The War on cedar trees has begun.

[WVBartMan]

Sparkky: The most effiecent way to clear trees is with a Komatsu 300 Excavator or one of similar size. We use the track excavators on steep slopes 2:1 to remove the trees (hardwoods mostly). You can use the tree against itself by pushing the tree over from midway on the trunk. The weight of the excavator plus the weight of the tree allows for the leverage to bring most of the stumps out of the ground with the tree.

 

[Ray_H]

You'd be sitting on a gold mine if those trees were in Idaho, minimum $100 a cord but could fetch as much as $150.
Ray

 

[Docsknotinn]

Cedars that size here bring over $2,000 per acre ! The white cedars we have that size would be over 150 years old. Do you just want them gone or do you want them to regenerate ?

 

[sparkkky]

Just want them gone, may leave some of the medium ones that are male.
We are loosing 760 acres a day and 6000 coveys of quail a year to red cedars in Oklahoma.

 

[sparkkky]

After closer inspection some of the tree's are near 30" at the base.

 

[SPIKER]

boy wish I had about 100 of those trees up here I could retire! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif a lot of cedar (red nice smelling stuff airomatic) sold at auction to a fried for 80.00 and it was 6' long pile maybe 2' high by 3' wide. cut down and rough sawn only... he said it was a good deal! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif boards were ~4" wide by 1/2~3/8" thick. anyhow you should try and sell em on ebay /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif lol

Mark M

 

[JD3130]

You might try posting on some of the wood working forums. I know if I was a little younger, I would load my equipment on my lowboy and come help you for a few weeks in exchange for the logs. Bet you could get enough guys to all the work for you.
JD