Mulberry

[Nato]

Hi fellas. Can someone post a picture or two of some mulberry they have milled. I've never milled it before. I just got hooked up with an arborist in my area that has one to mill on. Thanks! N8

 

[groundup]

I have a small piece left I will get a picture of and post it. I personally didn't care for the color, kind of yellow like a dark pine.

 

[Nato]

Thanks Groundup, it's a shame all the pics are gone here.

 

[Dave Boyt]

I milled some pretty ugly mulberry logs a couple of months back. It did make some pretty lumber, though. Reminds me a lot of hedge. Both are in the same family (Moraceae). Very hard and dense, with a green tint that turns honey-brown over time. It will be tough to mill with a chain saw.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Here's a smaller mulberry i milled,

Personally, i like the looks of it...

SR

 

[Nato]

Thanks Dave, SR, I went to look at the mulberry log and it was a bust. Tons of tension wood, nails, crotch damage, and only about 50 Bf in the "big" butt log. I think I'm going to have to start screening my "Tree Surgeons" a little better. Hell if he's a tree sugeon then I'm a hydro ceramic engineer! Anyways thanks for the pics and nice looking mills! N8

 

[Holtby]

I can't speak to anything about milling, but I "Love" it as firewood. I throws sparks with all the gusto of our local Hedge aka Osage Orange!! But it doesn't have all that prickly/thorny brush to deal with. It split pretty good too

 

[Dave Boyt]

Nato. Take the time to educate the "tree surgeons"! The fact that he took the time to call you about the mulberry says that he's willing to work with you. Discuss the log with him, and what you can & can't use. If you can use the log for firewood, go ahead and take it. It has taken me years to educate the tree service people I work with, though I had the opposite problem. They would give me the nice, big logs that they didn't want to move, but cut the crotches up for firewood.

Rob & I both run Norwood portable sawmils, and they make some tough machines. I have little doubt that mine will outlast me.

 

[Nato]

Good advice Dave. I thought I was pretty thorough with the guy about the trees I was interested in but I guess not. I called him back and reassured him I was still interested in other trees. I will see what happens. Funny Side note: The more "Tree sugeons" I talk to about this stuff the more I realize that they sell chainsaws to anyone!

 

[Dave Boyt]

The more "Tree sugeons" I talk to about this stuff the more I realize that they sell chainsaws to anyone!

You've got that right! Working clean-up after the 2011 Joplin tornado there were volunteers who showed up with Poulon "Wild Things", and no protective gear. I learned to stay away from them. Whenever someone like that got his saw pinched, I pretended not to notice, figured that he & I were both safe until he could get it out. One guy did cut himself up pretty bad and had to be taken to the hospital.

 

[Nato]

Saftey 3rd. Yeah I've been around guys like that. The best is when they come over and start cutting on the same tree, and they always want to cut on the "holding limbs". Thats when I just get in my truck and go. I do wish I could say I've never pinched a bar though. ( Don't ya just hold the throttle wide open...It will get going again!)

 

[Dave Boyt]

This could be an interesting thread... what do you tell an inexperienced sawyer who gets his saw pinched. Sure, we've all had it happen, and there are few things I hate more than asking someone to help cut me loose. I love the "hold the throttle open" response. After he smokes the clutch, it'll be a while before he gets in the way again. Other ideas...

Twist the bar sideways to pry the cut open
Jump up and down on the log

 

[NYTREECLIMBER]

Don't forget to jerk the handle really hard until some av springs bust loose


Character is who you are when no one is looking

 

[ReggieT]

I can't speak to anything about milling, but I "Love" it as firewood. I throws sparks with all the gusto of our local Hedge aka Osage Orange!! But it doesn't have all that prickly/thorny brush to deal with. It split pretty good too

Does it throw as many sparks as hedge?
I thought hedge or cedar were the spark/ember Masters...

 

[Dave Boyt]

Don't forget to jerk the handle really hard until some av springs bust loose

or put a pry bar (or limb) through the handle and lever it out.

 

[ReggieT]

or put a pry bar (or limb) through the handle and lever it out.

Hmm...guess a good well placed wedge is outta the question! lol

 

[GrantD]

Shoot, most the fly-by-nite guys around here have no idea what a wedge is, let alone when to use one!


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[Dave Boyt]

Wedges have many uses. "Well placed" doesn't necessarily mean in the log.

 

[ReggieT]

You are correct...lol

 

[Holtby]

Does it throw as many sparks as hedge?
I thought hedge or cedar were the spark/ember Masters...

It throws just as many spark/embers with the same authority as Hedge & my local Hedge source may be a tad milder than my Mulberry???? Weird!!