Yesterday, I was helping a friend deliver presents and met a gentleman who has two black walnut trees he wants taken down. They are located in the back yard of a home near Lake Royale, just east of Bunn, NC. By sheer eyeball guess from 20' away, one is 12" dbh and the other maybe 16" dbh. He will give the wood to whomever will take the trees down and clean up the slash, BUT the cutter must provide a certificate of insurance because the trees are close enough to damage the house in the event of a major ruh-roh. The wife is concerned about damage to adjoining trees from the top of the larger one, and feels that the larger tree should be topped before felled.
I've done a little research, and my friend Google suggests that these trees contain about 200bf of lumber based on one good log each. I've contacted Jeff and he says he can load 'em and slice 'em. I didn't ask and Jeff didn't say how much $$$, other than 'reasonable."
From my past experience at paying insured cutters, the cost of taking them down would almost equal their value, but I was probably ripped off by the cutters.
Wall Lumber sells 100bf bundles of log run walnut for $195.00. His bundles are kiln dried, but these trees would need to go into a kiln or air dry. Seems to me that this might be more trouble than it's worth.
However, if there are any NCWoodworkers who are interested in undertaking this project, email me jim@murphygeomatics.com and I'll give you the name and number of the tree owner. If you do want to do this, I'd like to watch and perhaps take one 4/4 slab home just to play with. (Finder's fee, sort of)
And, a question for those who read this far... Can the larger branches be sliced on a bandsaw to make trim pieces or little boxes, or does the branch wood have some grain/composition issue that makes it unsuitable.
Merry Christmas to all, and I wish you each a most prosperous New Year, whatever your endeavors may be.
Jim
I've done a little research, and my friend Google suggests that these trees contain about 200bf of lumber based on one good log each. I've contacted Jeff and he says he can load 'em and slice 'em. I didn't ask and Jeff didn't say how much $$$, other than 'reasonable."
From my past experience at paying insured cutters, the cost of taking them down would almost equal their value, but I was probably ripped off by the cutters.
Wall Lumber sells 100bf bundles of log run walnut for $195.00. His bundles are kiln dried, but these trees would need to go into a kiln or air dry. Seems to me that this might be more trouble than it's worth.
However, if there are any NCWoodworkers who are interested in undertaking this project, email me jim@murphygeomatics.com and I'll give you the name and number of the tree owner. If you do want to do this, I'd like to watch and perhaps take one 4/4 slab home just to play with. (Finder's fee, sort of)
And, a question for those who read this far... Can the larger branches be sliced on a bandsaw to make trim pieces or little boxes, or does the branch wood have some grain/composition issue that makes it unsuitable.
Merry Christmas to all, and I wish you each a most prosperous New Year, whatever your endeavors may be.
Jim