cut is about the same as you'd end up with getting ripped off if you try to do it yourself. So it's a wash.

It's kind of BS, but that's how it's set up.

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BS is right, your statement is not at all true. Hiring someone to manage your timber for greater growth and to meet your needs can be good. But we pay the same $ per ton for timber on a tract regardless of forester or landowner. Landowner gets more without a third-party selling cause you ain't paying someone to sell it. There a lots of foresters we work with, just like timber companies, there are really good ones and really bad ones. Do your research.