Skeans1
Platinum Member
As my old mentor use to say it’s just a hardwood just chair it up anyways.
Tractors and wood! Show your pics
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Sawyer Rob
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Today was another sunny 70's day, and I decided to run the BSM. Remember this "big ugly" cherry? (the very top log)
I milled it today, once I got the slabs off it, I made several cuts at 5/4,
and this is what the average board inside looked like,
It's better than I thought they would look! lol
Anyway, went out to one of my food plots, and this wasn't there yesterday!
It's only about 50 yards from my deer blind.
SR
I milled it today, once I got the slabs off it, I made several cuts at 5/4,
and this is what the average board inside looked like,
It's better than I thought they would look! lol
Anyway, went out to one of my food plots, and this wasn't there yesterday!
It's only about 50 yards from my deer blind.
SR
BnRidge
Gold Member
If I sawed logs into cabinet grade planks, I would need to find an additional market for it. I wouldn't want more wood in my house, and relatives only need heirloom quality - it ends up less is more. Average here would be $100 maybe $200/year for purchased quality hardwood. Where is your market for sawn logs. It is tempting to start bandsawing, but, I have pallets of hickory planks in the shed that never have found a home. 45yrs, still there.
I'm not sawing them, just selling the logs. There are several yards around which buy many products, then resell them when they get a load. As I said, we are timber oriented and right now the mills are hungry for just about anything.
BnRidge
Gold Member
But sawer Rob has a bundle ready to go. But where too?
Sawyer Rob
Super Member
I believe that Sawyer Rob has spent a LOT of time building up his clientelle.
Gordon Gould
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A wind storm we had a while back uprooted three white pine. Yesterday afternoon I started to salvage what I could from them. The easy one first. The smallest too, and the root ball right next a tractor trail.
I cleaned out a spot to work in and assess what to do.
The top was laying pretty much flat on the ground and looked stable with no forces on it from big branches under it or sticking out that might make it want to roll. And it was not pushing against other trees causing a bind. So I decided to cut the butt first and not have to deal with a heavy log falling at my feet if I cut the top first. It looked like the root ball wanted to lay back down where it came from.
I started with a cut straight down around 1/2 the diameter deep. At the bottom I started a short up cut the full diameter. I drove home 2 wedges on this side.
I added another wedge in the bottom cut I made on the other side.
I started the final cut from the top down trying to sense any movement. I started to feel slight pressure on the bar so drove in another wedge.
Then finished the cut. To my surprise the root ball stayed put. That's the thing - you never know what will happen. The butt moved towards me a little and down but stayed up off the ground. You can see the two cuts.
I cut the top just below a weevil bend and fork. 20" at that cut.
Set up a snatch block to get it across the trail.
Pulled it out and then to the tractor straightened out in the trail.
Just under 16' so it will make a nice 14'er. The rest of the tree is pallet wood and pulp which no body local to me wants. That's why I don't cut pine on my lot - it seems so wasteful.
gg
I cleaned out a spot to work in and assess what to do.
The top was laying pretty much flat on the ground and looked stable with no forces on it from big branches under it or sticking out that might make it want to roll. And it was not pushing against other trees causing a bind. So I decided to cut the butt first and not have to deal with a heavy log falling at my feet if I cut the top first. It looked like the root ball wanted to lay back down where it came from.
I started with a cut straight down around 1/2 the diameter deep. At the bottom I started a short up cut the full diameter. I drove home 2 wedges on this side.
I added another wedge in the bottom cut I made on the other side.
I started the final cut from the top down trying to sense any movement. I started to feel slight pressure on the bar so drove in another wedge.
Then finished the cut. To my surprise the root ball stayed put. That's the thing - you never know what will happen. The butt moved towards me a little and down but stayed up off the ground. You can see the two cuts.
I cut the top just below a weevil bend and fork. 20" at that cut.
Set up a snatch block to get it across the trail.
Pulled it out and then to the tractor straightened out in the trail.
Just under 16' so it will make a nice 14'er. The rest of the tree is pallet wood and pulp which no body local to me wants. That's why I don't cut pine on my lot - it seems so wasteful.
gg
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Skeans1
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Only suggestion I would make is put a small face into something like that to allow the kerf to stay open easier.
HawkinsHollow
Veteran Member
I can't remember if I posted this, sorry if I have already.
Bobby Branson with a NICE load of free maple.
Bobby Branson with a NICE load of free maple.