I have made contact

[Andrew96]

Back in March there was a discussion about how to get trees from the full time pros before they go to firewood...or a chipper. It's great to have pros, serious amateurs here talking so I could hear their concerns over professionalism on site etc. The advice I chose to follow was to find some local guys (I found two, a guy with a crane, and a climber) and 'make contact'. I decided to show up at both places every week. Monday morning with some coffees in hand at one place, Tuesday same deal at the other shop, prior to working hours of course. Nothing good happening at the other shop this week.
Last night (yup..Sunday night) the climber knocked on my door. He spent the day cutting a tree right near me though he's not done. Asked if I wanted to come and have a look. Of course I did. Looks like I might have a pretty fat silver maple to play with. I can use a bit more maple.
So.... The 'contact' cost me 6 Horton's and a couple of trips down the road. So far so good.

 

[gr8scott72]

Back in March there was a discussion about how to get trees from the full time pros before they go to firewood...or a chipper. It's great to have pros, serious amateurs here talking so I could hear their concerns over professionalism on site etc. The advice I chose to follow was to find some local guys (I found two, a guy with a crane, and a climber) and 'make contact'. I decided to show up at both places every week. Monday morning with some coffees in hand at one place, Tuesday same deal at the other shop, prior to working hours of course. Nothing good happening at the other shop this week.
Last night (yup..Sunday night) the climber knocked on my door. He spent the day cutting a tree right near me though he's not done. Asked if I wanted to come and have a look. Of course I did. Looks like I might have a pretty fat silver maple to play with. I can use a bit more maple.
So.... The 'contact' cost me 6 Horton's and a couple of trips down the road. So far so good.

If you go during the day or afternoon, take Gatorade instead of coffee. You'll be hero for the day.

 

[stipes]

Word of mouth goes along ways....

Back in March there was a discussion about how to get trees from the full time pros before they go to firewood...or a chipper. It's great to have pros, serious amateurs here talking so I could hear their concerns over professionalism on site etc. The advice I chose to follow was to find some local guys (I found two, a guy with a crane, and a climber) and 'make contact'. I decided to show up at both places every week. Monday morning with some coffees in hand at one place, Tuesday same deal at the other shop, prior to working hours of course. Nothing good happening at the other shop this week.
Last night (yup..Sunday night) the climber knocked on my door. He spent the day cutting a tree right near me though he's not done. Asked if I wanted to come and have a look. Of course I did. Looks like I might have a pretty fat silver maple to play with. I can use a bit more maple.
So.... The 'contact' cost me 6 Horton's and a couple of trips down the road. So far so good.

Right now I have a load of red oak I gotta mill before it goes the other way....I milled some this weekend,,sorry,,I didnt have my cam,,,but this dude I worked with asked me to mill this tree at his dad in laws that got blown down,,,I just didnt have the time I told him,,,found out,,it was a wild cherry tree....Talked to him last night about it,,he said that one of his folks called someone and they cut it up for firewood...I could have beat myself up....
This one maple I milled up,,,she looked great and took a slab off the top and started to make a 2 inch cut tru it with the alaskan...I took 2 cuts then and damn,,,cockroaches started runnin all over ,,I thought this aint good,,and it wasnt,,,I only ended with 4 slabs from it...The middle was so rotted....The butt cut,,and 6' up to the top it looked solid..Kinda wasted my time in aways,,but at least got something from it....

 

[Brmorgan]

I've talked to two arborist outfits here in town and they both told me they could get me as much Douglas Fir as I'd ever want; I'd just have to figure out how to move them myself since they're not set up for moving entire logs. Not huge stuff, but still, free is free and even a 9" log can make a decent BHC 6X6 post. The problem comes in with the forestry service. In BC, it's illegal to transport logs longer than 4' long without a timber stamp on them. I asked a forester in the ministry office here, and the procedure is such that it would be the homeowner's responsibility to have the logs stamped before transport, not mine, so it looks like it would just be a huge headache. If I wanted to bring the mill to the site, I can mill to my heart's content and take the boards home and forestry can't get involved at all. Not everyone would want the noise and pile of sawdust, though.

 

[huskyhank]

There's a huge construction project going on near my home. I can get more wood than I can mill right now. It'll likely continue that way for the next year or so. I cut these Saturday morning and saved them from the grinder. The spot they were standing is now about 20 feet lower. Its amazing how fast modern excavating equipment can move dirt. It is also amazing how easy they can pick up a big wet oak log.

34" poplar
44" red oak

I'll start milling them tomorrow.

My saw with 42" bar at the foot of the oak.

Poplar stump

Kinda short logs as I cut them above the old fence line.