re: Logging contract questions

Look at the link I posted for prices. They are for mainly LA and MS, and I dont know the distances to mills there, so it could be different

Loggers dont like cutting bigger oaks because the middle rots out in them often

Make sure and read all of the links I put in my last post. You don't want to go into something like this uninformed and lose out on money or have your property permanently damaged. I have seen ruts from 30 years ago in the woods that looked like they had been made that year. Damaging soil/hydrology is probably not something you want to be doing. It would only cause problems in other areas

Seems to me like you are getting royally fricked on the sawtimber. If you have a lot of sawtimber, I would try to negotiate prices, or go with someone else. One truck can typically get 30 tons of smaller stuff so TIFWIW