Got a load to work

[SDB777]

Guess a few photo's of todays' activities(my version of a weight loss program)!



Was going to go earlier, but the land owner had some errands to run...his property-his rules. Got absolutely no troubles following rules for free logs!



The trees I've been clearing to make room for more grass growing(he has animals to feed) are going to be made into something other then a really large fire! I know he has mentioned needing some Wild Cherry boards(think he said 1"x4"x5'??) so I think I'll get on those right away and give him a surprise!


Here's a few photo's for those that haven't seen how I get the logs onto the trailer:











Yes, it's sort of a pain in the backside when one side is really larger then the other...but they find they way on anyway! The ramp things are something I think I saw Cody use on his trailer. And I happened to have plenty of Sweetgum pieces laying around to use. Simply used my chainsaw to make a notch for the rail, and then kind of trimmed the top to keep the beam from flying around once the log makes the drop into the trailer.




Of course, some are small enough to just toss on(generally anything smaller then 15" on the butt I can toss around as far as ERC goes, maybe I'm getting old but I'm getting smarter....those Wild Cherry logs weren't lite!)







Almost enough!






Everything ready to go home!
Think I had roughly 6,500lbs of stump chunks and logs on the trailer? More then enough for a single axle!




Scott (now to get them off) B

 

[excess650]

I've cut some smallish cherry and made nice lumber from it.

Is that a burl on the side of that cherry butt log? If so, I would have trouble deciding whether to take it off and have a bowl turned, or to slab that buttlog with the burl in place and make live edge tables.

edit: after looking at the pictures, it appears that I was seeing the lower side of a crotch. I most definitely would mill that into table tops!

Cedar too, eh? I've not cut or milled any of that.

 

[SDB777]

I've cut some smallish cherry and made nice lumber from it.

Is that a burl on the side of that cherry butt log? If so, I would have trouble deciding whether to take it off and have a bowl turned, or to slab that buttlog with the burl in place and make live edge tables.

edit: after looking at the pictures, it appears that I was seeing the lower side of a crotch. I most definitely would mill that into table tops!

Cedar too, eh? I've not cut or milled any of that.

No burls here....I know, I am always looking, but those are harder to find then someone in the White House wanting to cut back on guberment!
Your missing out on a really nice chunk of wood when you pass on them ERC logs with tons of limbs(knots)!


The owner of the property is wanting some 1"x4"x5'-ish boards in Wild Cherry for a 'bar' he is making....thinking about bringing him a natural edged slab about 1.5" thick for the top from right down the center of that big chunk? That should make for a beautiful top!






Scott (think that beer is messing with my melon) B

 

[excess650]

No burls here....I know, I am always looking, but those are harder to find then someone in the White House wanting to cut back on guberment!
Your missing out on a really nice chunk of wood when you pass on them ERC logs with tons of limbs(knots)!


The owner of the property is wanting some 1"x4"x5'-ish boards in Wild Cherry for a 'bar' he is making....thinking about bringing him a natural edged slab about 1.5" thick for the top from right down the center of that big chunk? That should make for a beautiful top!

Scott (think that beer is messing with my melon) B

You'll want to use a slab an inch above or below center, maybe, to minimize the risk of checking down the center. Cut 'em at least 2" thick, maybe 2-1/2". I have a couple of coffee table tops cut from a cherry crotch and they are spectacular. Not only do they have exquisite crotch grain, they also have curl full length!

I know of an oak burl about 4' in diameter, and another about 2' in diameter on the same property, but I have no idea as to what to do with them.

 

[Garmins dad]

Your last pic. bottom log.. that would be a amazing table...

 

[qbilder]

You'll want to use a slab an inch above or below center, maybe, to minimize the risk of checking down the center. Cut 'em at least 2" thick, maybe 2-1/2". I have a couple of coffee table tops cut from a cherry crotch and they are spectacular. Not only do they have exquisite crotch grain, they also have curl full length!

I know of an oak burl about 4' in diameter, and another about 2' in diameter on the same property, but I have no idea as to what to do with them.

I know what i'd do with them.........mill them!!!!

 

[qbilder]

Great score on the cherry & cedar. That cherry looks to be domestic fruit trees. I mill some around here every so often. Lots of cherry orchards in the mountains.

 

[SDB777]

If these are 'domestic' cherry, then no one knows hoe they got there. This place I'm cutting is an old, over-grown pasture that the owner wants to bring back into grass growing capability for his ever going herd of grass eaters! Hay is getting expensive around here, and then there is the cost of transporting it too!


Was looking at a table for the porch out of the piece that someone mentioned....great minds think alike! The stump on the passenger side of the trailer was something someone cut before I started out there and I figured it would be hard to mow around. Did a little dirt clearing around it, threw on an older(nasty chain) and sliced it to the ground.....thinking maybe a big ole endtable slab off the top about 3" thickness and covered with enough poly to make it shine for years outside.


Thanks for looking at my humble operation!



Scott (humble is as humble does) B

 

[Cody Colston]

Nice score on the logs. Definitely keep on the good side of that landowner.