HomeMy WebLinkAboutAttachment 4.1.4 Logging & Milling Associates LetterAttachment 4.1.4 Logging & Milling Associates Letter
Logging And Milling Associates
HC 62 Box 5220 Delta act. Ak. 99737
This is a statement of our biomass volumes, and biomass capabilities in reference to
the possible consumption for the Delta Schools.
Our history is 19 years in the logging business for saw timber and cordwood. 16 years
in the sawmill business.
Our logging equipment consist of an feller-buncher on tracks, a rubber tired grapple
skidder, a stroke delvnber and a self loading log truck. We bid on and own the rights
to cut on state timber sales. Our annual cut is about 4800 tons of fiber. This volume is
removed from 0y,70 acres of large saw log stands, and requires 45 days with current
equipment.
The breakdown of the 4800 tons
2000 tons of cordwood
1300 tons of kiln dried finished product
700 tons of slabwood
350 tons of sawdust from headrig
300 tons of fiber left at log site( useable if chipped)
150 tons of kiln dried shavings from planer and log shaper
1000 tans of the cordwood is burned at Dry Creek and the other 1000 tons is sold
locally or in Fairbanks area. The 700 tons of slabwood is torched off as waste
annually. The 350 tons of sawdust is burned in our Decton biomass burner. It is
sufficient to heat 10,000 sq/ft. of sawmill facilities and kiln dry the 1300 tons of
finished product. We are hopeful to install a fiber reduction plant to reduce the 150
tons of shavings. The 300 tons left in the woods would now be available for use if
chipped.
We have four years experience with the biomass burner. Suminer offers few problems
with material as long as the size is correct. The deep freeze of winter can have
negative effects on material expected to flow through an automated system. These
problems with frozen material may have solutions in equipment adaptation, we have
not found any yet. Our solution has been to grind the material from stock that has been
season dried and used before snow can infiltrate. Chip trailers could be filled from a
grinder or chipper and solve the storage and stiow infiltration problems. Biomass
burners can be fed automatically from these same chip trailers and refilled on a
demand basis.
Logging and Milling has only utilized a small amount of its biomass because of a lack
of demand. The slabwood has not been as easily marketable as the cordwood and both
would require additional chipping equipment to make these byproducts available to
the biomass market. We would be interested iiY doing so. If our byproduct is not
sufficient in volume then we are capable of producing the balance from standing
timber suitable for biomass consumption given Forestry's support
Delta could be in a position where byproducts or project residuals are not sufficient to meet total
biomass demands. As a logging company we project that fiber obtained solely for biomass
purposes would cost @ $80/ton. This is higher than projected byproduct prices, yet we are
confident we could deliver a product that is consistent in size and reliable to flow through an
automated system. Included in this cost would be the delivery of the chips in chip trailers on a
schedule that matched the consumption of the burner therefore reducing the need for expensive
storage and material handling.
B�ley K. C"ember
Logging and Milling Assoc. L.L.C.