Actually, that is part of the plan. I bought our first 12 acres in 2008, four years ago our neighbor sold his 22 acres at auction. It was purchased by a sawmill (that was willing to pay more than I was). After they cut the big trees down, they sold it to me for what I was willing to pay. The cool thing was that I got hundreds of cords of wood on the ground ready to cut, and three “rough” roads they built to access the wood in the deeper parts of the property (it’s about 300 yards deep). So now I have a bunch of trails wide enough for a side-by-side that are quite beautiful.
And the trees are all growing! :)
You need an L Series Kubota tractor with AG tires and a log chain.
I have about 13 acres. I logged about 8 acres 6 years ago.
They paid me $5500 for the timber(6 or 7 trucks) and chips(4 vans). It was a mix of hardwoods, white pine and eastern hemlock. The hardwoods and eastern white pine went to sawmills here in NH. The hemlock went to China.
They left me a grapple load of smaller mixed hardwood logs for firewood. I ended up selling that to a guy for $600
after I decided to put in the pellet stove.
I will cut blow down trees every year. I have two oak trees laying on the ground right now that blew over in a wind storm. I also have a couple White Ash trees that have died from the Ash Borer insect. I cut them up. Pile them in one place and split them when I have time. I can sell a full pick up truck around here for $100 cash. I just post it on my local Facebook page and some rich yuppy responds within the hour.
A full cord(128 cu ft)of hardwood firewood sells for about $300 around here for seasoned, cut , split and delivered.