A guy sent me a message Sunday morning during church, wanted to know if we wanted some trees for firewood. We looked at them after lunch. It's about 10 miles from home, this is the first one... Tops are mixed together 2nd tree. Wish I could save it for jrider Hope to start on it Friday. Guess it will cost us some time and fuel. Guy needs it cleaned up, said he had a big trailer, so probably have to load it for him.
Freebie...oak main trunk is solid. Gonna cost us some time and fuel. I really need to finish up the Plantation job and get $$$. We have leads on several other trees, plus what the loggers left at the house...
Is that 2nd one sweetgum? Looks like it. Do you use that? (I don't!) I actually had a customer say recently that he would take some for his woodstove, lol.
So are you cutting it up and loading it for him? Or is this a paid job? Or is this stuff your doing for getting firewood?
Had a guy tell me there is some good trees where I was cutting when I said I got all I wanted cause the oak was too big. He said what about those two. I said that's sweet gum. He said his dad always told him gum was for night to make it last. I said I don't cut sweet gum. I will use it if it's close and I don't have to split it but I'm not cutting 14" diameter sweet gum that I have to split. The smaller stuff I will cut and put in the pile round. I said I actually cut some out of the top of that one and pointed. I said I wanted to make the trailer full and I won't split it just stack the smaller rounds to burn. But I don't go out of my way to cut it.
I was thinking the same thing. Then I was like no Jeff wouldn't be eying sweet gum must be hickory, nope bark doesn't look right and then I wanted to make it a red oak...but nope. Look at the larger top where it's bucked you. An even see the rot stain in the heart. Also kind of a give away. Sweet gum is very rot prone. That big second log is sweet gum don't fool with it for a second.
It is sweet gum. We don't use it. If they hadn't chopped it up like that, we could have taken some to the saw and chip mill. Has to be certain lengths for them, though.
I didn't measure it yet, but it's probably 26-28" dia. Definitely will have to cut it shorter for the 'Bota to load it.
We have a friend with a mill who builds pallets, going to see if he can use any of it. I used some sweet gum at home for skid poles to stack oak logs on...
