Step 1
chink the summit of your tree diagram . Most lumber pulverization will not buy a walnut Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree spring up in an urban environment unless it is at least 18 inches in diam . quantify the diameter of your Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at a height of 4 1/2 metrical foot above the ground .
Step 2
Check your Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree for defects . Lumber purchaser are more likely to corrupt walnut tree that are free from disease equipment casualty , crack , cicatrice , bumps and crookedness . The more defects a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has , the less valuable it will be .
Step 3
Consider the provenance of your tree . The enceinte obstacle to sell a walnut tree tree that has been grown in an urban area is the risk that there will be metal imbed in the tree diagram . Metal in a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree can destroy power saw and other cutting equipment and personate a danger to the faller . Metal can let in nail , staples or spikes . If you have grown the tree diagram from a sapling and can assure the potential buyer there is no alloy in the tree , you may have an easier time sell it .
Step 4
Step 5
link a local Kentucky lumbermill or timber pulverisation and ask whether it will purchase your tree . Cruse Hardwoods and Tri - State Timber ( see resourcefulness ) both buy Kentucky urban black walnut tree tree that are in undecomposed condition .
Step 6
Selling Private Forest Trees
Consider your goal in sell timbre on your acres . For instance , you may be interested in clearing the ground for development , preserving wildlife or managing growth . Your goal will bear on which Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree you will want to cut .
trade walnut tree trees on your individual forest land by first contacting the Kentucky Division of Forestry ( see resource ) . The agency can put you in pinch with a forester who can appreciate your timber and advise you on which trees are good for harvesting .
Hire a consulting forester . A consulting tree farmer will be able-bodied to make more closely with you to propose you on the best way to trade your trees to maximize net and sustainability . Find a consulting forester through the Kentucky Forest Industries Association or the Kentucky Division of Forestry . The forester will score the trees that will be cut .
Prepare bid guidelines . This will set out the detail of the timber sale . Your tree farmer can help you prepare this , and circularize it among Kentucky commercial loggers or harvesters .
Step 7
Choose a bid from a faller or harvester . engage the feller by sign a timber sale declaration . Make certain the company you hire will have a master logger on site . Kentucky law involve a master logger to be on the site to superintend the lumber operations .
