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Hello and good morning,
I am new here, so thank you for your patience and support and help.
My family, including me, owns about 12 acres of land, with our house, in the north Houston, TX area.
The property has several pine trees that have been there for years or decades, some of which are close to the house.
I would say that in total, the property has about ~400-500 trees of varying diameter, all of them are tall, 50 ft or more.
I have looked around for loggers to cut the trees and buy the lumber. There aren't that many willing to come here, because we are semi-urban, so their distance to the saw mills can be long.
About a year ago one quote that I received was $10/ton for 8/10,$15 a ton on 12 and up and $2/ton on pulpwood. That was a year ago, and I did not proceed due to several episodes of rain last year.
I have reached out to the local forestry resources, but the most I have got from them is information on best practices, etc. I could hire a forest consultant as a resource, but many of them live further out.
Now, another logger who is keen to do the work, is proposing:
a) That he cut the lumber
b) He would pile us the branches and debris (that is large enough to be grabbed or moved by his machines) into several piles, that I can later dispose of, burn, etc.
c) He will not pay us anything for the lumber, but rather, do the clean up as discussed above
d) That he has a period of 6 months to clear the land. He feels it will take about 2 weeks, but wants a contingency for 6 months.
My family and I want to clear the trees, so we can use the land for pasture, planting fruit trees etc. We are very new to this, so any and all advice is very welcome.
thank you kind people
I am new here, so thank you for your patience and support and help.
My family, including me, owns about 12 acres of land, with our house, in the north Houston, TX area.
The property has several pine trees that have been there for years or decades, some of which are close to the house.
I would say that in total, the property has about ~400-500 trees of varying diameter, all of them are tall, 50 ft or more.
I have looked around for loggers to cut the trees and buy the lumber. There aren't that many willing to come here, because we are semi-urban, so their distance to the saw mills can be long.
About a year ago one quote that I received was $10/ton for 8/10,$15 a ton on 12 and up and $2/ton on pulpwood. That was a year ago, and I did not proceed due to several episodes of rain last year.
I have reached out to the local forestry resources, but the most I have got from them is information on best practices, etc. I could hire a forest consultant as a resource, but many of them live further out.
Now, another logger who is keen to do the work, is proposing:
a) That he cut the lumber
b) He would pile us the branches and debris (that is large enough to be grabbed or moved by his machines) into several piles, that I can later dispose of, burn, etc.
c) He will not pay us anything for the lumber, but rather, do the clean up as discussed above
d) That he has a period of 6 months to clear the land. He feels it will take about 2 weeks, but wants a contingency for 6 months.
My family and I want to clear the trees, so we can use the land for pasture, planting fruit trees etc. We are very new to this, so any and all advice is very welcome.
thank you kind people
