Logging white poplar for OSB mill, International paylogger skidder and Stihl MS261 working in brush

In this video ‪@StuInTheSticks‬ finds himself fighting through thick brush to continue felling more poplar tree's, the old International paylogger skidder and Stihl MS261C get it done for another day.

[@RLee-zs1ds]

You must have a very large piece of land for this to be viable,, or the mill is paying a lot for the white poplar. Working in the bush can be dangerous, so stay safe. White poplar for OSB might be a good use, but white poplar also makes one of the brightest, whitest pulps of any wood, so a pulp mill may pay more. There are pulp mills in Northern Alberta running only white poplar.

[@StuInTheSticks]

This wood is being cut on public land's what is called Crown land owned by the province where I live, in my home province we have what's called a timber quota system controlled by the province. Timber quota is the total annual allowable cut volume that can be harvested on a sustainable basis, to have access to this share of "quota" you have to buy into the quota system in return your allocated a fixed or set cut volume every year based on how much quota volume you own. There is no new quota given out you have to buy someone else's share to get in when they want to sell out of the system. The quota is for however long you want to own it, once your in your in so to speak that's why it's so dog eat dog the big player's don't much like small guy's in the mix and they will play dirty with small guy's like me to get ahold of your quota. The mills don't pay near what they should so it's not a big money maker like people think, I have to really work for my money like most in this industry do on thin margins. That's the logging game everywhere nowadays it's about pumping out high volumes of timber to make a buck, I'm not one of those big volume logger's but I can survive by being small with not much equipment so my overhead is small as well. Reason I'm cutting this wood for an OSB mill is there's two OSB mill's that are fairly close to me compared to a pulp mill, there is one pulp mill that I could ship to but they are hard to get a contract with are further away and only pay a buck or two more per ton; so this is what I do. Sorry for the long winded response but it's hard to explain in any less way, I do my best to stay safe but yes there's always dangers awaiting you. Thanks for checking out my video's and leaving a comment.