Hallback
Senior Member
You hoppin the border also?
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Any brand log trucks
- Thread starter Truck Shop
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Welder Dave
Senior Member
Who sets the prices they pay for logs/ lumber?
Truck Shop
Senior Member
No my place is paid for happy in WW. You driving 124 or 26 to Colfax.
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Hallback
Senior Member
26. Roughest road in Wa!
Hallback
Senior Member
The mills that you log for set the rate. You can negotiate some but they're so fucking cheap that if they can see that you can pay for a choker in cash they will cut your rate.
Lots of trucks down the hill at my place. Heli been really active, too.
I don't know if anyone is making any money, but they're tipping a lot of trees over.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
That's smooth, Colfax to Hangman Hills is extremely bad in a long box quad cab, slap the crap out
of you. You taking the short cut to the steep left in downtown Colfax?
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Ain't seen you in a while.
Hallback
Senior Member
Yessir!
Hallback
Senior Member
You are outta Lewiston right?
Truck Shop
Senior Member
I came down that in a truck one winter, covered in ice.
My plan of taking it easy went horribly awry. Almost full time at the quarry, plus got the shop put together and seems everybody wants something done. And running the 'ol dump truck, hay season....
I picked up a '76 W900, haven't even had time to work on it. I guess I'm collecting A models now.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
One good thing, Kenworth has a nice new shop in Lewiston-on the Spiral Highway {the old
Lewiston grade}.
Lewiston grade}.
East of Kooskia.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Does your competition have any influence on pricing ie/ by accepting lower rates? Quite a few years ago trucking operators rates here got cut because a lot of immigrants started trucking companies and offered lower than the going rates by a fair amount. Previously established truckers had to lower their rates if they wanted any work hauling snow or doing any municipal or other gov't. work. I think they formed kind of a union after that but rates were still lower.
Former Wrench
Senior Member
Speaking of working for free; I noticed that Willapa Log is going to auction off equipment later this month.
Hallback
Senior Member
Yeah, I saw that. They don't have anything that's even worth bidding on anymore sadly. Unfortunately they never kept up with the times and the kids hearts weren't in it like Richards was. He just got tired of bailing them out time after time again and without being able to get a good crew you're just pouring money down the toilet
Hallback
Senior Member
And yes competition absolutely does set the rate. Sadly the last 10 years or more like 13 years of good times have brought out a lot of contractors that weren't around before and have never seen a recession. They bought every new piece of glam gear that the timber companies were pushing on them and are at their mercy to work for free. I just won't do it.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Working for the company store-and how long has that game been going on.
Hallback
Senior Member
Far too long and you see it all the time guys do it so they can " get their foot in the door ".
And not to sound arrogant but I have talent and skills that the majority of loggers today do not have so I'm not going to use them or teach them for free.