I've seen quite a few with grain so twisted you could see a candy cane pattern along the outer bark, but never one side of the trunk completely rippled like that. That is unique. It might be the result of growing on a slope and dealing with winds.
Customer brought in a few loads of logs with plenty PI vines included....I should probably change a hazard fee.....
Fence wire & nails/staples included. I ran dull blades on this job expecting iron deposits on account of them being yard trees.
Walnut! Always the most likely to contain nails, etc. So sorry. Picture is metal from just one log I had sawn.Thankfully, we identified most of them before the blade got them.
Yes iron sucks! Since I knew these were yard trees I told the customer he was buying all the blades we destroyed, so it didn't really cost me anything. Later I'll post some pictures of something I hit thats much worse than metal for sawing upon.
Boxelder. Some wow colors in this stuff, I'm not sure how well it will do after it's dry, but sure is dramatic when fresh.
And a nice porcelain insulator. After cutting the slab off, I put on a different dull blade and finished the cut. Next cut I went until I was real close, then turned it around and came from the other end before sawing through the lag bolt. The blade........
That looks frustrating. I always wonder how you guys know what you do when you start hitting metal or other objects. I suppose its just from experience?
Yes. Like anything a person does a lot, experience tells us what's likely the best course of action......usually. Yard trees are highly risky, so I always ask when a customer brings logs in for milling, that way I can warn em and let em know they are liable for ruined blades.... and what a blade costs.
Was sitting here thinking and came up with this. Someone probably said it before or it's quoted somewhere. Experience is more about knowing what not to do rather than knowing what to do.
