MENKE ENTERPRISE TIMBER SALE

SOLD

County: Perry

State:   Indiana

Date:   Friday, April 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM CDT (Perry Co. time).  Bid opening is at the property.

Type of SaleSealed bids.  Twenty percent down at contract signing, balance due by December 1,2014 or before logging begins, whichever comes first.  Buyer will have until December 1, 2015 to remove the timber. 

Owner:  Menke Enterprises, Inc.

Location:  Approximately 5 miles east of Tell City, Indiana in the SE¼ , NW¼  and the NE¼, SW¼  of Sec. 6, T7S, R2W in Troy Township.  From the intersection of Hwy 237 and Hwy 66, east of Tell City, go east on Hwy 66 about 4.3 miles to the stop light and the junction of Hwy 66 and Hwy 166 (area known as Rocky Point).  Turn north on Hwy 66 and go about 1.2 miles to the next stop sign and the intersection of Hwy 66 and Deer Creek Road.  From this stop sign the marked timber is west across the fields.  The access road will be built by Menke Enterprises near this intersection across the fields to the woods.  To view the timber proceed through the stop sign going north on Deer Creek Road about 0.2 miles to the Harold & Kathy Glenn driveway.  The Glenn residence is the 1st house & drive on your left past the stop sign (6530 Deer Creek road, Cannelton, IN).  Turn into this drive & drive back to the Glenn house.  The Menke Classified Forest & marked timber sale is behind his house.  If coming from the north, Deer Creek Road is about 13.6 miles south of I-64 on Hwy 37.  It is the first cross road (about 2 miles) south of Hwy 70.   Turn left (southeast) on Deer Creek Rd., and go 8.2 miles to the Glenn driveway.  Mr. Glenn is allowing buyers to park in his driveway by his house to view the timber providing you call to let him know.  He prefers you give him a day notice.  His phone number is 812-547-7660.              See map on back. 

Contact:  Multi‑Resource Management., Inc., 4870 N Park Lane Dr., Petersburg, IN  47567 

   e-mail:  multiresource@frontier.com

     Thom Kinney  812-483-4818 (C)    812-354-6472 (H)

     Doug Brown   812-639-9724 (C)    812-326-2243 (H)

Remarks: Trees are marked with blue paint.  Seller reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.  The owner and their agents make no guarantees of the board feet, number, or quality of trees listed in the timber tally.  Bidders are urged to satisfy themselves as to type, quality, and quantity of timber offered for sale.  Buyer must have an Indiana timber buyer’s license.  Best management logging practices are required during the harvest operation.  Purchaser will be required to carry general liability insurance & workers’ compensation.   This is a classified forest and certified under FSC certificate SCS-FM/COC-000123N as “FSC 100%”.   A summary of diameter and volume distributions by species is available upon request.

TIMBER TALLY

SPECIES # OF TREES EST. VOLUME
Red Oak 188 77,039
Black Oak 74 23,895
White Oak * 124 36,093
Walnut  * 31 4,637
Tuliptree 33 12,780
Basswood 7 1,326
Hard Maple 174 21,947
Ash 398 72,724
Cherry 12 2,359
Scarlet Oak 13 3,102
Hickory 119 22,058
Sweetgum 6 1,387
Sycamore 19 4,607
Sassafras 22 3,663
Chinkapin Oak  * 18 3,877
Blue Ash 10 1,077
Misc ** 13 2,223
Subtotals 1,261 294,794
Culls 211 No Vol. Figured
TOTALS 1,472 294,794

* There are 15 White Oaks, 1 Chinkapin Oak & 2 Walnut marked with a blue “V” that may contain veneer volume.

** Misc. includes 2 Soft Maple, 1 Pin Oak, 2 Blackgum, 4 Elm, 2 Post Oak, 1 Beech, and 1 Hackberry.