Tips? Anyone Log/Harvest Timber on Their Property?

[4sdvenom]

Not for what I feel was an appropriate amount considering the 6 acres are pretty much unusable at this point.

Sorry to hear that!

 

[lOOKnGO]

We are closing on 7 acres of very heavily wood land in Arkansas on 9/3. It must have hundreds of 50-60' pine trees. We plan to have a logging company harvest 3-4 acres, as much as we need to clear to begin construction.

Our realtor said the logging company will build a rough rode in to access the property.

Hey, don't bank on any income from that logging. It may end up costing you. All pine around here in Virginia is sold as pulp wood. It goes for making paper and Trex decking. Culpepper pressure treatment facility gets the big stuff. The pine has minimal value due to the harvesting and Trucking required. I have 20 acres of pine that has no harvesting value in upstate NY. I would have to pay to have it cut. Nope! I'll build another log cabin before I pay.