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BIGHORN LOGGING CORPORATION


Bighorn logging has the people and equipment to make your logging project a success!



Bighorn Logging has:

  • Letters of commendation from Timber Owners and past customers
  • 2008 Operator of the Year Award from the Oregon Department of Forestry.
  • Been an Oregon Professional Logger since 1996.
  • A drug free workplace policy requiring pre-employment drug screens This costs the company more money, but reduces accidents and decreases liability.
  • Medical, dental and life insurance benefits, along with a 401(k) plan for our employees.
  • Very skilled equipment operators and yarder crews, truck drivers and administration professionals.
  • Grapple saws that maximize log recovery at the stump, lay down timber with the least amount of breakage and pile logs efficiently for processing.
  • Dangle Head Processors to maximize log volume.
  • Great relationships with log buyers to market your logs at the best prices - log prices fluctuate and relationships matter in the industry.

WHEN COMPARING PRICING, KEEP IN MIND THAT A LOWER PERCENTAGE FROM ANOTHER LOGGER WITHOUT THE EQUIPMENT TO MAXIMIZE LOG RECOVERY AND THE ABILITY TO MARKET YOUR LOGS CAN YIELD LESS REVENUE.



before you select a logger, here are some things to consider to prepare for harvest:



Ask what your goals are…..do you want to maximize revenue which may point you toward a clear cut or would you prefer to thin creating a more parklike setting or reducing fire hazard. Once you have clear goals, get in contact with your Oregon Department of Forestry Stewardship Forester or OSU Extension Forester to get references for local loggers they would recommend. Then have ODF assess your site for wetlands, streams or other features to protect. Knowing your site and your goals will help get recommendations for loggers who have the most appropriate equipment and experience for your terrain. Having the right equipment creates less ground disturbance and can maximize revenue. Also, determine if your road will accommodate the equipment required or will you need to widen a driveway or build more roads. Also, ask if you are in any other restricted area that would limit your ability to remove timber such as an adjacent park, scenic area or inside city limits.


As you prepare for a harvest, gather all the legal and financial information you might need make sure you have the names of all legal owners - maybe you have multiple owners or the property is in a trust or business name. Are there financial issues to consider? If you do not know the basis of your timber for tax purposes speak to your CPA as you may need to determine that prior to harvest are there estate or inheritance issues that might require you to have a timber cruise completed? ​



Once you know you want to proceed to hire a logger, ask several of them for references for projects similar to yours. If they don’t have any similar projects, that might not be a good sign. Ask if they are certified under the Oregon Professional Logger program.


After you have selected a logger, there are many things for you or your logger to do file a Notification of Operation with the Oregon Department of Forestry, identify property boundaries and order a survey if needed, prepare a contract, get certificates of insurance from the logger with an additional insured endorsement for the landowner(s), and keep track of all your logging revenue and expenses-you’ll need the information for income tax and harvest tax prep.


When reviewing or preparing a contract, it should include the legal names of the owners and the legal description of the property to be harvested including who marks the cutting boundary or identifies trees to harvest in a partial cut when is the harvest to happen and any weather related issues to include insurance requirements what is to be done - a clear cut, thinning, etc. the logging rate and what the logging rate includes such as: equipment move in and out, rock, road construction and maintenance, cutting, logging, hauling and log marketing, slash piling, replanting, and timber taxes.


A GOOD LOGGER CAN PROVIDE ALL THESE SERVICES WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A CONSULTANT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION, CALL BIGHORN LOGGING AT 503-324-2422. THANK YOU!​



Bighorn Logging Corporation



13820 NW Main Street
Banks, Oregon 97106