Ms. buZZsaw and i went out to eat last night and instead of taking the highway i took the backroads home. Passed an area where i scored a black locust blowover October 2020. There was a bunch of wood freshly cut. Black locust, Norway maple and this a big mulberry. A rare score for me on 2 of the 3 and the BL to boot. Unmistakable with that end color. Wanted to turn around and check it out more but she wouldve killed me. You hoarders know how that goes im sure! Was going cutting today anyhow and wasnt missing out on this. About 3/4 PU full. Biggest mulberry ive ever cut. Saved one log for milling. Moved to the BL. Cut enough to fill the load. 361 did the cutting. 261 along for the ride. Load at storage awaiting the hydro. Still a half load of BL and at least 2.5 of Norway maple. Only got pics of one pile of NM. Three piles of it and nice pole straight trees too. Cant get over how it resembles ash and has fooled me in the past. I actually looked at the standing tree this was cut from to conform based on twig structure. Ill be back here real soon! Glad i took the backroads home.
Black Locust. Mulberry. And somehow you managed to find the world’s straightest timber form Norway maple. That’s one heck of a Monday funday you had
That's a beaut clark! Mulberry is as is BL. Burned through the big mulberry I had this winter and such a pleasant aroma! Almost incense like. Wish I could get more. I'd ask a premium for it. You also get great snap crackle pop.
I was in hoarder Heaven for sure. Id like to catch mulberry mania, but very hard to maintain! And yes, the best Monday ive had in a while.
Id love to get more too. The half cord i had i sold for a premium last Fall to a regular. Only a couple dozen splits on hand now to go with this so i have a while (this will sell 23-24 season) to top off a half cord. Hafta keep my eyes open at the dump.
the BIG chitty one was next to the mulberry. Yup thats PI next to the ruler. PI common obstacle in my hoarding efforts
Heck of a score! I dont get much mulberry, I have some Im itching to burn. It'll be 3 more years at least
It was fun. Almost matched the high visibility safety shirts i wear. 361 was nice and sharp so chowed right through it.
I'm taking a decent sized black locust down tomorrow and I have a bigger job where theres 3 or four big poles of it coming up.... Gotta replace the BL I used up over the winter...
We want pics Scotty! Ive replaced Eric VW as the FHC photo police! He bestowed this "honor" on me last night!
Thats interesting. I have never heard of it myself. Always learning more on here. Almost want to have the title changed to have yellow in quotes. Thanks for the info Chud.
Great score. So where are you finding all this stuff by the road? Is it public land where you don’t need permission? I’d love to get some large mulberry
This was next to a train bridge and had cut there before. Roadside wood for the taking is a very common sight around here. Ive have asked cops who have stopped and they say its for the taking. If its obviously on someones land i try to get permission. This pic is from October 2020 when i was first there.
