This is my guess also , this puts it in the " Yard Tree " category so as Holland Dell mentioned with yard tree often comes metal.
Ain't worth any more than any other firewood until it is milled, even then it might be only worth firewood.
I bet it most likely rots. There is plenty of rotten wood locally now that has been for sale for years and now is free, but it's too late. It's too far gone for good firewood.
That is considered a yard tree by the mills - isn't worth any thing to them. If you load them up and take to a local miller , course you need to pay them for the service of making it into slabs, then you might have something to sell at a good rate after you dry it. Green it is still firewood and not the high btu stuff at that.
None. The guy asked me twice what my offer was but i had wanted to post this thread first and have some fun. Im thinking of $50 for the small log. We have not milled any BW yet save for a small log and the heartwood is very rot resisitant. Maybe a set of Adirondack chairs made from a variety of rot proof woods.
I'm sure he has had overwhelming response and will get back to Brad as soon as he catches up with all the calls...
More high priced firewood LOL. I think this is the Walnut that was for sale in my previous post for $6000
LOL , could be. There used to be a Miller at the top of the hill on 22 but he moved , so it is possible I am now the closest.
Honestly no idea. These woods were logged with horses many years ago and this area was the yard I beleive. There may have even been a mill around here somewhere. I learned of the logging operations via an old friend's maternal Grandfather who as a young teen had helped Mr. Bussemer with his logging. A timber cutter would look at them as yard trees, but really they aren't. I do have a couple big boys on the other side of the crick that may have some metal, but their size makes taking the risk worth it, I'd imagine. ~30" DBH. Perhaps I will find out someday. The slunger lives down in the crick valley. Almost 3 foot diameter and 20+ foot of clear wood. If I were in a guessing contest I'd put them somewhere around a hundered years. They could be average, slow or fast growing though and only the rings tell the truth.
A guy I know from many years ago cultivated a 20 acre property with select hardwoods and pruned them religiously. he was double my age at the time so he’s got to be passed by now or pushing 90+. he called it his “retirement woods”. When I had seen the place it was nothing but black walnut and select hickory that were true and straight. Probably 16-20” in diameter at the time. Hundreds of trees. that’s where he invested his time and money into the future. No clue what those woods would ever be worth to his kids and grandchildren. But they all shared his passion for it I know that.
