Most of the wood is in roughly two areas. one close to the house, the other next to where the loader was located.
My plan is to buck most of the tops into 8' logs and stack them to dry closer to the house.
I have a grapple to move them around, I have a ton of small downed trees to lay down on the bottom to keep them of the ground.
My girlfriend is my crew and we will eat this elephant the usual way, one bite at a time.
I will burn much of this in my wood stove, but I will sell some of it for beer money. I will learn as I do this so I will be come a better rural homeowner and less of a n00b so that has value also. Mostly I suspect I will sell or give wood to my neighbors and friends. Goodwill also has value. I do not expect to turn a profit.
Most of the land is shockingly clear, and yes I will replant Loblolly Pine in the spring,at least 45 acres of it. I have excellent soil for trees.
I picked up a splitter yesterday at Lowe's on the Father's Day sale, which will also make this process smoother.
I am 90% sure I will buy s261's MS261, and I think I might go get an Echo CS-400 today for limbing/lighter work, and then sell my MS290.
As always, the Univ of TBN has been chock full of great ideas and knowledge to help me learn how to do these things I seem to want to do now that I live in the country.
Thanks again & Be well,
David