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Wayne Jaruzel Logging -
Buyer of Standing Timber and Wooded Property
For a free estimate, call 989.871.4819 or send an
email.
As in the Tuscola County Advertiser on Saturday, July 17, 2004
and written by Lane Walker.
It’s more about managing a forest Logging a way of
life for Jaruzel
Wayne Jaruzel Logging Inc. in Millington specializes in
buying timber, veneer, saw logs and wooded property. But for Jaruzel,
it’s more about managing a forest.
Some timber buyers want to buy and cut as many trees as possible.
Jaruzel’s philosophy is different: He would rather take three or four
trees per acre so a customer won’t lose their canopy. By keeping the
canopy in the forest, customers’ trees will grow straighter.
“If you lose your canopy you have nothing but yard trees. You want your
trees to grow straight and toward the sunlight. The key for the tree is
to get sunlight, when trees get sunlight the leaves will live. Then the
shade takes over the leaves, then the leaves die and the branches fall
off,” Jaruzel said.
Tree topping is an important concept in managing woods. “You want to
top trees that have 30-40 foot wide tops. This prevents these tops from
coming down and smashing everything down on its way down. By topping
your trees it prevents a lot of damage that can occur,” he said.
Forest management is the key to Jaruzel’s success. In fact, most of
Jaruzel’s jobs come from referrals. “I look for diseased or dying trees
and mature trees. I think you should take some good trees and some bad
trees for good forestry management,” he said. “It’s important to take
some bad trees too. Some people just want all the good trees, all the
premier trees, out of a woods. I think you should take some low quality
trees. It’s a better balance for your woods.”
Jaruzel has been working with Maple Ridge Hardwoods in Sterling for the
past 15 years. Maple Ridge Hardwoods prepares the timber and ships the
lumber to Grand Rapids where it’s bought by different furniture makers.
Safety is a big issue for Jaruzel. Every step is taken to ensure the
highest safety while working with the timber. Jaruzel was severely
injured in October, 1998, while cutting a tree. He was hospitalized for
four months, two in a coma. “A dead limb broke off from the tree I was
cutting. The limb was eight inches in diameter and 20 feet long. I
always run away from the butt log, from the stump. It outran me. It
cracked my skull from top to bottom. It broke my shoulder, broke five
ribs and punctured my lung,” he said.
Jaruzel offers free
estimates and usually prefers
the customer to walk through the woods with him. There are a
couple of reasons why I want the landowners to walk with me. They
can show me where the property lines are.
I also make suggestions to the
landowner allowing them to make the decision on what TREES should be
taken out," said Jaruzel.
For timber harvesting or tree topping, contact Jaruzel at 989.871.4819
or email him at
wjaruzel@hotmail.com. * * * Wayne
has also buys wooded property for cash. Ideally the wooded
property is ten acres or more, hard wood trees located anywhere in the
Lower Peninsula. For more information, call Wayne Jaruzel Logging at
989.871.4819.
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