Posted: 10/19/2011 6:02:31 AM EDT
| I bought a house about 8 monhts ago, and I have two huge walnut trees in my yard. They both overhang my house and my neighbor's house. They are dropping walnuts on both roofs and it sounds like someone throwing a baseball against the roof when they fall. They have also had some pretty sizeable limbs fall this year, but fortunately they missed both houses. I think I am going to have both trees removed. I have been told that I should be able to find someone to remove them for free or actually pay me for the wood because walnut is used to make furniture etc.....The are very large trees with very straight trunks. I expect to get lot of responses telling me not to cut them down, but I am going to do it. I am tired of the noise, the HUGE mess and I know it is a matter of time before one or both of the houses are seriously damaged. Do any of you guys know if it is correct that I can either sell the trees or have them removed for free because of the value of the wood?? Thanks in advance. |
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Ummmm you will be paying a fair amount to get them removed. Well it is here anyway. Maybe 2k+ Here, American Black Walnut is worth way more to someone reselling it or using it for furniture than the cost to cut it down and remove it. He will "make" money by having them removed...and if he doesn't, he is doing something wrong. Cut the bitches down! ETA... most of the responses here so far have involved the removal of "garbage trees"...trees that have no real value other than that of just being a tree for shade. 
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Yup, the value of the wood, even if you have a lot of the good stuff, isnt worth as much as labour, machines, INSURANCE..ect..ect..especially if the trees arent easy to get to and cant be felled straight down intact. Big job normally. But if its super valuable wood, who knows? No wood in Aus is worth much, stupid gum trees mostly. |
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Yup, the value of the wood, even if you have a lot of the good stuff, isnt worth as much as labour, machines, INSURANCE..ect..ect..especially if the trees arent easy to get to and cant be felled straight down intact. Big job normally. Yes, this is why this country was not built on forestry and lumber products. All wood is worthless, none of it is worth the labor to cut it down. 
American Walnut is used to make gunstocks...and that is only the tip of the iceberg. |
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Ummmm you will be paying a fair amount to get them removed. Well it is here anyway. Maybe 2k+ Here, American Black Walnut is worth way more to someone reselling it or using it for furniture than the cost to cut it down and remove it. He will "make" money by having them removed...and if he doesn't, he is doing something wrong. Cut the bitches down! ETA... most of the responses here so far have involved the removal of "garbage trees"...trees that have no real value other than that of just being a tree for shade. maybe maybe not, first he didn't state they were black walnut, they might not be. second if this is a residential area falling a tree takes skill and insurance both cost money. third how far is the nearest mill the farther away the mill the less value the timber has |
| The "someone will pay you to take the trees" is only if you have a bunch of them in an open rural area where they can get in a small portable saw mill or heavy equipment. Two next to a house will not generate much if any interest. I had a walnut(same problems) and ash (bad lean and losing limbs) taken down in my back yard last winter, small city lot and overhanging buildings. Full removal and stump grind on two 50-60ft trees cost $1900 from a licensed bonded insured local arborist. Best money I ever spent on the house/yard. |
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You might break even with walnut. You can break even or even make money with hickory, cherry, maple, etc.
Oak is a $250-500 per tree loss, and everything below that in grade makes it worse. Pine will cost you big bucks. So will any hardwood with disease or rot. But if the trees are healthy and hardwood, you should break even or t least not have to pay too darn much. Of course, that all depends on how close you can pull a truck up to the tree. Personally, I'd just keep them, but I like trees. I have a huge oak over my house and it's an acorn carpetbomb whenever the wind gusts. It's going to crap leaves all over the place in a few weeks, too. *shrug* Oh well. I still like that tree. |
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Ummmm you will be paying a fair amount to get them removed. Well it is here anyway. Maybe 2k+ Here, American Black Walnut is worth way more to someone reselling it or using it for furniture than the cost to cut it down and remove it. He will "make" money by having them removed...and if he doesn't, he is doing something wrong. Cut the bitches down! ETA... most of the responses here so far have involved the removal of "garbage trees"...trees that have no real value other than that of just being a tree for shade. I have had gumball, wild cherry, oak, and a maple tree removed. I paid to have those trees removed. My black walnut trees are 60 feet plus tall and they are very straight. I am 6'5" and can wrap my arms over half but less than 2/3's of the way around the trunks at about five feet. I don't know if I will be able to find someone to buy them or not, but I have been told by several people these trees are very valuable. I have been told they could be worth 5k a peice. I may have to end up paying to have them removed, and if I do, that is ok. I just don't want to have them chopped up for firewood and find out later I could have made some money. |
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Well, I called my forrestry service and they put me in touch with two different walnut buyers. Both are going to come out and take a look at the trees. They both seemed interested in buying them. Glad you decided to check for yourself - there is so much bullshit thrown out around here, if someone posted that the sky was blue, I'd still go outside and look up. If it is good quality wood, i.e. long straight trunk, no rot, good size, etc. a cabinet shop or saw mill will definitely be interested. I don't know where the "won't touch residential trees" bit comes from, I've had mills saw up lumber recovered from old buildings on numerous occasions - there was a greater chance of nails, fasteners, etc. in that wood than in an uncut tree. |
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Find several local mills, and start calling. They will help you determine whether or not the trees are valuable to them. They may be worth nothing. They may be worth the cost of removal. They may be worth quite a bit more than the cost of removal. This. Call mills and see what they say. |
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Are you guys kidding? A mature black walnut tree's trunk can yield $30,000 in boards, easily. He's not talking about some pissy poplar that's only good for pulp or firewood. ETA: glad to see you're not taking GD's "advice".  
Yup, good thing he didn't listen to GD: Find several local mills, and start calling. They will help you determine whether or not the trees are valuable to them...
You might break even with walnut. You can break even or even make money with hickory, cherry, maple, etc... ...find a Timber Buyer/Broker to look at your trees. Call your state forestry department and ask what the local price is being paid for Walnut logs |