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As a former teacher I tend to watch videos on a variety of subjects and subscribe only when the presenter is clear, articulate, engaging, knowledgeable, has a pleasant voice and uses a vocabulary which is above a 5th grade level. You struck bullseyes on all those characteristics. You are an excellent teacher. There is quite a bit of information for a layman to absorb in this video. While I could certainly stop it at any time and come back later (which I will) my only suggestion would be to either subdivide within this one presentation (parts 1,2,3 for instance) or offer the viewer (perhaps 3) different videos to form a whole on the topic. Having offered my humble suggestion I nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed this video.Bravo!!

Retired from logging 30 years ago from NY in the Catskill Mountains. 1 man operation. Paid 40% for veneer and 33 1/3 for the rest. These prices were from the sawmill that I sold to AFTER Trucking charges were taking out which was $50 per thousand board feet. Have not followed prices of course but Red Oak Veneer was $1200 a board foot. In comparison pine and hemlock was only 15 cents a board foot. If a homeowner was concerned with the payment or what the property is going to look like , I had the landowner meet with other homeowners to talk and walk my previous jobs. If you do not like what you hear or what you seen then I am not for you. I also on my contract set up the lot in sections. Say 20 acres divided into 4 5acre sections. I was not allowed to go to the next section until the homeowner and I walked the just logged section to make sure he had no concerns on how his land looks and did he get paid correctly. Had lots lined up for years and years doing it this way but age does have a way of catching up to you. Just remember the only thing worse than a crooked logger is a crooked forester. Happy to answer any landowners questions or concerns.

Thank you for creating this very helpful. I learned a LOT, which is going to help me tremendously deciding how too best manage some property I recently purchased. Thanks again.

I own and live on 10 acres that is packed with beautiful mature hardwoods. I have just converted to burning wood for heat with the economy as it is and have been asking myself this very question. You have really shined a light on it for me. Thanks and good luck with the channel.

Really useful information, you're a natural teacher. Thanks for making the video.

Best explanation I’ve seen thus far, thanks.

This is fantastic information and well delivered! your going to be a big hit among farmers and sustainability regenerative farmers . I reposted this video to my Gab gardening group ( gab is not what you have been told it is, so dont be shocked, lol we just love our country and the constitution ) ....and well do all I an to share with you. You should try to network with channels that have anything to do with selling raw land with trees, to get subs but also to inform people, like myself, who are looking for land what to do with their trees, which one to leave up, how to sell their timber. At the cost of homes in Florida, I am looking to buy land and seeing what I can do ..would be very helpful. Thank you and Be Blessed!

I'm currently looking at harvesting 40 acres of my timber full of oaks and walnuts. But don't know much about timber buyer practices, so I'm trying to learn as much as possible and this video helps

Nice video. A Basis is the best possible action for a landowner to estimate stand value. Helpful when marketing and at tax time.

I have to say I found this video very useful. You answered just about every question I had about pricing out lumber. Not to mention how surprised I was when you said you were in Maine and then Androscoggin county...I grew up in the Lewiston / Auburn area. Keep these videos coming, you're doing a great job.

For a layman like myself this video is super interesting and great to know. Thank you.

Great video, presented very well.

I live in an old Juglans Hindsii orcahrd. Northern Calif Black Walnut, the only real "Claro" walnut. cut 4 trees in 2018-19 and let them cure, bought a mill last year I also pulled the stumps. The root system on Hindsii is monsterous. I just milled two small root/stumps. amazing colors. Cut one tree in late November and sealed it with paint and wax and will mill it 'Soon". Today I am researching Value of my walnut.. Have maybe 2000bdft so far. Each tree has its own special colors, they are amazing, oranges, yellows, reds, greens, chocolat.....

Great video! Thank you !

Acorn production is also another way to estimate the vale of a tree like the red oak. Many species of trees have many different ways to provide economic value to humans. I am not trying to downplay the value of timber. I own a tree farm that values trees for timber and others sources of revenue. I own a sawmill myself and I do use my trees for timber value as well. Good video and thanks for supporting trees!

Great vid. Fantastic resources in your posted comment below vid. Ive been looking for something to help me see potential tree value by species and fell flat. One for the entire country helps a ton. Its its own rabbit hole to figuring out what your trees are worth.

Thank you for making this video

Thank for you information. I want know to estimate intrinsic value company

Good info, thanks

Interestingly enough I got the stick before learning what one was or how yo use it. 5 dollars at a yardsell and it's an antique from 1890s. Has some lettering still but can't tell where it's from but the numbers are still good!

Thank you

Thank you very much!

How would you value lumber from kiri tree/ paulownia elongata hybrid? I don’t see much from mills or buyers valuing price per board foot

Thanks

good information.

most timber cutters work on a percentage pay back to the timber owner. Most states Forestry Departments will cruise your timber and give you a recemdation on harvest processes.

Retired forester here (western Oregon). Great video, nice concise explanation! Nit pick: that's a "Tree & Log Scale stick", not a "Biltmore stick". Suggested graphic for the part where log values are explained: Stumpage Value = Pond Value - Logging Costs

This was very helpful. I'm now in NH (my dads side of the family is from ME) and looking into logging some of my properties at some point. Let me know if you do consulting (owners rep work you mentioned), and I can email you. Thank you!

good video! thanks

Good explanation of tree estimating. It sure seems owners are suffering a very modest return on timber stumpage prices. Id turn that red oak into firewood before i let anyone have it for $150. Your subtle point is that everyone who touches your tree gets a slice and significantly reduces your income.

Great video

Subbed. Thank you!

I enjoy your videos.

Can I use it for Vietnam's forest?

Excellent information. My only suggestion to make it better is to switch poses/shots every few minutes. Some people tend to lose concentration when you're in the same spot too long. Very minor detail, just thought I'd mention as you strive for excellence.

I have about 2 acres of forest to clear and I found your video quite interesting. I'm new to this. Is it best to cut in 8 foot or 16 foot lengths? I'm hoping 8 foot lengths as it would be easier to move around.

Cheers

Very good qestion 👍👍 Like a painting, how much someone want to pay.

excellent video, what could be the income from the same red oak if you sell it as logs or boards?

I wished you would have used an updated price sheet. White Oak has gone way up and Red Oak way down

I have 14 acres of 50-60 ft pine & oak to be removed in Conroe Texas .... where can I find sommeone to mill them for my housing project.... Starts June 2024

Question: How much should the stumpage value from a timber survey figure into the cost of a plot of land? Also - is there a cut off for large diameter trees that are too big and mills just won't take? Very good video. I've helped do a few timber surveys years ago and still remember a lot about it.

@thetimberlandinvestor a question for you: We have a large property with some large trees. Western Cedars and Douglas Fir, some Maple and Hemlock, with a three foot to five foot diameter. We are looking at clearing some trees from one side of the road, as they drop too many large limbs onto the road now and are throwing too much shade. There are about 15 of these big old trees and we were recently talking to a semi-retired logger who helps us take down some dangerous trees every few year and he offered us a proposition: He will manage the logging of these trees for a fee of 50% of what the mill pays, after the trucking cost. The idea is that we would use the other 50% of the proceeds to re and re the land afterward, getting rid of the limbs and repairing the ground and gravel road. I appreciate this video as a source of gathering information about the value of trees, but it's hard for me to estimate because the way I understand it, we would be selling the mill logs and dividing the proceeds with the logger (We will be the ones getting a timbermark to sell the logs) rather than going through the process of charging a stumpage fee to the logger. I appreciate that the logger doesn't want to get involved financially and buy the logs on the stump, and we have no problem splitting the amount the mill pays once we subtract the trucking fees. My question is, are you familiar with this kind of arrangement occuring for just a truckload or two of logs, and if so do you know of any pitfalls that may be lurking in such an arrangement. Again, these are large, very high quality trees that have been growing in a park-like setting for over a century. Two people can't reach to join hands around many of them. Lastly, if the arrangement is common, do you think the proposition of the 50/50 split is in line with common practice? Thank you for this video. I will be checking out your others.

Ah truer words are rarely spoken. 0:24

I’ve brought veneer wild cherry, red and white oak, sugar maple and walnut. Some 100’ tall and three logs before a branch and the tops were so good that they produced board feet of pallet scrag. And still yielded well under 600 usable board feet of salable timber. This tree can not achieve 400 board feet even if you counted 1”x1”x4’s

What kind of tree in pricing

I have an oak tree at my house back yard that is over 3ft diameter. It is too big . I do not use a camp fire wood. Can I sell it to someone who needs it? Here is the fairfax VA.

How much is it worth? How much will it cost to get rid of it?

Curious. How many ‘trees’ have you sold?

Great video. You've earned a like and subscribe from me.

I had acreage in Pennsylvania for years when the timber people got done taking out the timber thank God I had a bulldozer to redo my roads and they also bent over some of the oil well heads because of dragging the logs around I wouldn’t have those people take my land now if I had to starve to death Jerry Mcdonogh

If that oak is 605 feet, then 5 of those trees will about fill a triaxle log truck. I know from long experience that is not even close to reality. It will take at least 10 of those to fill a truck, and it will scale out at 3400 feet if the scaler likes you.

Harvest in winter when the ground is frozen and there is snow. Much less ground disturbance from machines.

Was wondering if I could find someone to buy 2/ 60-70 ft. Chinese chestnut trees. Never produce any nuts so don't want them. So maybe they'd want for something like furniture? Or would there be no interest for only 2 trees?

Most sawmills do not take 16 foot red oak logs. Logs are 8 foot 10 foot 12 foot 14 foot .

I nod my head pretending to understand. I would hire you to come and give me an estimate and trust your opinion.

Good lord. Did you say "long story short"? WRONG. Lol. Good video, about double or more what it needs to be. Thanks for the info.

Do trees really have "sides"? Good info.

noice... my guy... noice

Guys watch videos like yours misunderstand all of it and then call the company I log for and start asking when we can come out and give them their 8000$ lol

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Holy shit this should have been a 3 minute video

dam dude turn the volume down almost blew my ears out

Right, so 66 feet away, every 6" increment... Anyone else see anything typically tell-tale about these numbers? It's bad enough that it's all over Hollywood, gaming and entertainment, but in logging too? Sigh...

When I sell a tree to myself its worth millions of dollars. No wait, it's only worth a few cents. So confused.

For the guy who owns property and wants his trees cut for profit. He's going to get ripped off. It. sounds like there's a lot of variables in favor of the logging company

158 bucks for a red oak that size!? Compared to what red oak lumber is going for these days!? I'd rather burn it for firewood than let the stores make a killing. Not worth it

i am bored from my head to my feet watching this

Ugh so how much is the tree worth finally?

Way too long winded. We are not going to go out and start working for a lumber company. We just want a quick overview.

Got wondering if I should lmfao greedy

1000 per big black walnut tree

No sane person would pay 500 bucks for a single tree.

Too many words.

You must be a consultant. Ughhh

Good info. By chaos theory, you've caused horrible storms all over the world. If a butterfly wing can do it, your hands waving for the whole video are, for sure, a global hazard! Other than that, you did good for a beginner. ?

Terrible

As a former student I ignore most things and can't wait till school is over!:)

50 million dollars a tree

Give somebody a go pro and they're an expert on everything. You don't know how many feet are in that log or that tree. Until It's on the ground. It could be hollow You need to tell them you're guessing estimating what. How many feet are in a log? By lengths and size. Judging by your hands. You aint done S*** for hard work.

Great video

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