Idratherbcuttin
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A friend of mine has several black walnut trees in his yard that he believes are quite valuable. They are not very tall, and not huge in diamieter either, maybe 18". Any idea if they are really worth much? Just curious.
Two logs might be hard to market.The total bdf for two 18 inch logs is only 332 using the international scale.I might suggest having the logs sawn by a local sawyer and trying to sell the lumber.Even then you are only looking at about $664.00($2.00bdf) before you pay the sawyer and any other related costs.Logs prices are not great right now,I have a pile of hard maple saw logs that are going to be firewood by tommorrow night because they are worth more as firewood than they are as lumber.
I've heard you can do the same thing with Buckeye Nuts.You could catch more than $664.00 worth of fish with them (check the Walnut shucking topic ). Not legally I hasten to add but it's an interesting topic. let the trees grow!
Two logs might be hard to market.The total bdf for two 18 inch logs is only 332 using the international scale.I might suggest having the logs sawn by a local sawyer and trying to sell the lumber.Even then you are only looking at about $664.00($2.00bdf) before you pay the sawyer and any other related costs.Logs prices are not great right now,I have a pile of hard maple saw logs that are going to be firewood by tommorrow night because they are worth more as firewood than they are as lumber.
Scan em now for if you want, and then let em grow.
Two years ago and again this year a timber co. employee stopped by and offered $500.00 each for some black walnut trees back in our woods. They are roughly 70 ft. and 70 years old. Guess he was doing some flying over the area and showed me the aerial view pixs of what he was interested in. So we took a walk out back and he showed me specifically what he wanted.
But keep in mind this was the price for some pretty good sized trees.
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