Gixxerjoe04
ArboristSite Member
The other day, my local turning club sent out an email, a woman had a big bur oak tree fall down. Rather than see if cut up for firewood, she wanted woodworkers to come take whatever they wanted. Thought, sweet, could take my mill out there get some nice slabs, wanted to cut some cookies because an arborist estimated to be 300 or so years old. Well I went over there since I was close by to check it out, would be a lot of dangerous work to get it on the ground to be able to mill. Fell over perfect for the home owner since it didn't crush their house, but the tree is being held up by all the monster branches. Not being an experienced guy, won't be cutting wood off of it unless it gets taken to the ground. The one owner told me one tree service came out and said they'd give them a discount if they'd cut it so they could get the lumber, and apparently they're the only ones around here with big enough equipment to deal with trees that size. Measured the circumference, the diameter is a little over 4 feet.