Do Mature Trees Add Value To A Property?

[Pilgrum]

Willow Oak? Is that some variety that grows back east? I have never heard of it.
Some communities out here in the drought stricken west do not allow willows or cottonwoods to be planted due to their high water requirements.

 

[Meandering]

Actually,

If you have some with burl,

advertise them separately. They are always worth much more than straight firewood.

http://www.burlwoodonline.com/

a long and straight trunk should be cut into slab, or larger than fireplace size, to get maximum retail price.

Just depends on the quality of the tree, check with the arborist if he has market access to buyers of this type of wood.

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[Mr Rex]

Willow oaks grow pretty fast for a hardwood. There is one about 30-35 years old beside my house that I can't get my arms around. Similar aged maples are about 1/2 to 2/3rds that size. FWIW, the willow oak has an appointment with the chain saw this fall. Those little leaves and gutters don't mix.

 

[Mark K]

Actually,

If you have some with burl,

advertise them separately. They are always worth much more than straight firewood.

http://www.burlwoodonline.com/

a long and straight trunk should be cut into slab, or larger than fireplace size, to get maximum retail price.

Just depends on the quality of the tree, check with the arborist if he has market access to buyers of this type of wood.

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The Certified Forester that our hunt club uses for timber sales tells us that none of his cutters will buy any trees that are located in a residential yard or in a fence row out in the woods. The reason is because of old rusty fence or nails imbedded in the trees out in the woods and mostly because of the possibility of nails in residential trees. 30, 50 years ago or more someone nailed something to the tree and the nail is now in the middle of the tree.

I've seen the discolored streaks that run all the way up a tree from a nail or fence rusting and the iron rust stain moving up into the trees. Nothing ruins a good white oak veneer log like a nail or piece of rusty fence.

Not to mention the possibility of hitting a nail with their chain saw or their saw blades at the mill. No cutter in this area will buy or even accept for free a tree from a residential site.

 

[Mr Rex]

All you need to do to avoid old fencing is cut the tree about 6 feet off the ground. Trees grow up from the top, the bottom gets bigger but it doesn't get higher.

 

[Meandering]

whiners.

This is PA.
There could be Revolutionary Era lead balls imbedded in trees.
There could be Civil War Era lead balls imbedded in trees.
There could be lots of bullets and wire fences imbedded in trees.

We still make some very fine wooden Amish furniture,
along with mass produced wooden furniture, boards and other goods.

Trees don't need to be in current yards to be suspected of being used for target practice or fence holding.

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[Meandering]

Last I checked. We had lots of battles that happened outside of people's yards,

not to mention some native arrow heads that might be imbedded in trees.

 

[Mr Rex]

That's why they invented metal detectors. No sawyer worth their salt doesn't have one.

 

[Mark K]

I guess we have plenty of trees here so risking hitting a nail isn't worth one tree in a yard, nor in a known tree line, so the cutters won't bother.

Besides they don't want to pay top dollar for a tree only to see brown rust streaks running up thru it when they cut it. Turns a veneer log into a saw log. Paying $2,000 for a log that ends up being worth $200 is not a risk they willingly take; they have plenty of other risks.

We have plenty of bullets in the trees in our hunt club but the cutters aren't worried about lead. It doesn't rust or destroy saw blades.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

seen the discolored streaks that run all the way up a tree from a nail or fence rusting and the iron rust stain moving up into the trees. Nothing ruins a good white oak veneer log like a nail or piece of rusty fence.

Yep, knew a guy who sold a walnut to some fellow - it was in the middle of the field...but it used to be in a fence row. Seems grandpa had thrown a broken plow point in the crotch of the tree and it had covered over. The sawyer not only ruined a chain but the entire tree had a blue stain all up and down the tree.