Cutting Pine Trees For Lumber

Image 1 of 2 these old pine trees are in the way.

Cutting pine trees for lumber.

Plan ahead of time how you will handle the lumber. Free tree removal is very rare but is possible if you have a desirable tree like some pine trees or palms. Instead of hiring a tree service to remove those trees why not let us buy them from you. The explosive creek fire fueled by beetle killed trees is a hint of the sierra nevada s future unless california greatly expands prescribed burns.

With a sawmill you are cutting with the grain to create lumber. 150 million dead trees are fueling huge sierra. To cut down your tree a timber buyer must bring in laborers a log truck skidder loader and other equipment. Generally speaking hardwoods like oak walnut and cherry are worth more than pine cedar firs and other softwoods.

The buyer must cut the logs and haul them to the mill to sell. Regular tree services will not remove a tree for free just for the fire wood. After expenses it s unlikely that the buyer will make any money from cutting a single tree unless it s extraordinarily valuable. Air dry wood for one year for every inch of thickness advises plesums.

Do you have a large wooded property with too many trees. By roger normand october 30 2012. Do you have trees on your property which you don t want. After lee jackson cut down 30 old pine trees on our building site the logs were hauled to a nearby sawmill and turned into lumber.

These will be cut into blocking to hold the rest of the lumber up off the ground. They would need a property to store timber for trees for 2 years to dry it then they need to split the timber and deliver it for a fee. Wengert recommends kiln drying wood between 110 and 180 degrees f checking progress with a moisture meter. A timber appraiser will look specifically at the tree s diameter at breast height dbh which is a standard measurement of the width of a tree at its trunk.

Depending on the end use of the tree the sawmill may require that it be a minimum size of 8 inches in diameter with the top being at least 4 inches wide as this is the minimum size needed to cut most types of construction boards. Standard saw chain is designed for speed and cross cutting but when it s used with a mill cuts will be jagged and rough. The quality of your saw cuts will depend on the type and sharpness of your chainsaw chain. Stack some of the poorer logs at the front of the pile.

Solid healthy trees with attractive wood grains sell for higher prices than low quality or damaged trees. Tree health and quality.