I contracted with Inez Forestry Industries (IFI) to harvest and thin about 30 acres of timber adjacent to my house; I thought they were excellent. By way of disclaimers, this is the only time I sold timber and didn't price other loggers. The IFI buyer, Eli, was very responsive to my questions and easy to work with. The simple one-page contract was mainly a schedule of payments (to me) based on wood species, quality, and destination mill. Inez is a family business and I met both the owner and his son who both worked at my site. IFI used all their own employees and equipment, which was awesome. The IFI crew arrived as scheduled to establish their logging deck and then harvested a dozen or so truck loads a day for about a month. Near the end of the job, they used their chipper to dispose of tree larger debris. Most stumps were cut very close to the ground and they left the requested buffer areas around residential property and water (stream and pond). There is a remaining layer of smaller tree debris (called slash) which (I believe) should reduce erosion. IFI made weekly payments to me, which arrived about a week after each harvest week. Each payment included a detailed listing of harvested timber and mill weight tickets for each load. I have no complaints; I would give top marks to Inez Forest Industries. read more
