Trees on properties-expensive removal-potential value in the wood?

[Jeff S.]

I know many of you will immediately remove all trees from your properties because of the potential for problems going forward. I own in a subdivision that has many 40' fully grown white oak trees. This one tree I own in the backyard of my rental has died and needs to be removed. Now the last tree I had removed was 5 years ago and the arborist took it to a friends house that has a mill where he was planning on milling the tree into oak flooring for a house he was building.

My question is should I bother trying to get some value out of this tree one way or another? Most of the expense in removing the tree is in disposing of it.

[Theresa Harris]

If the same person is willing to cut it down for free in exchange for the wood, I'd let them do it.