Could anyone please help me out? I have some timber that a guy wants to harvest on my property.....oak [dont know what type yet]....maple....again i dont know what type exactly...and hickory. He has offered me 50 cents a board foot. Is this fair? How does he determine how many board feet are in a tree just by looking at it? Will he destroy my property? I only have about 7 acres but it is almost all VERY big trees and mostly the 3 species i just mentioned. I also have some elm and cotton wood or dog woods. Are they of any value? He is coming out to look at the trees tomorrow and i really need some advice before i get taken. Any help as to market values would be greatly appreciated. Some of these trees.....especially the hickory and oak are very large...very tall....very straight....and very old. If they are only worth a couple of hundred dollars like he is telling me it hardly seems fair to cut them down. Any help anyone can provide would be great. Thank you.....Ken.