Walnut Trees and Tree Removal

[Tony Cimino]

I was at my property currently under renovation and started talking to the neighbor who said he was worried about a large walnut tree over his house. He showed me that carpenter ants had hollowed out the base.

About 2 years ago, I remembered that a local news story about someone stealing walnut trees because apparently the wood is very expensive.

I posted on a local buy/sell Facebook group and had about 5 people reach out to me.  3 of them did not work for any company, just wanted it.  I eliminated those people because I was afraid they wouldn’t be able to do it correctly.

One guy came out to the house and told me he would take that tree but wanted two other trees on the property as well.  I told him that he could take all 3 walnut trees, but I wanted 2 other trees removed as well.  He accepted.  So, I got 5 trees removed for free!

While I may have been able to make money off the trees, I wouldn’t have any idea on where to start, and this makes my property less of a risk.