14ft Black Walnut 40" on Small end

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FLtreeGuyVHTC

FLtreeGuyVHTC

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This log has to be veneer quality. Scanned it for metal. No metal. Found it over a house. The house was on the south side 2 stories before the branches bushed out. There is NO marks from shed limbs, no damage to the trunk from birds. I sold a smaller one for $6/bf. Anyone got any idea what one at 40" is worth?
 
Yesterday I was on a 67 acre site being logged about .4 mile from my house. I have exclusive right to the firewood. The log buyer was there and he was scaling and tagging then sorting the logs. He gave me a quick lesson in what they look for. Logs good enough for veneer were mighty few and far between. Very small defects the lay person would not notice were quickly evident to him and obvious once he pointed it out. It was very informative.
 
c5rulz said:
Yesterday I was on a 67 acre site being logged about .4 mile from my house. I have exclusive right to the firewood. The log buyer was there and he was scaling and tagging then sorting the logs. He gave me a quick lesson in what they look for. Logs good enough for veneer were mighty few and far between. Very small defects the lay person would not notice were quickly evident to him and obvious once he pointed it out. It was very informative.
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Yes, I know the difference between Veneer Quality and Grade A saw logs. I know what to look for and pith has to be near the center. Ive sold a few veneer logs two loads ago. If you seen enough of them you know what to look for. My phone sucks but your more then welcome to check our Facebook page out. There are pictures Located on my timeline. Search " Van Horn's Tree Care ".
 
ArtB said:
pictures

It is not nice to generate envy in folks <G>

good luck....
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Pictures will be posted today or a link to my Facebook so everyone can see. I have not cut the knuckle off because my buyer wants it 20 something feet but Im hoping I can find a serious buyer for a once in a life log that will never be seen again... Tree is amzing! Pictures really don't do this tree justice

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...4395379&set=np.111561538.100000313319357&_rdr

Link to my facebook
 
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Pictures will be posted today or a link to my Facebook so everyone can see. I have not cut the knuckle off because my buyer wants it 20 something feet but Im hoping I can find a serious buyer for a once in a life log that will never be seen again... Tree is amzing! Pictures really don't do this tree justice

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...4395379&set=np.111561538.100000313319357&_rdr

Link to my facebook
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https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...87390994.150338.1444395379&source=46&refid=17

the length
 
Can anyone see the pictures? There is a little bit of rott that goes up about 12" or so. total length was 16'6" before the frist defect. then there is another 9 ft above that that is 34". So the log as sits is 21'6" with a 34 to 36" diameter. Pith is in the center. Is this worth more as Table tops or Veneer? Never see a log like this again
 
Buyer probly going to whack ya for the conventional cut. Little sapwood.
Peeling yard trees, well only by mistake.
Askking around who's buying for export market maybe another way to go. Better demand.
Nice saw, bar, er blade
 
Wow, you called your bar a blade. That destroys all credibility. Another one log yard tree worth millions... In walnut country those kind of logs are made everyday. Now a 66 footer that's 60" on the small end, we might be talkin.
 
bitzer said:
Wow, you called your bar a blade. That destroys all credibility. Another one log yard tree worth millions... In walnut country those kind of logs are made everyday. Now a 66 footer that's 60" on the small end, we might be talkin.
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Bitzer... You should read more carefully... Also Ill be cutting one down 60" on the small end with a knuckle the size of a extended cab 2500 silvardo. Logs like this are rare... Let me know when you cut down a "66 footer that is 60" on the small end "...
I cut a 24' footer last month that the whole log was cull of curly wood... In 30 years the guy has never seen a log like that... he buys 6 truck loads a year.... thats 180 loads of 5mbf... I never said the log was millions...
 
FLtreeGuyVHTC said:
Bitzer... You should read more carefully... Also Ill be cutting one down 60" on the small end with a knuckle the size of a extended cab 2500 silvardo. Logs like this are rare... Let me know when you cut down a "66 footer that is 60" on the small end "...
I cut a 24' footer last month that the whole log was cull of curly wood... In 30 years the guy has never seen a log like that... he buys 6 truck loads a year.... thats 180 loads of 5mbf... I never said the log was millions...
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In my area curl is worth quite a bit and in no way is it cull wood. We usually buck the mooseknuckle off though. It makes the buyers sore.

Looks like a nice stick in the pics though. We don't have walnut so I can't help on prices.
 
1270d said:
In my area curl is worth quite a bit and in no way is it cull wood. We usually buck the mooseknuckle off though. It makes the buyers sore.

Looks like a nice stick in the pics though. We don't have walnut so I can't help on prices.
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It was a one of a kind with the curl wood. The guy wouldn't even part with one slab its so valuable... Tree was a baby when they yanked all the other ones out with a clear-op so I imagine the open feild and the sun helped with the process. I know its between $3400 and $7000 but I personelly think this thing is worth more...
 
Tree when it was standing for and Idea of how big it is standing. BTW thats a 36" blade
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That's what I read. I've seen a hundred of these "how much is this one tree or log worth?" threads. It seems like you've got it all figured out like the rest of em, so why even ask?
 
bitzer said:
That's what I read. I've seen a hundred of these "how much is this one tree or log worth?" threads. It seems like you've got it all figured out like the rest of em, so why even ask?
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I agree,

To OP, you can bask in all your glory when you scan the check you get for your one of a kind log and show us.:popcorn:
 

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