Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[fruitcakesa]

That does look like some tall wood. How do you get it to grow so straight? Hemlock here tends to have more sweep. usually in two directions over the length of the tree.

When I was a teenager most of the trees were just tiny saplings.
The woodlot has not been touched in decades and since hemlock grows well in shade, the trees are growing quite close together.
As a result they seem to grow pretty straight. They are averaging about 70- 80 feet tall.
Of course, there are also quite a few twisty ones that will go out as pulp.

 

[Jstpssng]

When I was a teenager most of the trees were just tiny saplings.
The woodlot has not been touched in decades and since hemlock grows well in shade, the trees are growing quite close together.
As a result they seem to grow pretty straight. They are averaging about 70- 80 feet tall.
Of course, there are also quite a few twisty ones that will go out as pulp.

I saw a stand like that the last time that I contract cruised in New Hampshire. I was working along a river and got into some hemlock that hadn't been thinned in years. I don't remember how tall they were but I believe they were around 64-70 feet to a 4" top. By my standards that's pretty tall.

 

[fruitcakesa]

I saw a stand like that the last time that I contract cruised in New Hampshire. I was working along a river and got into some hemlock that hadn't been thinned in years. I don't remember how tall they were but I believe they were around 64-70 feet to a 4" top. By my standards that's pretty tall.

That sounds about right.

 

[Creamer]

Cottonwood - heavy, slimy and hard to handle when green, weighs nothing and burns in a flash when dry. When the tree is alive, it drops lots of "fluff" and plugs air conditioners, radiators, drains and anything else it can get into. Absolutely the most worthless tree in existence. (Just my opinion)

I hear cottonwood is very good for horse stalls. They will not chew it like they do pine and if they kick it, it is flexible enough to not break - it just bends and comes back. Never tried it but that is what an Amish friend told me.

 

[goeduck]

I saw a stand like that the last time that I contract cruised in New Hampshire. I was working along a river and got into some hemlock that hadn't been thinned in years. I don't remember how tall they were but I believe they were around 64-70 feet to a 4" top. By my standards that's pretty tall.

Sapling.

 

[Jstpssng]

Sapling.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Someday I'll take a ride out to see what you're talking about. Please don't cut them all before I get there.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I thought that was CSNY.

I've never been a Beatles fan. My brother was home with his Beatles and Stones, I never got off on that revolutionary stuff...***

***Care to take a stab at what song THAT's a line from?

mott the hoople ? ian hunter ( also bowie?)

all the young dudes?

been a long time.

 

[Jstpssng]

mott the hoople ? ian hunter ( also bowie?)

all the young dudes?

been a long time.

Yes.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Yes.

yes did

And You And I

etc

(smiley face)

 

[Jstpssng]

yes did

And You And I

etc

(smiley face)

I never thought that my answer could have been another band. Now if you could just tell me Who's on first...