AI
Monday, August 11, 2008 8:57:10 PM
You really should think about the statement you just made. 200 acres if loaded with timber, especially if the trees are big in size and volume could have a few million board feet. It all depends on the size and quantity per mbf. I will guarantee that you would NOT log it by yourself in 2 weeks, unless there was basically no trees!
I will give you an example using lets say Fir trees.
If there is truly vast amounts of timber and again depending on size! I will use for the sake of argument 5,000 board feet per acre average would equal ONE MILLION board feet. At $600.00 per 1,000 ft would be a value of $600,000.00 gross.
This example could be way off and if the trees are big that could jump to 20,000 board feet plus an acre fast.
Also with my example, to log one million board feet would take a crew of several a month or two depending on lay of land and conditions as well as who logged with what equipment.
I also am not sure what type of mixture of trees are there and prices being paid from the mills in that area! A safe bet on logging cost delivered to mill is 30%.
Until the company announces a cruise of the timber, it is a guessing game, but normally when someone says vast that is a good sign.
Good Luck
I will give you an example using lets say Fir trees.
If there is truly vast amounts of timber and again depending on size! I will use for the sake of argument 5,000 board feet per acre average would equal ONE MILLION board feet. At $600.00 per 1,000 ft would be a value of $600,000.00 gross.
This example could be way off and if the trees are big that could jump to 20,000 board feet plus an acre fast.
Also with my example, to log one million board feet would take a crew of several a month or two depending on lay of land and conditions as well as who logged with what equipment.
I also am not sure what type of mixture of trees are there and prices being paid from the mills in that area! A safe bet on logging cost delivered to mill is 30%.
Until the company announces a cruise of the timber, it is a guessing game, but normally when someone says vast that is a good sign.
Good Luck
