anyone actually get PAID for having acres of trees timbered? AL/GA area

You need to have it appraised, you could be in for a great payday or you will have a large bill for removal.

Not your area so I have no idea what you’ve got on your land. I used to live in Oregon and had our 20 acre parcel logged and were paid a good amount of money. New truck and a major remodel. This was for Doug fir and cedar. It also allowed us to lay out a great track for me and the kids.

Replanted within a year and 20 years later it is solid trees where we logged. Call some timber companies and get a few estimates/appraisals

depends somewhat on how far it is from processing.

i know a guy that has a clearing and grading company and one thing that has really changed in recent years is mulch.

where as they would pile it up and burn huge piles using pto driven blower fans to accelerate the fire, now they bring in tub grinders and haul the mulch to a central yard. They ship it all over now and it has become a pretty significant income stream.

the proliferation of excavators has also changed stump removal and grubbing so that not as much ground is disturbed compared to when it was d9 dozers with huge stump blades or root rakes.

i would guess that with lumber prices almost returning to pre covid levels that timber prices will fall as well....

of course, a few more hurricanes could affect that too.

I’m in MS. Yes if the timber is worth a shit, you can get good money. Really good money, if the timber prices are right. My grandpa got 90k for getting 40 acres cut about 30 years ago.

Sounds like you should talk to a local forester. You could have high value trees, or you could have shit for trees. We don't really know.

But having stumps removed and disposed of will have some cost to it.

A few thoughts on site prep for a track.

If that is what you plan to do, then I suggest you go through and mark some healthy hardwoods to leave so you have ready made shade, both on the track and in parking and spectator areas.

I have built several race tracks from the ground up, including clearing and it is nice to leave some, and was always glad I did.

Make sure you mark them in a way that can't mysteriously disappear so that the logger can get some extra marketable timber and then claim there were no markings, because they will.

Find several places you know the track won't run on and bury stumps Deep enough you know you will not get into them later. Do it deep because buried stuff always seems to haunt you.

Use left over excavated clay to build up starting gate pad or jumps.

Try to get access to a dozer or track loader with a ripper and go around your track lay out. Bury it so you get any deep roots or hidden stumps. Cross rip it so you get any that run parellel with the track lane.if you try to just rip it with a teactor you will never get as many, and they will come up at very inconvenient times as the track settles in, either bringing up a piece that you don't have equipment to remove, or tearing up the equipment you do have.