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Originally Posted by GM doc
I don't think a one or two man operation can handle a 60-100+ acre logging operation in a timely manor do you? Wood chips sell so there IS A MARKET for them. Pallet makers buy bull pine, good for nothing else! Time is money and that is all.
A one man operation is only good for select cutting an acre to 3.
I LOVE to see a JD648 with 4-5 TREES coming out of the woods. PRICELESS.
Plus, trees grow back. like a weed.
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There is definitely a market for chips
I have over 10000 sq ft of flower and shrub beds and if I used the overpriced stuff from the nursery (even at the wholesale prices that I get) it would cost me a fortune every year.
I hawk the area and any time I see the local tree guys doing a job I get them to deliver chips. I've also got one guy who knows I take them and will call me every now and then seeing if I want them.
The big guys with the logging skidders, huge chippers, tractor trailers have even pointed the chute into my truck bed to give me a load. Of course they tell me any damage to the back window is on me
Personally I don't like the look of a clear lot when they leave the slash. I have no idea what is considered best practice from a forestry management perspective. I will say that when it's left alone that the trees do seem to grow back quicker than you would think.
And for those who think only the colored chips look good, here's a picture of one of my shrub beds using mixed chips (hard and softwood).
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...8&ppuser=11811
My neighbor who used to insist on the $40/yard dark brown chips has switched all his beds to natural chips after seeing me do mine. Price is right baby! And if anyone says they suck nitrogen from the plant, I have lush healthy plants to prove otherwise. I put all my chips down right off the truck when the wood is green too.