Umm! depends on your trees, how big they are, an are they hard wood?? Then once you cut them and sell them they're gone. If you have a big enough property ,with lots of trees and you only harvested the largest allowing the other to grow. You might have a pretty good nest egg. But replace what you remove.
2007-11-10 10:29:09
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answered by fuzzykitty 6
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Probably not a great deal of profit will be had. Do remember that buyers will expect the firewood to be cut, split, and dry.
You're going to invest at least $300 for a decent chainsaw, about $1000 for a decent wood splitter, and then a vehicle to deliver the wood, if you don't already have a truck. Add it all together and figure out how much firewood you will have to sell before you break even.
If you decide to go forward with this venture, be sure you know what type of trees you are considering selling. There's no market for anything but hardwoods to be used as firewood.
2007-11-10 10:32:22
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answered by acermill 7
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The major retailer of firewood in my area is also an orchard removal company (rips out old, no longer productive almond and walnut trees) that has heavy equipment to do the job efficiently. It gets its raw material as part of its fees for the orchard removal. Some individuals do small scale orchard removal or travel about three hours round trip to cut fallen trees in a national forest.
For an individual to do the job requires paying a relatively small amount per tree then a lot of grunt labor cutting the trees, stacking the wood for aging then putting the wood in a truck for delivery to the customer. Unless you have a lot of spare space, you can't store too many cords of wood. In my town, close to the source, firewood costs about $200 per cord. That price rises exponentially if it has to be transported 150 to 200 miles round trip to the big city. I figure any individual in the business has earned whatever he gets.
It would not be efficient to grow trees on your own property because it takes too much space to grow trees for firewood as a crop. With orchard removal, the wood is scrap leftover after its productive capacity has been used up.
2007-11-10 11:03:47
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answered by Anonymous
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What is the price for a cord of wood in your area?
By the time you spend the time and money to cut the trees down, cut the wood, advertise, I doubt it would be worth it.
Plus, mature trees add value to your property.
2007-11-10 10:26:37
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answered by godged 7
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