All those pictures above with the nasty thorns on the trunk with the scaly bark kind of like a wimpy shagbark hickory is for sure Honey Locust. I have a LOT of it in our woods. Great firewood. Although it isn't as rot resistant as Black Locust, it will still last a LONG time even if used outdoors. Sometimes there is a punky rot in them that seems to radiate from an open wound or knot from a broken off or dead limb. I mill any larger trunks for lumber and most of them with straight unbroken bark are solid and the heartwood will last very well outdoors. I've made stuff from it for use indoors that looks like the day I cut it 10 years ago even without any finish on it. The grain is very nice and the quarter sawn with ray flecks is gorgeous. I have a couple hundred fence posts made from Honey Locust that I figure will last at least my lifetime. They are still solid after the 6 years we planted them for pasture fence. They're a beach to put fence staples in after they get dry and hard. Our farm was a cattle operation back in the 50's and I still have to pull out a solid Black Locust post here and there around the farm that are older than I am. I've even re-used some of those BL posts.
Thank you. His mom is a tri-color beagle and his father is a drive by shooter. I’m not a huge dog person, but he’s been a really good dog so far.
Slowly but surely making progress getting the locust cut up. A few weeks ago I cut, and noodled the really big rounds with the 372XP. It went in for heart surgery so I put the 24" bar on the 562XP and finished cutting up the tree yesterday. Need to do a little more noodling on the big stuff (my back hurts thinking about moving that stuff already) and figure out how I'm going to cut the base down. Think I'm just going to cut it off in 20" chunks with wedges. My buddy is going to bring his pink All Wood Over and we are going to split everything since he's got a log lift. Once that's done I'll use the tractor to take down the branch that's hung up on that other tree.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and good health. Had some oral surgery Friday and have to take it slow for a few days so can relate about not being able to firewood. Be sure to post pics as you go.
Hope your recovery goes well. Good plan working in a "wood workout" with your therapy but stay safe. Those big trees can be a lot of work to get them down to firewood size and the Honey Locust that I've cut green always takes at least 2 years to get the moisture down to 20% . Sometimes have to deal with the borer beetles once it's stacked also. We have them bad in our area.
Appreciate the good thoughts. Should have been a little more clear, the 372XP went in for heart surgery. More info - Farmertec 372XP Build
Mebbe that will teach us to be more thorough when reading as you worded it correctly. Looks like the surgery was successful. Thinking the wood had a heart attack when it saw the 372 coming!
