Ep54:Why timbering your homestead can benefit you and your land
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ย. 2017
- In this episode, we continue our discussion with Jeff Parsons from WV Land Group. Today we talk about why harvesting timber on your homestead could not only benefit you financially but it can also help improve your homestead or advance your homestead plans.
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This information is priceless to a soon to be homesteader! Thanks Troy.
I need to hire this guy.
He answered so many questions that I never thought of.
I own 34 acres of beautiful woods/forest with huge trees in WV (Webster County).
The last thing I want is to be taken advantage of when selling to a logger.
Thank you for this video and I will be in contact with Jeff.
Contact him. He will take very good care of you and help develop a great plan.
Tons of great info. Thanks!
Michael Tellurian great! I hope it is useful
What about a potential fire break during fire season !!!
Even after just seeing the small bits of land shown in your videos, I'm thinking of another major benefit of your timber harvest.
Your forest looks like an amazing wildlife habitat. Clearing trees open up the canopies and allows the shrubs and surface plants to thrive, which will bring in other wildlife species (deer, elk, etc.)
Do you ever hunt on your land? There would be so many benefits to you and your family if you decide to. 1) Meat in the freezer 2) Butchering scraps used as a maggot feeder for your chickens 3) Light grazing before your pasture chickens come through (this one may not be noticeable, not sure how deer react around chickens).
It would be cool to see land management on your farm to bring in wildlife that you can harvest during hunting season, it seems like you've got a dream property for this
Justin Challman our wildlife is abundant. Right after timbering we noticed an uptick in grouse and woodcock. Coyote have reduced them as they have become more prolific. We do hunt on the property both deer and turkey. Thanks for the input.
Red Tool House - Homestead. Your buddy Jeff, I would like to get to know when I come across a sweet deal. Texas maybe a little far but I’m sure he knows somebody with integrity. I’ll be looking around east Texas.
Thanks for all the info I have talked to Jeff already
Wonderful!
Love your videos. Very informative and helpful.
Thanks for this episode. I’m trying to decide now how to best harvest our 38 acres without destroying the canopy and creating better growth of the remaining trees.
I have learned quite a bit from Jeff. I think looking at each individual tree on your property has merit. Some could be diseased others could be a scrub tree of no value. In the first video I did with Jeff, we measured the huge white oak that was a double trunk and had no timber value but the canopy was incredible. If I cut trees out around it then it would produce even more acorns. It has more value standing vs timber or firewood.
Here we're taught to remove trees like that and make room for the slender ones with good tall straight form to grow and gain in value. So that white oak, I couldn't see from the vid what the fork was like - is it sound or does it have elephant ears and bark inclusion? I know other people's trees aren't as keen to drop limbs as a gum tree, but an unsound fork is still an unsound fork.
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Not all we developers. Lol.
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Red Tool House - Homestead Troy, as you know I'm keeping an eye out to buy undeveloped land in Washington state. I've had my search parameters set at about 5 acres with the idea of cutting about 3 acres to sell the lumber, but now you've got me wondering if I should be looking at larger acreage? The primary goal would be to sell the lumber to pay down the land loan, and then open up some of it for farm animal use and a home. Would it be a waste of time to a lumberman to only cut three acres? Is there a point at which they won't bother with a smaller property?
Hyder Enterprises most likely 3 acres wouldn’t be enough to be worth it unless it had some spectacular timber and you let them take it all. 10 acres is usually the starting point with 30 acres and up being ideal. Really depends on what the timber looks like.
Thank you, Troy!
I know this was a year ago, but for anyone else wondering, as an option you can often find someone with a small band mill that will come to your property and harvest the logs, possibly saw them on site and either sell the lumber or just buy the logs from you. You might even consider using some of the lumber in your future projects, which may save you more than you would have made selling timber.
Looks like Sasquatch made cameo appearance just before 18 minutes mark, just like TV Show "Finding Bigfoot".
Wayne Botha that has happened before. Common mistake!
What's the best way to find a good Forester
droogsmaan Gaming look for an independent forester that is not affiliated with a logging company. Check you local department of natural resources and they can give you recommendations. Ask for references from property owners when you start talking to foresters. Good luck!
I have a few questions about when you first started. Before you bought the property did you have a survey done? And go through a title company? I'm looking to go through the same transition and just wanted to know what you're experience was.
We did not have a survey done before buying the property but I would advise you to do it if you can afford it. Our issue was the county court house burned down 40 years ago and many of the deeds were lost. Surveyors charge much more to survey our area and even then there are issues with the legitimacy of the survey. We did, however, have the front 10 acres surveyed when we had to move our loan to different bank. It was a requirement from the bank. We did have a title search done and even purchased title insurance just incase their was a dispute at some point. Good luck!
Troy for comparison could you interact with or direct us to someone who is TH-cam homesteading in a different landscape - flattish land, low rainfall, and few or no standing trees?
Older but still pertain some values not in haste and wastes. Only a fool will rush into a sale.