Example of Sawyer Contract
Guys,
Here is an example of a contract for one of the sawyers in OH. Most sawyers that quote per bf assume you will help, otherwise they charge by the hour. One link I ran across is as follows with parts of the contract quoted below:
http://www.maplewood-farm.com/Sawframe.htm
1.Sawyer agrees to cut Customer’s logs at Customer’s site for $30.00 per hundred board foot of lumber cut. Charges are based on actual lumber cut rather than scaled volume. A board foot of lumber is defined as 12” x 12” x 1”. Anything cut less than 1” thick will be counted as 1”. There is a $200.00 minimum charge. If there are many small, short or otherwise time consuming logs, Sawyer may (at sawyers discretion) charge $50.00 per hour for sawing instead of the board foot charge.
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2. In addition to above, Customer shall pay Sawyer $1.00/mile ($25.00 minimum) for delivery and location set-up of sawmill. Also, if Sawyer is required to re-locate sawmill on site, there shall be an additional charge of $25.00 per move. In the event a saw blade is broken or damaged by foreign matter (nail, rock, metal, etc.) in Customer’s log, there is a charge of $25.00 per damaged blade.
3. Customer agrees to provide manpower to assist in loading and unloading logs and lumber. All logs shall be stacked in location of mill so that there can be continuous loading of mill by rolling logs up to the mill without moving mill. Lumber shall be stacked at mill location to allow continuous cutting operation.
4.Other charges: Cutting logs over 30” diameter so they will fit on saw- $50 / hr. Cleaning logs of frozen mud - $50 / hr. any work other than milling logs - $50
Hope this helps...seems to be typical of sawyers in my area. I talked to a few about a nice blk walnut tree ready for milling.
Dick