What free wood did you find today?

[djg]

Save the crotch to make the most humongous bowl in history?

I measured it to try to get the weight, and it's 36" wide at the crotch. You got a lathe that big? lol. Sad point is, it will probably be burnt up before I can get anyone to move it out of harms way.

 

[Byron Barker]

That and cliff don't go together! I would be looking for a winch system! Or do you have a winch that you didn't show us? My back quit being able to pull off a trick like that 10 years or more ago when a truck tailgate broke under me while I was holding a little ole 42 inch John Deere mower.

I was thinking the same thing, I need a wench system. The issue is the location is rugged and has multiple landscapes making it difficult to use any sort of normal transportation equipment. I had to drag it off the beach to the cliffs, roll it up a tiny goat path along the cliff face, roll it up a rocky mountain slope and then carry it through a forest to my truck. There was no easy way around it due to how weird the location is. Fortunately it is so round that it rolled very smoothly actually. Sorry about your back! I hate having any sort of long-term body issues. It feels so limiting.

 

[Eric Rorabaugh]

I measured it to try to get the weight, and it's 36" wide at the crotch. You got a lathe that big? lol. Sad point is, it will probably be burnt up before I can get anyone to move it out of harms way.

It sucks when someone tells you you can can have wood then cuts it up or burns it. I've had that happen. They say they're in no hurry to have it moved but all of a sudden they need the room so its gone. But it's their property and they can do what they want. They're paying the taxes

 

[djg]

I was thinking the same thing, I need a wench system. The issue is the location is rugged and has multiple landscapes making it difficult to use any sort of normal transportation equipment. I had to drag it off the beach to the cliffs, roll it up a tiny goat path along the cliff face, roll it up a rocky mountain slope and then carry it through a forest to my truck. There was no easy way around it due to how weird the location is. Fortunately it is so round that it rolled very smoothly actually. Sorry about your back! I hate having any sort of long-term body issues. It feels so limiting.

You need to get you one of those drones that handles 500# like those crop duster ones lol.

 

[vegas urban lumber]

I measured it to try to get the weight, and it's 36" wide at the crotch. You got a lathe that big? lol. Sad point is, it will probably be burnt up before I can get anyone to move it out of harms way.

you might talk to local tree service. offer to hire them to bring out a boom, which they often have, that could lift the logs onto your trailer. might cost a bit but you'd likely make a new contact that would offer you logs from job sites

 

[djg]

you might talk to local tree service. offer to hire them to bring out a boom, which they often have, that could lift the logs onto your trailer. might cost a bit but you'd likely make a new contact that would offer you logs from job sites

This is the log yard of a tree guy. He would probably load me, but he's so busy and hard to get a hold of. Plus, equipment, skidders, excavators etc are rarely at the log yard except when he pushes all the logs onto the fire. He leases this field from the farmer to use as a log yard. And it's the farmer's kid (< 30 yo) I've been dealing with.

 

[Gdurfey]

Waiting to see how my back feels tomorrow morning….

Mine is sore just thinking about it

 

[Byron Barker]

Additionally cool beach finds this week. The first seems to be Phoebe or Machilus. The sapwood was about 80% gone on this long 15ft+piece laying on the beach, leaving very dense and buttery heartwood with lovely rose-colored bleeding throughout. It’s hard to pick up on the color in the pics.

Second is….?… thought it looked like juniper, but it open and sure enough, it has pink heartwood. Thing is, the grain and smell are definitely not juniper. A local told me it may be a subspecies of coffinwood they call “red coffinwood “. Pretty regardless

 

[Nature Man]

To make matters worse, There are 2 Ash logs next to the burn pile I'd like to get. If I had a reliable loading method, I'd be set. And today I ran into another cherry log. Nice 8' log with a crotch.

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So these are my pipe dream logs. If you were to have the cherry milled (24" dia. butt), how would you have it milled? Normally, I'd just go for lumber (cant, etc) but doing a crotch log that way won't yield much usable lumber. So have it sawn through and through (flitch) in 8/4 or 12/4 and go for rustic table tops. Not really my thing, but one would be nice. Thoughts?

What tree cutting company is dumping the logs at this site? Maybe you could ask them to redirect their loads to your sawmill. Chuck

 

[JonathanH]

Well the saga of milling my cherry logs continues. I managed to get three loaded into my truck and trailer and then up to the mill. Limited on how much I can haul at one time. 1/2 ton truck and small trailer (sorry if I posted these pics already).



Went back another time to get the last three logs loaded, and the farmer's son told me, this is a working farm and we can't do things for free. I asked him how much he wanted. He said $40. I reluctantly agreed and paid him for the previous load. I was told the excavator was being used elsewhere and he couldn't load me today. He'd contact me.

He was cutting firewood one day and I noticed two more cherry logs. I asked if I could have them and he assured me he'd save them for me. Nice straight logs with no branching. Better than the ones I had saved. I saw him since 2 or three times and he promised me he'd leave them alone. So much for his word.

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Needless to say, I was (and am) PI$$ED! Not much I can do about it; I don't want to loose my firewood cutting privileges. So, I'm still waiting to get my last 3 logs loaded.

This would be a big help to you for these situations.

 

[djg]

This would be a big help to you for these situations.

Yes, I know. A log arch. Mind you, I only have a 5' x 8' trailer with a light frame. I have 2"x2" square tube to reinforce the cross members and plans to add a log arch. Just never got around to doing it. It's got a 2000# axle so I would comfortably be able to handle 1500#. Just got to get off the couch.