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<blockquote data-quote="Toad" data-source="post: 1134700" data-attributes="member: 20188"><p>I planted trees in Floyd and got the pines from Dennis. Now I run into him every so often because I volunteer on the local fire dept and we have to call them out on larger bush fires. Super nice guy!</p><p> We planted as many as 12,000 trees a day and hundreds of thousands every spring when the nursery business was booming. Things have slowed down a lot however, not nearly as much demand or profit to be made. I'm not sure where you are getting $75 wholesale for a christmas tree but I sure wouldn't mind getting in on that deal. Around here you are lucky to get an average of half that. Also while we would plant 1,000 trees per acre you would never get anything close to that many back off. Also when thinking about the money you may make off of trees you need to keep in mind the cost to do the work. Spraying and trimming each year, mowing several times a year. When I was into it many places were leased with the landowner being payed per tree when they were harvested. I now know of 30 acre tracks that never got the first tree off and in the end had to pay for a dozer to clear the land after the lease ran out. </p><p> I guess its a bit like farming, right now with the high prices everyone thinks they can get rich by buying a couple cows. Most have no idea of what it takes to make it work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toad, post: 1134700, member: 20188"] I planted trees in Floyd and got the pines from Dennis. Now I run into him every so often because I volunteer on the local fire dept and we have to call them out on larger bush fires. Super nice guy! We planted as many as 12,000 trees a day and hundreds of thousands every spring when the nursery business was booming. Things have slowed down a lot however, not nearly as much demand or profit to be made. I'm not sure where you are getting $75 wholesale for a christmas tree but I sure wouldn't mind getting in on that deal. Around here you are lucky to get an average of half that. Also while we would plant 1,000 trees per acre you would never get anything close to that many back off. Also when thinking about the money you may make off of trees you need to keep in mind the cost to do the work. Spraying and trimming each year, mowing several times a year. When I was into it many places were leased with the landowner being payed per tree when they were harvested. I now know of 30 acre tracks that never got the first tree off and in the end had to pay for a dozer to clear the land after the lease ran out. I guess its a bit like farming, right now with the high prices everyone thinks they can get rich by buying a couple cows. Most have no idea of what it takes to make it work. [/QUOTE]
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