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TJsName t1_j61ztnc wrote

If you have enough of them with good access, they'll pay you!

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carpdog112 t1_j63burg wrote

They probably won't. At best, they won't charge you. But they also won't chip the brush, do anything with the stumps, or regrade what they tear up up with their equipment. Mills don't like yard trees and pine isn't worthwhile for firewood. Processing firewood is also labor intensive so there's not a lot of profit to be had if they have to pay to take down the wood. Even finding people (particularly insured and bonded companies) who will drop the trees for the value of the wood is a difficult prospect depending on what area of the state you live in.

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TJsName t1_j64dumn wrote

Good point, I should have added the 'in the woods' piece. Tall, straight, no big branches. Yard trees tend to be to knotty. We had ~40k board feet taken out (all pine) and got a few grand for it (and we got like $20 for many, many tons of chips). But our land was definitely closer to a wood lot than a yard.

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ThePencilRain t1_j689obw wrote

A friend of mine had some MASSIVE old oaks dropped on his land a few years ago. Even though he had them not brush/chip/haul the wood, it still cost him well over $1000/tree, then he and a bunch of friends took 4 full days to finish clearing up the area and hauling the firewood to his dad's place for his woodstove.

SHit is crazy expensive and 100% labor intensive. A good workout if you like doing that kind of stuff, though.

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