# Timber log hauling software that reconciles every mill scale ticket back to the load you sent

> Timber log hauling is the trucking of harvested logs from the landing to a mill, where the load is scaled and paid on the mill's measurement rather than the trucker's. Logging sits at the top of the occupational fatality tables at roughly 110.4 deaths per 100,000 full time equivalent workers in 2024 against 3.3 for all workers, and the federal interstate weight limit is 80,000 pounds. Neurobird joins the tract, the load, the scale ticket and the settlement.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/loghaul/
- Product: Neurobird Timber Log Hauling Compliance Platform
- Niche: timber log hauling
- Buyer: timber hauling contractors
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Timber Log Hauling does

- Record the tract, product, truck and destination mill before the load leaves the landing
- Match every mill scale ticket back to the load it belongs to, same day
- Flag missing tickets and short scales while the mill can still be asked about them
- Settle contractors and owner operators from reconciled tickets rather than from memory

## How it works

1. **Build the load at the landing** Tract, product, destination mill and truck are recorded before the wheels turn, offline when the woods have no service.
2. **Match the mill ticket** Scale weight, ticket number and deductions post against the load you sent, so a missing or short ticket shows up the same day.
3. **Settle on the record** Rates by ton, by mile or by load feed contractor settlement and owner operator pay from one reconciled ticket.

## From the source material

> Other 10 percent scale tolerance* * The Florida Department of Transportation is required to publish weight tables and charts that incorporate the 10 percent tolerance into its figures (Fla.

Source: ops.fhwa.dot.gov, https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/policy/rpt_congress/truck_sw_laws/app_a.htm

## Industry context

- **1910.266** Logging operations have their own OSHA standard, covering the saw, the landing and the truck, because the work sits at the top of the fatality tables year after year. (source: eCFR, 29 CFR 1910.266, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-R/section-1910.266)
- **80,000** Federal maximum gross vehicle weight in pounds on the Interstate system, before the bridge formula lowers it further, which is why a log load is built to a number. (source: eCFR, 23 CFR 658.17, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-23/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-658/section-658.17)
- **658** State truck size and weight laws are compiled against the federal part, and log haul tolerances differ by state and by route, so the legal load changes when you cross a line. (source: FHWA, truck size and weight, https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/overview/index.htm)
- **395** Hours of service apply to log trucks like any other commercial motor vehicle, with short haul and agricultural exceptions that are easy to assume and hard to prove afterwards. (source: eCFR, 49 CFR Part 395, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-395)
- **193,000,000** Approximate acres in the National Forest System, where federal timber sale contracts add their own load accountability and haul reporting on top of state rules. (source: USDA Forest Service, forest management, https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/forest-management)

## Pricing

- Owner operator: $55 per truck, per month
- Logging contractor: $110 per truck, per month
- Multi crew: $190 per truck, per month

## Questions

### What is timber log hauling?

Timber log hauling is the trucking of harvested logs from the landing to a mill, where the load is scaled and paid on the mill's measurement rather than the trucker's. The scale ticket is the commercial document that decides what the load was worth, and it usually reaches the contractor after the truck has already gone back for another one.

### How are log loads paid?

Usually by weight at the mill scale, sometimes by volume in board feet or cords, with deductions for defect, dirt or overweight. Haul is then paid by the ton, by the mile, by the load or on a zone rate, which is why the same ticket can produce 3 different numbers depending on who is doing the arithmetic.

### What can a log truck legally carry?

The federal maximum gross vehicle weight on the Interstate system is 80,000 pounds, lowered further by the bridge formula, and states set their own limits and log haul tolerances on other routes. That is why the legal load changes when you cross a state line or leave the Interstate.

### Do log truck drivers need electronic logs?

Hours of service under 49 CFR Part 395 apply to log trucks like any other commercial motor vehicle. There are short haul and agricultural exceptions that many operations rely on, and they are easy to assume and hard to prove after the fact.

### Does this replace our accounting system?

No. It reconciles loads to scale tickets and produces settlement figures. Payroll, invoicing and tax stay where they are, fed from numbers that have already been checked.

## Sources

- [eCFR, 23 CFR 658.17 weight](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-23/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-658/section-658.17)
- [FHWA, truck size and weight](https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/overview/index.htm)
- [eCFR, 29 CFR 1910.266 logging operations](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-R/section-1910.266)
- [USDA Forest Service, forest management](https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/forest-management)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/