Chopping down trees for hugelbeds or selling trees and buying soil

I have a somewhat nebulous question about the economics of cutting down my own spruce trees to lead in sunlight and create hugelbeds.

I’ll ultimately be needing to cut down trees in my spruce Forest in route to let in light regardless, but my question is would it be more economical to sell the trees and buy soil, missing out on all the lovely natural processes that make hugelbeds so wonderful, alternatively awaiting a few years until I’ve learned to operate a chainsaw and mill and then mill it down for lumber for building projects? Has anyone faced this dilemma before and done the math?

Thanks in advance!