Pay as cut usually provides more money to the landowner if dealing with an honest timber company. Anybody that is willing to put up lump sum money up front is gonna be conservative for reasons mentioned above, and rightfully so.

Sometimes our company will put up a really conservative lump sum price..... A sort of guarantee that it will cut at least X amount of dollars. As soon as that price is reached the landowner starts getting checks again on the overage just like a pay as cut contract would work. I think this is the most fair way for both parties and the most beneficial to the landowner.

Just keep up with how many loads go out per week and make them show you all the scale tickets they get from the mills they carry the logs/pulpwood to and you will be fine as long as everything matches up.