Selling Pine Trees

[Nainoa]

Please note I'm not trying to sell these trees to anyone on the site... Looking for advice on how to sell them to a landscaping company!

So I recently bought a 10 acre property up in Little Falls.

The previous owner had a little over an acre tract of land planted with small pines and spruce trees. He explained that he grew them as a small tree farm and intended to sell them this year before they get too crowded or too over grown.

They're all like 3-7 feet tall.

I asked him how to sell them and he said to just call local landscapers and they would power spade them out.

I have other plans for that section of land early next spring... So I called local landscapers, but they all sort of jerk my chain while they are off busy doing other things.

I have less than zero experience doing this... Am I just continuing on with someone else's idea? Or is this a legit practice and I'm just going about it all wrong?

I hate to just cut down all these nice little trees for my own playfield for the kids etc... And could always use the money, but I just seem to be hitting a brick wall.

Any advice would be great, thanks!

[Eric Wettschreck]

Instead of contacting landscapers, hows aboot getting in touch with other tree farms or tree service guys?? They might want them.

Just a thought of a different avenue for you drive down.

[Nainoa]

Yeah I tried one of the local tree farms, but I never get a person, just an answering machine and no one calls me back. I don't know if there's some kind of state registry for tree farms?

[pushbutton]

Ultimately, you should have some sort of licensing to legally sell nursery stock.....even a little flower in a 4 pack. This is not to say some landscapers will not do "business" with you in some form, but perhaps why you are not being received better. Have not been in the industry for awhile, but would think the lack of construction we have seen the last five years or so have depressed the nursery wholesale market in general and created some overstock. Related, really do not think there is a lot of demand out there right now, especially in the little falls area. Also, do not exactly know your set up, but sandy loams can suck to suck ball up or spade, not to mention the roots have probably never been pruned. Again, not to say you can't get around some of these issues, but these do and will come into play when trying to unload a bunch of trees growing in a field somewhere. Keep in mind someone is going to have around 15 to 30 bills just to spade/ball and transport them not to mention they would have to find help to go out and actually do it....ever tried to do this to an evergreen? One of the worst jobs on the planet between the heat, bugs, and needle rash Not trying to poo on your parade, but you might be better off spray painting the trunks green and selling them as X-Mas trees

[Nainoa]

Yeah I'm starting to think you're right.

I just had a bunch of people make it sound like it was some walk in the park thing that happens every day, make a few phone calls and some guys will walk out and make it happen.

But then the people who have given me that advice, have gone on to give me more poor advice recently.

Sucks that the way they are planted interferes with the actual windrow of the driveway... They're essentially in the dump zone for drifts... So instead of my drifts going up and over the 850 foot long driveway and dumping out in that field... They are instead falling back onto the driveway itself.