Stumps R Us

[amarlow]

What I am curious about is the tree in the background of your first photo, "4-26-07 Stumps R Us 5 resized.jpg." It's almost blocked by your loader arm, but looks as if it grew straight up for about five feet, then due west for about five feet, then straight up again. That's a special tree, yes? Should serve some special purpose, me thinks. Like, carefully feed it through a bandsaw mill a few times, form an S-shaped table, then use butterfly keys to hold the slabs together.

Random thoughts...

~Allen

[bindian]

What I am curious about is the tree in the background of your first photo, "4-26-07 Stumps R Us 5 resized.jpg." It's almost blocked by your loader arm, but looks as if it grew straight up for about five feet, then due west for about five feet, then straight up again. That's a special tree, yes? Should serve some special purpose, me thinks. Like, carefully feed it through a bandsaw mill a few times, form an S-shaped table, then use butterfly keys to hold the slabs together.

Random thoughts...

~Allen

Amarlow,
You are so right, that is a special tree. It was about that size and was that shape when I bought the property. Dad called it a saddle tree. It will not be cut by me.

hugs, Brandi

[MrChris]

I understand some American Indians would do this to a tree to mark trails. Of course this tree is too young for this explaination!

[bindian]

I understand some American Indians would do this to a tree to mark trails. Of course this tree is too young for this explaination!

Usually this happens when another tree falls on the saddle tree (before being a saddle) and bows it over.
I have a large cedar that has a small "S" in it where that happened.
hugs, Brandi