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I need to clear some woods to build a new home. After using some of the trees for firewood, I will have many down trees remaining, about half pine. Is there a market for this wood, or do I need to keep it or pay to have it hauled away?
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Depends on where you're located. Try calling local sawmills - They may buy it for pallet wood or lumber, depending on the species and size of the tree.
*Dan,I don't know where you are, but we are building a home in the mountains of Colorado. We have cut down over 200 trees to date for the driveway, septic, house, and fire protection. We were over-run with pine tree logs! At that point, we just wanted them gone and gave them away by the truckload. I wondered the same thing about selling them or saving them for firewood, but who needs the hassle when you are trying to build a home. I'm just glad they are gone. It sure has made the whole building process much easier with everything opened up on the job site. Hardwoods might be a different story or there might be a market in your area; I don't know. The other thing we did was rent a monster chipper (up to 13") and made lots and lots of mulch from both the "slash" and the trees. A lot of our trees just went straight to the chipper. I can't even say "chipper" without thinking about the movie Fargo!
*Dan, usually the folks that clear land for a living have a pretty good handle on what to do with the trees. It's also usually best not to go cutting down a bunch of trees before the excavator is actually on site, there is an effecient system to clearing...good luck, bb
*hey dan- idont know about you but as time goes bye i realize wood is a pretty precious . try to use it, recycle, call a mill if he can cut it up into 8/4 12/4 slabs throw it in the basement . and play the waiting game. it pisses me off to watch these builders bury straight trees. good luck
*A friend of mine sold a couple of logging truck loads of douglas fir. Of course there are a lot of timber haulers and still a few small sawmills in Western Washington where he is. I have no idea how much he got for them, but I doubt if it made him rich. If you are in an area where there are logging trucks, particularly ones that can load their own logs, selling them to a small mill might make sense. From time to time I see people listed in the classifieds saying they will buy timber. Most people, however, just cut their trees up for firewood. If there is someone who sells firewood in your area, perhaps he will buy the wood and remove it.
*If the logs are any good why not call in a portable mill and make some lumber. I'm in a little pricier area but my mill guy charges $40 per hour and he can cut a lot of timber in that time. It's a great way to get custom lumber that you would pay out the nose for if you went to buy it. I get genuine old growth logs here in the suburbs that you just can't get elsewhere. We're clearcutting Lake County Illinois as fast as we can.It is a little more complex than that but not much more. E-mail me if you want more info. The Wood [email protected]
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I need to clear some woods to build a new home. After using some of the trees for firewood, I will have many down trees remaining, about half pine. Is there a market for this wood, or do I need to keep it or pay to have it hauled away?