Check with your local land grant college forestry dept. Here in NY, we have forester volunteers who will help. When I called one, he came and walked the woods with me, then he connected me with a state forester. That state forester then walked my woods, with me, and asked hundreds of questions on what my goals and visions for the woods were. Then he drew up a written plan with year by year steps. Since I had said I would do all of the thinning the plan did not include a logger. That is because I had all of the equipment including not only the chainsaws (including the safety equipment) and "the Game Of Logging" training, but an excavator, a tractor/logging winch and a saw mill of my own.
Such a forester will likely not suggest you do the logging without the proper training and proper equipment. My forester was paid by the state, it cost me nothing and the plan he drew out was in line with my desires for the property.
In NY some counties have there own forester, others don't, mine doesn't. In that case a state forester does the job.
If you think you may have a substancial logging job, I suggest you use a free lance forester who works for you, not a forester hired by the logger.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.