This guy came down right by my woodpile. Happy to turn it into firewood. Friend of mine said I should have sold it… however it’s not exactly easily accessed back there. It’ll get cut, split, and stacked and one day burn in the Oslo!
Lol, yes. Many many folk think walnut is worth gold prices. I dropped about a 20-24" one for someone one time and they thought it was so valuable they didn't want me to finish cleanup. I walked. EDIT: it isn't good firewood either. Not a lot of BTU's and leaves lots of ash.
To me, it’s not worth the hassle of finding someone to buy it, count on them to bring something to my place that will be able to move it out of there in say 8ft sections, or wait on someone else to mill it up, bc I don’t have all that equipment… It’s firewood. And I’ve burnt walnut in the past. As long as it’s dry, it did well enough.
Yep, most won’t buy just one log either and being a yard tree is another strike against as the possibility of metal exists.
OMG!!! you turned a highly valuable tree into firewood! JK! Time to get busy EDIT: i see you already did! Nice job Nate! Cant get more convenient either!
Not sure why there is so much walnut hate on this forum. It confuses me. Log buyers avoid yard trees for many reasons. Metal is just one of them. I bought my woods in 1982 and one year later sold three walnut trees on the stump for $1600. What’s to hate about that?
I think it is just people with yard trees thinking they are just sitting on money, without any work or knowledge of lumber.
Reminds me of my wife's aunt. They have a huge maple tree that they were going to get "a lot of money for." She kept saying how tree service were going to pay them to take it down. To their surprise (they were truly shocked) they were going to have to pay the tree service. Needless to say, it's still there. They just had it cleaned up and limbed. Of course they didnt even ask me if I wanted any of the wood.
IF you were referring to me, I don't hate walnut! It's definitely not the most premium firewood available to me. I'll for sure burn it, I'd much rather mill it and use for lumber though. I love the smell! I do have lots of experience with locals trying to sell walnut trees that have fell for big dollars. It's laughable at best because it's just not, well.. gold.
Yep, a good straight & tall BW in the woods is worth some $ for sure. That one is neither, it makes decent firewood when dry, but around here it takes two years to be optimal. It does smell good for sure. Nice Walnut makes beautiful lumber.
