Drove by this Wednesday. Another case of FHC whiplash. Should i turn around? Dumb question. Junky piles of wood in the yard, random length, mixed species and softwood in the mix too. Walked into the yard and the homeowner comes out. Some white walnut in the other pile. Not great wood but have never scored any. Nothing i really wanted, but spied a couple more piles in the back. I gestured toward them. "Were keeping that for our stove" Seeing the color of the end cuts and on further inspection it turns out to be mulberry. A little hoarder persuasion (while controlling my hoarder enthusiasm) and he said i could take it. Woo hoo! Rare score for me and i consider it an "exotic". Had at it today. He was keeping the tree of Heaven. (may have been white walnut as i didnt check it close up) either way I wasnt gonna argue! Maybe a face cord. Couple logs for the miller too. Ill have well over 3/4 cord of it when this is SS. Glad i did turn around! Have to go that way next week and may scour the piles. Take some of the white walnut just for chits & giggles.
I take it the thumb is less painful by the day? It's not holding you back any further, it seems. That's a good thing!
It is. Still numbness and tingling but im able to grip almost as normal as the righty. And i do it without thinking any more. Getting better by the day. Tiny "scab " at the tip and 1/3 of the nail has regrown. Grabbing nails from my pouch couple weeks ago and picking up screws is still a challenge. Using chain saw, axe, splitter and grabbing rounds & splits not an issue. I do bump it on occasion and an quickly reminded that it was injured. Still shorter than other and may be permanent. How about the wrist? Still going to PT?
I like the "hoarder persuasion" bit. Thats exactly what got me stacking a cord or two of my wood in a friend's yard. Simple agreement. I supply him with wood (3 cord/yr) he lets me stack my wood out of the way in his yard. I didn't bargain that I'd weedwack parts of his yard, but as long as I am keeping the stacks free and clear, I can zip across his frontage and keep that tidy. Nice score Brad! Sca
Great score! I'm able to get my hands on some Mulberry around here once in a while. It's really good stuff. I have to say... I appreciate the loaded truck pics, as well as the quickly split and stacked pics. Very satisfying to me.
Thanks, but only the smalls from the score were thrown on the existing stack of mulberry. You can see a couple bugger rounds in the foreground. Need to figure where this new stuff will be stacked.
Also known as butternut. Low btu wood. No long logs for milling. Never have scored any so may cut a few. Stay tuned.
White Walnut,,,,,, Butternut? If so it’s a shame they cut it down. Not many of them left. We have one large one that’s still hanging on.
Yes, still getting PT and associated stretching and strengthening exercises. Wrist is doing better. The shoulder, not so much. Yesterday, the therapist sent a report to the orthopedic surgeon. I'll be calling his office Monday. A shoulder MRI is probably in my near future. It's still thought that there's a partial tear of the rotator cuff, which is a collection of tendons, ligaments, and muscle. The MRI would show what's torn, where it's torn, and the degree of the tear. Once there's more info, future options can be laid out and discussed.
That Mulberry ought to be interesting milling... Keep some back for smoking... Never have seen the speciality of it in the fireplace... to me its a good shoulder season wood. But that's just me. Love it for smoking though...
Being a scarce tree its more the excitement of scoring/processing it. One log for the mill had a curve and will be interesting to see how we will mill it and what it looks like. Worst case scenario its firewood.
Stopped yesterday afternoon and picked over the two piles. Really shouldve not wasted my time but some uncommon wood so the novelty factor involved. White walnut & dogwood. Also a couple sticks of mystery fruit wood...maybe apple. Cherry and maple in the mix. Biggest dogwood i can recall cutting.
We did mill a piece of mulberry in the last milling session. Cool looking slabs. One is curved so deciding which way to slice for best looking slabs. Wondering how stable it is once milled?
It seems stable enough, I milled a couple chunks after buying my chainsaw mill. I use them for benches around the fire pit. Just screwed the planks to big elm rounds, after 2 or 3 years they are holding up fine & not much twisting.
We may mill with "hump" up to get a cool grain pattern and with that im wondering if it will cup/twist? Sliced 1" or less and slow dried indoors. Thanks for the input JB!
Here are some pictures the Mulberry was cut 1-1/4”. These sit outside 24/7/365 This bench had that split when milled & screwed down. This bench has a bit of warp but its because the bozo cutting the rounds cut them crooked…
