An experienced expediter / facilitator, I offer complete forest land management.  I am not a forester but my fees are  much less: about the only thing a forester can do that I can't is write a management plan that will satisfy the State of Maine regards tree growth taxation. If you need a management plan, I can arrange with a forester to have one drawn.

     I will address your situation, answer your questions and  provide you with solutions that fit your particular needs.

      I have the ability to get things done.

     Available for inspection are numerous sites with which I have been associated, including a recent harvest of 85 acres of pine logs in Bridgton, Maine, a planting of 10,500 hardwood trees in Brooks, Maine and many forest products harvests done with cut-to-length equipment that vary from individual tree selection harvests to overstory removals to clearings for house lots and even fields.

     At present I operate a Rottne SMV 8-wheeled forwarder in conjunction with Jim Morin who runs a Rottne SMV with a Logmax 5000 head. I also operate  a 990 Timberjack  equipped with another  Logmax 5000 head which is usually paired with a Valmet 840 8-wheeled forwarder.  Joel Pratt runs our newest Rottne processor which has a Logmax 7000 head and a topping saw. He works in conjunction with Stan Folsom who pilots a new Rottne SMV forwarder configured with 8 wheels.  All this rigging belongs to "Master Logger" Richard A. Thomas of Guilford, Maine. Also available are a bulldozer, dump truck, excavator, backhoe, yard cranes, tri-axle self loading log truck and just about anything else you might think of that will enable us to get a job done.

Hand turned wooden bowls:

      Wooden bowls have become a passion with me. My bowls sell for "little" money: $35.00 for an 8-10" on up to $50.00 for 14-16". If the bowl has "eye" or is very "figured", as from a burl then, of course I get more.  

     My bowls are all handturned from native wood. They are not glued up from pieces but are made from a single piece of wood which I have acquired in the course of my usual daily work as a logger. Some are turned "green" and assume a "shape" as they dry. I try to keep the bottoms flat so they will sit on a table without moving about but occasionally I have to rework one.

     If you have a special request for a particular style or shape of bowl, let me know and I'll try to turn it: no obligation on your part and likewise, none on mine. If you like it, it's your's for my usual price: if not, I'lI put it in a shop and sell it to some one else. If you have a special, unique blank that you would like to have turned as a bowl, get in touch.....

     Sincerely,

     Jeff Cross