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Ilander · 10-17-2005, 11:58 AM

Cedars? They're pretty cheap, back home. Seems like you can make about $.40 a board foot off of them...I used to know the function for board feet, but I can remember it now...it's something that involves radius and length, obviously, though the radius is determined at the sawmill.

If you're able to transport the cedars (that it, you have no startup costs) to the nearest sawmill, you might be able to pay for your gas, depending upon the size of the trees.

And yes, Black Walnut IS about the most expensive wood there is...but it's DIFFICULT to get the stuff to grow straight...when those trees aren't competing with others for light (and thus have to grow straight up), they branch a LOT, and you can only get about 10 feet on average per log per tree.

Dad's sold some decent Walnut logs...and ruined others. We had an amazing quality log (was probably worth over a thousand dollars by itself) and he busted it by not sawing it properly...shame about that.

Anyway, another factor in that, Larry, is that if your FAMILY isn't going to be doing the logging, they're only going to get about 40% of the proceeds. Loggers rarely settle for less than 50% of the money.

10-17-2005, 11:58 AM	#16
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Cedars? They're pretty cheap, back home. Seems like you can make about $.40 a board foot off of them...I used to know the function for board feet, but I can remember it now...it's something that involves radius and length, obviously, though the radius is determined at the sawmill. If you're able to transport the cedars (that it, you have no startup costs) to the nearest sawmill, you might be able to pay for your gas, depending upon the size of the trees. And yes, Black Walnut IS about the most expensive wood there is...but it's DIFFICULT to get the stuff to grow straight...when those trees aren't competing with others for light (and thus have to grow straight up), they branch a LOT, and you can only get about 10 feet on average per log per tree. Dad's sold some decent Walnut logs...and ruined others. We had an amazing quality log (was probably worth over a thousand dollars by itself) and he busted it by not sawing it properly...shame about that. Anyway, another factor in that, Larry, is that if your FAMILY isn't going to be doing the logging, they're only going to get about 40% of the proceeds. Loggers rarely settle for less than 50% of the money. __________________ Is that what you really want to say?