I would wholeheartedly agree with youI guess it's a matter of what you value in life. I don't particularly care much for the newest cars, and the biggest house. If I could pay off a skidsteer while clearing out my undesirable trees (300 cords should do it), then this is a cash-positive proposition. I have 84 acres that need thinning. I have about 5 acres of that which need to be clear cut. So should I give away the equity on my land to a logger or should I cash in on it myself? To me, that's not even a question.
In all honesty, my dream job would pay 50K a year and give me 9 months off. Since I happen to abhor offices, and like working with my hands, getting into alternative forest products is a nice hobby along side my specialty manufacturing operations.
I have no desire or intention of ever getting rich. I wouldn't reject a good income, but it's a byproduct rather than the goal. IMO people who live for money don't have a life worth living. If I ever came into a chunk of money, I'd buy more land.
It really depends on what standard of living you desire in life . Firewood can produce. Income but limited to supply and demand and obviously very labor intensive . I love it but we'd starve if it was up to me to offer wood to the public for money . If you have the access and ability there's always some money in it and to some definitely worth it I know in my region We have a big logging and sawmill industry in my area . Bundled slab selling as little as 10$ a 3/4 cord bundle and triaxle loads of 5 cords for 350$ Delivered it's all.so cheap that you'd be hard pressed to get 60$ a full size pickup load at least here.
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