First we make sure the seller has a copy of our log price sheet. Then we send a forester over to make sure there is a truck load worth of logs and that a log truck can access the logs. If the logs are spread out, enabling the forester to get a good look at them and scale them properly, the forester may tally and grade them on site. This cannot be done if the logs are already in a pile, however, in which case the load will be scaled when it arrives at the mill. For purchases of standing timber, the landowner typically contacts us, and we discuss their forest management goals and financial goals. Then our forester will inventory the lot for species and volumes and work up a harvest estimate. At this point we give the landowner a proposal with prices per thousand board feet for the trees which are to be cut. If the landowner then wants to proceed with a harvest, we flag the property boundaries, mark the trees to be harvested, and propose a timber sale agreement to the landowner.