I get very envious of people with trees. I get tired of seeing the same old willow and spruce. I have a couple of white birch and a few larch and one lone lodgepole pine. Not much wants to grow here. -46 this morning and I wonder why?
Is this pecan log worth anything?
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bunyip
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It seems that like us you can have one species with several different names depending upon locality, makes life very confusing although I use Hickory and Pecan for smoking, a friend gives me branches off his pecan which I cut into small blocks.
Wish I was closer.
Wish I was closer.
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I’ve never burnt good logs no matter how much firewood I have. Oak logs are good for 2 years or more stacked on concrete.
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Ever since I became part owner of a sawmill I look at all trees from a totally different perspective...!
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I wish I could have a log like that. I've got a neighbour with a mill and we'd make something out of it. Best of all, the very end cut has a smiley face!!! Ha ha. Didn't your avatar used to be you beside a huge pecan log? You must have all sorts of them around there.
Hahahaha Good eye! I had to go all the way back to that first post to catch that "Smile".
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As a kid before I was ever in Alaska I thought it would have massive trees, bigger than we have in the PNW. But as you say, trees don’t like -46 degF.
Sawyer Rob
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The massive tree's in Alaska, they are on the southern and SE coast and on the islands...
Lots of them there...
SR
Lots of them there...
SR
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Ain't THAT the truth !!
Sawing a 30' beam on a 20' sawmill....ahahahaha
One of the benefits of a less sophisticated mill like our Hudson Oscar over something like a hydro Woodmizer etc...is the track system...we currently have about 40' of track and can add more sections...it is simple to fab up other than than the cost of 1/4" angle...and making the dogs...
Currently I am researching how I can add hydraulic dogs and rotator for the basic mill as we are getting ready to set it up in more of a permanent location under roof...
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My mill doesn't have hydraulics. Waste of money IMHO.
They sure don't like the permafrost, that's for sure. We once had large trees 24-36" (large to me) then I think a mini ice age happened along and killed the dinosaurs and stunted the growth of our forests. Across the highway from my house is Tolsona Ridge which has fossils of sea shells and ferns in some kind of red clay rock. So we were tropical way back when.
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We set up so our track is just off the ground (on 6x6's set in gravel)...mostly thinking of hydraulics as a (arthritis) labor saver...just researching options right now...I have some hardware and plumbing laying around...
goeduck
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That is what I was thinking. When I retire small wood working would be a fun hobby. I have lots of windows that could use refreshed trim with cool wood like pecan.
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I think the photo below is the one you are referring to. Hurricane Katrina knocked it down and it was probably the largest pecan tree in Louisiana. It took me quite a while to dispose of it. I have posted many other photos of my pecan trees over the years and they were usually ones showing the destruction they cause when they fall on my buildings, trailers and fences.
After many thousands of dollars of damages from falling pecan trees and branches, I am now pro-actively removing some BEFORE they cause damage.
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Used to work in a furniture factory for a bit. They made and sold a lot of 'pecan' furniture. I would wonder "who would cut down a good nut tree like pecan for lumber? " That question was solved when I was sent to work back in the 'rough end' for a while....where the raw lumber comes in the door and is worked up into pieces.
It came in the back door as hickory, and left the front door as pecan. Pure magic between those doors....
Actually, I read somewhere that pecan and hickory are so similar that once they are mixed experience sawyers can't tell them apart.
Doug in SW IA
EddieWalker
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Smart to remove them. When I first bought my land, I wanted to keep as many trees as I could, but over time, I've learned that once it's gone, I never miss it. Now I'm taking out every tree 50 feet from where I will build my perimeter fence. Luckily my neighbor also feels the same way and he's happy to let me take out his trees too!!!
