Look what showed up last night
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cityslicker
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Hot Mama, that's a nice log! What kind of lumber are you planning to cut out of it?
qbilder
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Please say you're going to quarter saw that thing :msp_w00t:
Massage and whittle it down on the mill, lots more fun.
Mac88
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Not sure yet what we're gonna do. I want to check it over really close, and it's too cold out to do that right now. Quarter sawn would be great. I think there might be a couple more where this one came from. We'll see in a few days.
terryknight
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ohhhhh pretty
TreeGuyHR
ArboristSite Guru
Hope it wasn't a "yard tree". I had some fun cutting through fencing and nails in an Oregon white oak about that size. Cut a 16 p nail the long way with an 046--- took three chains to get the tree down!
I'm sure you know about tell-tale signs of iron (black stain). Also that a band saw, as opposed to a chain saw, not only will get dull hitting metal but may shatter :msp_scared:
Work safe.
I'm sure you know about tell-tale signs of iron (black stain). Also that a band saw, as opposed to a chain saw, not only will get dull hitting metal but may shatter :msp_scared:
Work safe.
OLD MAN GRINDER
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Great idea using a metal det, i never thought of that, would work great when grinding large
stumps and save me a lot of money on busted teeth etc...gonna get me one..:msp_biggrin:
Bob....
Mac88
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Great idea using a metal det, i never thought of that, would work great when grinding large
stumps and save me a lot of money on busted teeth etc...gonna get me one..:msp_biggrin:
Bob....
It'll pay for itself in short order.
SDB777
I find unique timber and cut it up
Just checking on this one......you've had like six days, and I've been waiting to see what is inside the chunk.
Scott (like a little kid waiting on Christmas here) B
Scott (like a little kid waiting on Christmas here) B
Mac88
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You may have to wait a while. We've got the mill out of service for maintenance and to recalibrate all the settings. That's a winter project and BIL has to do it, it's his mill. There's a couple more logs at the same site that we still have to pick up as well. We'll probably mill them all at the same time.
TreeGuyHR
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Couple oaks I measured recently on my Dad's place in CT. By the looks of the trees in the background, you might not be all that far from there.
Two red oaks, both the same diameter at 4.5 ft : 3 ft. 2 in. (118 in.)
The taller one: 94 ft. tall, about 45 ft. to the first limb -- that's a three log red oak.
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The shorter one, bigger buttress (didn't get the height)
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Those trees better still be there when I go back to visit! :msp_tongue:
Two red oaks, both the same diameter at 4.5 ft : 3 ft. 2 in. (118 in.)
The taller one: 94 ft. tall, about 45 ft. to the first limb -- that's a three log red oak.
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The shorter one, bigger buttress (didn't get the height)
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Those trees better still be there when I go back to visit! :msp_tongue:
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Mac88
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We finally got around to yankin' that stick off the trailer today. Wasn't that a freakin' adventure. The ground here is wet and that didn't help. We had to roll it up on a big wedge to get a chain under it, which was a chore in it's self. That sucker is real heavy. We have a couple of 6x6 beams that we drop the logs on to queue them up for the mill. After the better part of an hour, pulling first with my flatbed dually, while my BIL (the trailer was attached to his 4wd Chevy) was holding the trailer in place, then me anchoring the log while he tried to pull the trailer out from under it, we finally got it on the beams. I think that was the worst log we've ever unloaded, and we've done plenty of them. It'll probably be a while before we can get the mill back over here and start carving that thing up. We have two more, slightly smaller oaks to pick up yet, and a couple cherries to mill out as well. Maybe the weather will cooperate.
brookpederson
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I tell ya what, I love oak as much as the next guy. But I don't mess around with it much anymore. It's just too crappin heavy, it takes forever to dry and the burr oak around here seems to warp and twist alot more than other woods. Give me an ERC log any day. Thats a beast of a log you got there. Is black oak much different than white or red?
Mac88
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Yea, it's heavy, even when dry. You have to sticker the heck out of it, and put plenty of ballast on top. It also checks badly if you don't seal the ends really well.
It does make good decking for heavy duty workbenches, barn siding, stuff like that. Black oak is related to red oak and, from what I understand, they do have a tendency to hybridize. I'm not familiar enough with them to make that determination. This log came out of Eastern Missouri.
It does make good decking for heavy duty workbenches, barn siding, stuff like that. Black oak is related to red oak and, from what I understand, they do have a tendency to hybridize. I'm not familiar enough with them to make that determination. This log came out of Eastern Missouri.
Mac88
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Ok, BIL brought in the last two oaks yesterday. They came off the trailer a lot quicker and easier than the first one did. Now, as soon as he gets the LT30 tuned up, and if the weather cooperates, we can turn these sticks into some decent lumber. As usual, the slabs and cut-offs will go in the firewood pile.
