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Selling Persimmon Trees for Lumber (IL)

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From: Robert Magnuson City: Iuka, IL
Hello..Last week I cut down 2 Persimmon trees,,when I offered them to a neighbor as firewood, he commented that they were used for golf club heads and I might want to first try to sell them ..they are about 10"across and 16' to 20' long......Is there a market for these trees ? Do you know who I would call?..is it worth the trouble for what I have? ps. loved your tele-conference tks Robert
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings Robert: Thanks for the kind words and your question! Regarding your two persimmon trees, you may have difficulty in trying to find a typical timber buyer utilizing such low quantity and small timber. However, you will probably have much better luck with a portable sawmill owner - either have him custom saw it for a fee or sell it to him or barter with him. Please contact your local DNR forester for a list of local portable sawmill owners DNR Foresters: http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/forestry/District%20Forester%20Offices.pdf Furthermore, you may want to put an add in your local newspaper :-) Best of luck!
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