The logging is being done by a small family owned outfit. It was great to meet them and to see the effort they are making to provide some great quality logs with little to no damage from handling. Processing machines are not being used, which commonly damage the outside of logs. Loggers walk through the woods to select trees, then fell and limb the tree with a chainsaw. Logs are then skidded back to the landing. The loggers were quite fascinated that I was going to be building a home out of raw logs and insisted that I cut one down myself.
The logs being harvested are fire salvage logs, they still have green needles but will probably not make it through the year. The fire was the "Day fire", which burned in Modoc County in early August. Some nice large Ponderosa pine logs.
