sILlogger
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easy cutting huh?....other than the fact that it is oak!! must be because of the flat ground.
Some Eastern U.S. Monsters!!
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easy cutting huh?....other than the fact that it is oak!! must be because of the flat ground.
smokechase II
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Trying for some humor
"easy cutting huh?....other than the fact that it is oak!! must be because of the flat ground."
Hey, I didn't have to cut it.
"easy cutting huh?....other than the fact that it is oak!! must be because of the flat ground."
Hey, I didn't have to cut it.
sILlogger
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Those are huge white oak. Would make nice shingles for your roof.
smokechase II
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Shingles?
They made shingles out of oak?
In this state it was cedar westside and larch eastside for shingles.
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I could be getting played by Mr Ellison.
Somebody tell me that amount of pain, splitting oak, wasn't required to keep your head dry.
They made shingles out of oak?
In this state it was cedar westside and larch eastside for shingles.
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I could be getting played by Mr Ellison.
Somebody tell me that amount of pain, splitting oak, wasn't required to keep your head dry.
wvlogger
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Ain't that the truth.
smokechase II
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You need to get out more
"Just another reason, West by god Virginia is my favorite state in our Nation."
Go to a place where nature dominates.
It ain't West Virginia.
It ain't Oregon.
Alaska cannot be beat as far as the US goes.
Trivia; they still have big trees.
Size matters and they have quality too.
"Just another reason, West by god Virginia is my favorite state in our Nation."
Go to a place where nature dominates.
It ain't West Virginia.
It ain't Oregon.
Alaska cannot be beat as far as the US goes.
Trivia; they still have big trees.
Size matters and they have quality too.
That's cuz those West Virginians pulled up their stakes and moved to this valley and started swarping.
true. I,m just about a century late!
1I'dJak
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ain't no and weren't no oak in alaska...I've seen some big ass west coast trees, but I sure would've liked to see the old growth east coast hardwood groves back in the day....I love those big 'ol spreads....so gnarly and gothic... alot different then the coniferous groves here....some of my fambly came from west virginia...must've been quite the ordeal sawing one of those big bastids....I imagine alot harder than a big ol cedar twice its size!
smokechase II
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Big old east coast hardwoods
"I've seen some big ass west coast trees, but I sure would've liked to see the old growth east coast hardwood groves back in the day...."
Down south there are a lot of Pine Forests that the older locals say used to be hardwood forests. We have converted those largely to Loblolly and Longleaf for their commercial benefits. The benefit that the hardwoods provided was they held up better to hurricane winds.
They commonly remarked on the size of the old hardwoods.
"I've seen some big ass west coast trees, but I sure would've liked to see the old growth east coast hardwood groves back in the day...."
Down south there are a lot of Pine Forests that the older locals say used to be hardwood forests. We have converted those largely to Loblolly and Longleaf for their commercial benefits. The benefit that the hardwoods provided was they held up better to hurricane winds.
They commonly remarked on the size of the old hardwoods.
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thejdman04
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Wow, nice pics, I cant imagine cutting those trees by hand, like they did back then
white oak will take the edge off a chain pretty quick
White oak used to be used a lot for shingles. It is rot resistant and will split nice, not near as easy as WRC though. Like the cedar it needs to be 3'+ to make good shakes.
hammerlogging
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Appreciate it, west coaster
