For questions, please contact VFP Procurement Manager Chris Barnett @ 601-994-3015
LOG SPECIFICATIONS
Pine Small Chip-N-Saw: 10 inch butt minimum to 25 inch butt maximum with a minimum diameter inside bark of 6 inches or before ring knots.
Minimum Length: 25 feet Maximum Length: 60 feet
Pine Sawtimber: 16 inch butt minimum to 25 inch butt maximum with a minimum diameter inside bark of 8 inches or before ring knots.
Minimum Length: 33 feet Maximum Length: 60 feet
Pine Pre-Cuts: 16 inch butt minimum to 44 inch butt maximum with a minimum top of 14 inches.
Minimum Length: 16 feet 4 inches Maximum Length: 16 feet 9 inches
Quality Specifications:
Butts
No butt damage
Sheared and split butts are not acceptable
Butt flare, swell, flags and butt spurs are not acceptable
Knots
Knots should not exceed 4 inches
Limbs need to be trimmed flush with the tree
Ring knots and knot clusters are not acceptable
Taper/Sweep/Crook
Any 12 foot section should not taper more than 3 inches
Logs should have less than 3 inches of sweep in any 16 foot section
Double sweep and short crook in the middle of the stem should be removed
Forks/Doglegs
Forked logs must be cut prior to the fork (no stems with any visible signs there was ever a fork)
Stems should be cut before any dogleg
Catface/Blue Stain/Rot
Cat faces and cankers must be cut out of the stem
Logs should not contain blue stain, red heart or rot
Other
Metal in the logs will not be accepted
No vines or trash in the loads
No high-grading of logs or “robbed butts” can be taken to other mills
No juvenile wood
Logs should only be Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) – no spruce pine or field pine
No deadwood, insect-infested or fire-damaged stems
All butts should face the front of the truck for unloading
Weight Deductions
Cull Policy
*** Vicksburg Forest Products reserves the right to change log specifications at any time for any reason and also reserves the right to reject any load at any time for any reason ***
Questions please contact Chris Barnett @ 601-994-3015
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