Select Pine materials for cabins and craft.
CABIN LOGS (u-pick)
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We have multiple plantations of Pinus resinosa (RED PINE) now undergoing selective harvest. Cabin and log home builders may select trees of various specifications up to 12" outside diameter. Heights range to 60 feet, dimensions (diameter at breast height, dba) to 16". Well grown, smallest of tapers. Clean trees which have been pruned and thinned for best growth.
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We use these logs ourselves to construct camp buildings, yurts, hogans, earthlodges, and conventional log homes and have built all-season camps from cordwood logs. All building materials came from the site where the trees were thinned. Produced an all-season structure using timber, sand and stone plus a few locally salvaged windows. We build gazebos and furniture from the smallest materials down to about 3" diameter.
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We would like to encourage utilization of local materials for multiple purposes. We can offer anyone seeking log building or crafting materials whole standing trees for as low as $20 per tree. About 85,000 trees to choose from. One tree will yield 16-20 feet of cabin log down to 6" and another "rafter" down to about 3" … plus all matter of limbs well suited to crafted stairrails and other organically artistic applications.
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A hundred trees will build a large cabin.
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Self builders and woodcrafters should contact us by email for more information.
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Local assistance in harvesting and processing is currently available.
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GREAT LAKES AGROFORESTRY
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vinekeeper@forestfarm.org
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Location is in Antrim and Charlevoix County roughly midway between Traverse City, Petoskey, and Gaylord
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Key words: Building materials, log cabins, cabin logs, pine, crafts, organic architecture, timber, sawlogs, woodcraft
