Roanoke
Eight Pointer
Pay $200 per hour for the mulcher or pay $150 per acre for crew to do thinning? Which would you think would be more cost effective? Amazing the cost difference in the quotes.
Pay $200 per hour for the mulcher or pay $150 per acre for crew to do thinning? Which would you think would be more cost effective? Amazing the cost difference in the quotes.
I am not far from where you live I think... I would jump at the chance to have someone thin for 150 an acre too . So @Roanoke where are you finding someone or contact info please. I have a bunch (40 acres or so) of sub standard pre merch maple and pine that needs to go. Thanks!Where are you finding a crew for $150 an ac. to thin? I could use some of that just in cleaning up stuff. The mulcher will leave a "clean" job but the area won't grow much on the ground for more than a couple of years, at least around here. The mulch left behind is very thick if you are cutting much at all and it will take a while to break down to where something will grow in it. A crew doing thinning will leave bigger stuff that can be piled up and be beneficial for small game and birds. I had some mulching work done a few years ago. It was some larger Virginia pines and took a while but he came no where near to doing an acre an hour.
Depending on stand conditions there should be some good cost share options for pre-commercial thinning. USDA Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) paid $308/ac during the this past sign-up.I am not far from where you live I think... I would jump at the chance to have someone thin for 150 an acre too . So @Roanoke where are you finding someone or contact info please. I have a bunch (40 acres or so) of sub standard pre merch maple and pine that needs to go. Thanks!
Thanks I have a forestry plan with NCFS but didn't really have any conversations around cost shares when I was talking about thinning/ wildlife improvement. Have u dealt with a local USDA office or consulting forester?Depending on stand conditions there should be some good cost share options for pre-commercial thinning. USDA Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) paid $308/ac during the this past sign-up.