Why Do We Leave Tree Tops in Your Woods?
Walking Your Woods After the Harvest You walk out after we’ve finished a job and the ground tells a different story than the one you expected. Branches everywhere. Tops lying where they fell. You can’t help but wonder: If you’re paying for a professional harvest, why does it look like this? Three Reasons for Leaving […]
Cash-First Payment Plan
Get Paid Before We Cut a Single Tree You’ve spent decades—maybe your whole life—watching that timber grow. When it’s time to sell, the last thing you should have to worry about is whether you’ll actually get paid what you were promised. That’s the whole idea behind Hillcrest’s Cash-First Payment Plan: You receive 100% of the […]
Our Process
What You Can Expect When We’re On Your Land A partnership that continues through every stage of your harvest. Clear communication from first cut to final cleanup. A crew that addresses your questions and concerns quickly and carefully. You’re not just selling us your trees. You’re letting us improve your woods. Step 1: Notification Your […]
Low-Impact Footprint
Conscientious Timber Harvesting for a Better Woods When we drive our trucks, grapples, and skidders onto your land, there’s always the risk of property damage. Broken creek banks can disrupt natural water flow, ruts can cause destructive soil erosion, and when uprooted soil is not replanted, weeds and invasive species diminish your woodland’s ecosystem. For […]
Creating Wildlife Habitat Through Timber Harvesting
You walk your woods and notice the deer trails are thin. Turkey sign is scarce. The songbirds that once filled the canopy have moved on. Or maybe the wildlife is there, but you know it could be more consistent, more abundant, more diverse. You’ve thought about improving habitat, but you’re not sure where to start. […]
Improving Woods Aesthetics and Forest Health
Some landowners want woods they enjoy walking. Clear sightlines. Healthy, vigorous trees. Trails you can navigate without fighting through tangled deadfall every twenty yards. There’s nothing superficial about wanting your property to look good and feel welcoming. These woods are yours—you should be able to enjoy them. Others focus less on appearance and more on […]
Removing Hazard Trees
The Hazard Tree Problem The half-dead ash leaning toward your barn. The lightning-struck oak hanging over your trail. The dying elm dropping widow-makers every windstorm. These trees pose real safety risks, and they won’t improve on their own. Hazard trees risk falling and causing damage to people, property, or infrastructure. They might be dead, dying, […]
Building Long-Term Timber Value
Some landowners view their woods as a multi-generational investment. You want income now, but you’re also thinking about what these woods will be worth in twenty, thirty, or forty years—whether for your own retirement or for your children’s inheritance. This approach means asking “how do I harvest today to grow better timber faster tomorrow?” It’s […]