Imagine you have a large plot of land ideal for planting a forest.
First you plant the trees...
Click below to find out the costs of planting.
Then, after 10 years, the forest is thinned to give the remaining trees more room to grow.
The forest needs to be thinned again after another 10 years.
The wood from the thinning is sold. Click below to see the rates.
10 year thin* | 20 year thin* | |
Sitka Spruce | 10 | 40 |
European Larch | 15 | 40 |
Lodgepole Pine | 20 | 30 |
Finally, the time will come when you cut down all the trees in the forest and sell the timber. You might decide to do this 30 or 40 years or even longer after first planting your trees! Nobody said this was a "get rich quick" scheme...
Click below to see how much profit you will make from selling your timber, depending on when you choose to cut down your trees.
Age of Forest (years) |
Sitka Spruce |
European Larch |
Lodgepole Pine |
30 | 358 | 192 | 123 |
40 | 513 | 469 | 366 |
50 | 693 | 858 | 646 |
60 | 834 | 1184 | 950 |
70 | 1127 | 1158 | 1144 |
80 | 904 | 1059 | 1311 |
90 | 805 | 837 | 1476 |
100 | 666 | 783 | 1360 |
What strategy will maximise the profits for you and your family in the decades to come?
Here are some questions you could consider
What's the maximum profit you could make after 100 years?