Stump dump on mount Charleston
Fire prevention clearing work
Fire prevention clearing work
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What free wood did you find today?
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One good size onion Burl twin (we always called a squa beater) and one large exposed/shallow root with lots of twists and bulges
Each about 6 ft long
Ponderosa pine
Ponderosa pine
Looks like a gold mine for woodworkers!
Some of those stumps are 5000 lbs plus. Ponderosa up here can be 4 ft plus across at stump pretty regularly
But yes if pine is your thing there's a lot of it
Figured there must be some good snags, DIW, Mesquite, etc. Chuck
only ponderosa pine, a few smaller pinion pine, and two pieces that i couldn't pull out(need a winch) that might be bristle cone pine.
i'm going back with the winch for those soon
Bristlecone Pine would be a tremendous catch!
Assume Pinus monophylla is your most common pinyon pine? Never worked any.
Bristlecone!!!!!!
it is very similar to the ponderosa, grows side by side here, just lots smaller and a bit different bark
it doesn't have any twisting or gnarly character like the bristle cone. bristlecone stumps are quite recognizable
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Pinon is commonly sold here as firewood for chimnea's. It has a quite pleasant smell as it burns.
Guess I was to subtle, I was hinting interest in getting some of the P. monopylla...
Thanks, Tony told me the same thing a few years ago. The issue he had was being able to identify it from other pines. Papershell pinyon, Mexican pinyon and Two needle pinyon are common in Texas. Knowing what is what is the issue. If you know for sure the species you have, interested in some. There basically 8 pinyon pines in the southwest US and another 4 south of the border.
If you see any Bristlecone, think there would be a lot of interest in that. Chuck
Agree multiple times!
It fell from the sky - well not from 2,000 feet up but maybe 20’. It was free except I had to go buy some more 2-cycle oil. That stuff ain’t cheap anymore! Hackberry at least 80 years old maybe older. One of twin trunks died a few years ago when wifey thought it should be topped in the middle of July and I wasn’t strong enough or brave enough to say no. Some spalting but a good amount of punky areas plus a lot of bug tunnels.
But since Lil Mikey don't do nuthing - did it really happen?
But since Lil Mikey don't do nuthing - did it really happen?
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Nice haul