RedNeck Logging big round ones made flat

[CrealBilly]

Yup, Sounds good to me, so how does this work? :icon_scra I have a Sport Trac? :eusa_thin


Sincerely,

What's a Sport Trac?

 

[CrealBilly]

OH BOY! Would a shrink have a field day with this crew or what??
:rotflm::rotflm::rotflm::rotflm::rotflm::rotflm::rotflm:

What you don't see a snakes on these pics? They are staring right at you, with their eyes

 

[CarvedTones]

I have a friend that needs a lot of trees taken also. They are in a really wet area of his lot in an old neighborhood. They are tall and spindly, but several are over 1' in diameter, some are pretty straight and there are a couple that probably can't reach the house when cut. This sounds like a gold mine, no? :rolf:
Gum carves reasonably well and is authentic for treenware. You prolly should have cut blanks. Never mind that there are probably only a dozen guys in the state carving colonial treenware...

 

[MrAudio815]

What's a Sport Trac?

Ford Explorer sport trac, A short bed with a bed extender. I can borrow a trailer in. Just let me know what we need to do.

Sincerely,

 

[paul dyar]

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']I had always been told that sweet gum was not good for anything. But several years ago I read an article, (don't remember where) that said sweet gum was a sought after tree overseas. They referred to it as poor man’s walnut. Let us know how it turns out.[/FONT]
paul

 

[CrealBilly]

I am highly suspicious about the sweet gum I have pictured here - I got a look at it today the sap (white wood) is shrinking faster than the heart wood (dark brown wood) on some of the board ends the heart wood is sticking out on the end of the boards a good 1/4" from the sap wood.

There has got to be a ton of stress in the boards - somethings got to give - waiting for splitting but none yet, other than some usually end grain checking. Maybe this stuff will surprise me but I doubt it... Me thinks it's destined to be a pile of snakes...

 

[Gotcha6]

Jeff, did ya get your $$ up front?
Something tells me this customer's gonna say, "I can't use THAT!" when it dries.
And you're gonna say, "I told ya so."
And he's gonna say, "Yeah, but you shoulda told me I didn't know what I was talkin' about."
DAMHIKT

 

[CrealBilly]

Jeff, did ya get your $$ up front?
Something tells me this customer's gonna say, "I can't use THAT!" when it dries.
And you're gonna say, "I told ya so."
And he's gonna say, "Yeah, but you shoulda told me I didn't know what I was talkin' about."
DAMHIKT

I am the customer

 

[Don Sorensen]

I have a friend with two BIG sweet gums in his yard. Was looking for someone to come take them down and take them away. 2 ft dia at the base, and a good 1-1/2 ft dia 40 feet off the ground. And mostly straight.

But they're only about 30 feet from the house.

Anyway he had heard that sweet gum was good, but difficult. "Dries like a pile of snakes" is exactly what he said. So it takes lots of stickering and lots of weight on the stack.

Just my 2 cents

 

[CrealBilly]

I have a friend with two BIG sweet gums in his yard. Was looking for someone to come take them down and take them away. 2 ft dia at the base, and a good 1-1/2 ft dia 40 feet off the ground. And mostly straight.

But they're only about 30 feet from the house.

Anyway he had heard that sweet gum was good, but difficult. "Dries like a pile of snakes" is exactly what he said. So it takes lots of stickering and lots of weight on the stack.

Just my 2 cents

It's pretty wood - holler back at me in a few months and I'll know more about how it dries.

Thanks

 

[Kyle]

I am the customer

been there with the so called magnificent yard grown walnut tree that was 31" diameter..

Paid too much for it..then sawed it and hit enough metal to start my own ironworks. Plan on using a 4 foot section of the butt cut as an anvil stand...

I think your wood may turn out better than anticipated. I know gum makes excellent barn lumber and imagine decent flooring once planed.

 

[CrealBilly]

been there with the so called magnificent yard grown walnut tree that was 31" diameter..

Paid too much for it..then sawed it and hit enough metal to start my own ironworks. Plan on using a 4 foot section of the butt cut as an anvil stand...

I think your wood may turn out better than anticipated. I know gum makes excellent barn lumber and imagine decent flooring once planed.

What is it people pounding nails in trees - I don't get it

 

[CrealBilly]

I was just out back and checked the sweet gum I have sticked - it's twisted up some awful - so bad that it picked up the 700 or so BF of SYP I have stacked on top of it. I should have parked a DC9 on top of it.

Yep just as I thought it's snake wood - Earl how much segment wood can you take at one time? :gar-La;

 

[FredP]

I was just out back and checked the sweet gum I have sticked - it's twisted up some awful - so bad that it picked up the 700 or so BF of SYP I have stacked on top of it. I should have parked a DC9 on top of it.

Yep just as I thought it's snake wood - Earl how much segment wood can you take at one time? :gar-La;

no pics didnt happen.......:gar-La;

 

[CrealBilly]

Well it's been darn near close to a year since I sliced up and stickered the sweet gum. It's still just as pretty as when I put it on sticks but man some of the boards are twisted beyond belief... while some of the other boards dried pretty good and are usable. The way I figure there's about 30 ~ 35% drying defect, which is really high...

 

[FredP]

back to the beginning for the new folks

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