SOLD

County: Orange

State:   Indiana

Date:    Friday, March 4^th, 2016 at 10:00 AM EST (Paoli time). Bid opening will be held at the Valeene Community Park, south of the Patoka River & just west of the church (see map).

Type of Sale:  Sealed or phone bids.  Ten percent down payment at contract signing.  Buyer will be allowed to pay for the specific stand as logging begins in that stand (Stand 1-75% & Stand 2-25%)

Ingress & egress to the timber is through the Free/Bledsoe property from the east and they are requiring the logs be removed across their property ONLY between the dates of July 1, 2016 and October 31, 2016.

Owner:  Carroll Jean Harder

Location:  Approximately 5 miles northwest of Marengo or 9 miles southeast of Paoli in the N½ of Section 15, T1S, R1E, Southeast Township.  From the intersection of SR 64 and SR 66 in Marengo, turn north on Main Street.  Go two blocks to the T and turn left on Water St.  Go to the 3 way stop and turn right on Meridian St.  Stay on this road for aproximately 5.1 miles.  At this point the bid opening will be at the park on the left.  The Valeene Christian Church is on the right.  The marked timber is behind the Church and cemetery. If coming from Paoli, take SR 37 south about 5.3 miles from SR 56 to the Valeene cutoff road.  Take this road about 5.8 miles, through Valeene & across the Patoka River to the Church and park.  To view the marked sale, park at the church cemetery, immediately east of the church, and walk or use a 4-wheeler to move around the Harder property.

The logging access will be 1/4 mile south of the Church and community park.  Take CR 850 S east for 1.2 miles to CR 440 E.  In about 0.4 miles CR 440 E dead ends on the Steve Free and Brent Bledsoe property gate.  Access will be through their property between July 1^st and October 31^st.

Contact:   Multi‑Resource Management.,Inc.,            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 in 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 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 provide proof of liability insurance in the amount of $1 million per person & $3 million per occurrence.  

This is the second harvest for MRM and it contains a high percentage of quality hardwood trees.  However, there are restrictions crossing the Free/Bledsoe property including hauling only between July 1st – October 31^st  2016, and truck size and loads are limited to single axle trucks (max 2000 board feet) Tandem axle & Tri-axle trucks (max 5000 board feet) per load, and no full length logs on trucks will be allowed.  Please contact MRM for more details.  This is a classified forest and is certified under FSC certificate SCS-FM/COC-000123N as “FSC 100%”.  A summary of diameter and volume distributions is available upon request. 

TIMBER TALLY

            *      Includes 17 White Oak (12 in Stand 1 and 5 in Stand 2) with blue “V” for veneer potential

           **    Includes 1 Walnut in Stand 1 with a blue “V” for veneer potential

          *** Misc. includes 7 Hackberry, 6 Elm, 4 Sassafras, 1 Post Oak, 1 Scarlet Oak and 1Honeylocust