Sorry for so many messages, but I reread the original post and I had to show my respect for you carrying around a saw in the truck just in case.
Definitely not river birch. I've got a bunch of them and they have brown, peeling papery bark. Looks just like the trunk on my ornamental...
Looks like you even made some cookies to bring home for the family. Nice of you.
You did good! One of the very best of the best in my opinion. I've got 7 or 8 growing in my woods, but I've only ever cut the little ones. It...
I forgot to mention... you must have a beefier truck than me since that's a lot of tongue weight. You need a serious truck when the axles are...
Good to see I'm not the only one happy to go after the monster logs. Earlier today I bucked some red maple that was very close to 6' diameter. I...
Good lord, you've collected a series of elm-hating quotes? Here's an elm love story for you. The first year I got a big stove in my barn I...
I think you're right with Blue Spruce on #1. Apart from the sugar (sap) glaze, it has a ton branch nubs that are large in comparison to the size...
Red (slippery) elm is quite decent to cut / split / stack / burn. I'd say on par with Norway maple (one of my favorites) or maybe green ash....
I think you're right on the elm. Good call. Didn't smell as bad as American elm at least, but now that you mention it, it did sort of split like...
These are tree service logs so I didn't get a chance to see them standing. I'm really bad at softwood ID. Wood #1 Needles look like spruce...
I already welded a few hooks to the top of my bucket so your approach is another good idea. What attracted me to the log dogs is the...
Your recommendation and video sold me on the log doggies. I'm going to give them a try tomorrow. Shipping was $15 for one dog or a whole pack of...
I was being a little too cute. I should have just said it was petrified wood. :picard: If you like wood as much as I do (and you do, and...
By collect I mean that I try to find it in the wild. I suppose that I also have a collection, so I collect in that way as well.
I collect, cut, and sometimes polish petrified wood. In theory I could run some on a lathe, but it's got to stay wet while cutting / grinding /...
@Jeffrey Svoboda Maybe if you've got diamond tipped chisels. It will laugh at steel tools.
Then you cut one and the grain looks like this, and you start to wonder about the long term effects of the drugs you did as a younger man......
And a different flavor of hawthorn. Top notch firewood, by the way. [ATTACH]
I am fortunate to live next to a mixed hardwood forest with white oaks (burr, white, swamp white, chinquipin), northern red oak, black oak, pin...
