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BIG LOG!

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  1. swags

    swags Moderator

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    I'm hauling this one to the mill for my uncle. Talk about a full load in one log!
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    Any guess as to what that beast weighs? It'll be interesting to see what the boards look like with all that twisting and turning.
     
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    Wow big monster. Was that cut on your property?
     
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  5. swags

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    Should be about 8-9,000

    Cut on my uncles land
     
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    Do they make veneer out of something like that?
     
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    Did you do the felling, swags?
     
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    This is Basswood, used a lot for carving. He is making slabs and cutting the Burke to carve with.
     
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    I didn't, I wasn't available the day they took it down. It's a big one though, it's right at 60" at the base
     
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    Das a BIGGUN right there!
     
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    What kind of wood? Inquiring minds want to know.:confused:
     
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    Very nice and big!
     
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    Better than trying to split that knarly monster!
     
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    Wow that is a big, mo fo.
    Great pics swags:thumbs:
     
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    That's the "biggest" ugly ever!!
     
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    Definitely wouldn't fit in place of your log in the potty pic:rofl: :lol:
     
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    Dadgummit! What a log!:cheers::ithappened:
     
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    I bet there are some hidden "treasures" inside
     
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    :popcorn:
     
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