The highly valuable black walnut tree thread

[lone wolf]

A long time ago in my youth, I worked at a wood working machine shop where we would occasionally run walnut lumber through a ripsaw and other machines. The stuff would produce clouds of *very* irritating smoke, and it seemed to dull the saw blades a lot faster than the other hardwoods. It's not an easy wood to work with. The finished product in a piece of furniture is very nice looking though. As I recall, the walnut lumber cost more than any of the other woods we had available.

 

[CentaurG2]

I made this toolbox with black walnut:
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Thanks for looking. I still have it.

That is one fine looking box. It would make an ideal box to bring to the range.

 

[unclemoustache]

 

[unclemoustache]

 

[Wood Doctor]

I was asked to make a holster to hold two limbing chain saws for a Unilift Bucket loader that's used for tree trimming. The holster fastens to the front of the fiberglass bucket and the saw bars drop inside slots that cover them. I had some leftover black walnut already on board and used that with frame and panel construction. The owner slops on a coat of varnish every year. He's crazy about it. Sorry I have no Pic (my error).

 

[Mad Professor]

Ha ha ha !!!!

I have unlimited black cherry heartwood some 24" DBH. Walnuts, squirrels eat your heartwood out!

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

There's a township road near me that the township just went and shoved over a couple of walnut trees in the right-of-way with a front-end loader, as that is their preferred way of tree felling.

 

[lone wolf]

There's a township road near me that the township just went and shoved over a couple of walnut trees in the right-of-way with a front-end loader, as that is their preferred way of tree felling.

Try to mill them right there.

 

[lone wolf]

I was asked to make a holster to hold two limbing chain saws for a Unilift Bucket loader that's used for tree trimming. The holster fastens to the front of the fiberglass bucket and the saw bars drop inside slots that cover them. I had some leftover black walnut already on board and used that with frame and panel construction. The owner slops on a coat of varnish every year. He's crazy about it. Sorry I have no Pic (my error).

Can you get a pic I would like to see that?

 

[Wood Doctor]

Can you get a pic I would like to see that?

I think I can. Give me a day or so. I'll try to show it with saws in the twin holsters.

 

[lone wolf]

I think I can. Give me a day or so. I'll try to show it with saws in the twin holsters.

cool!

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Try to mill them right there.

Not much left of them. After they got them on the ground they were cut up into shorter lengths and pushed into several heaps out of the right of way with lots of dirt mixed in.

 

[lone wolf]

Not much left of them. After they got them on the ground they were cut up into shorter lengths and pushed into several heaps out of the right of way with lots of dirt mixed in.

Damn!

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Should have gotten a picture of the Winchester M1 Garand that had a new Boyds walnut stock I got to shoot a few years ago.

 

[Stoneguy]

Last spring I had two quite large walnuts taken down. The utility was going up and down my road clearing anything that was at all close to overhead wires. They took all the branches under about 8"' and left me some really nice long trunk pieces. I cut, split, stacked right away, and was able to burn most of it last winter.

 

[c5rulz]

Can't believe no one posted this yet, every time I see it I laugh:

 

[rarefish383]

Last spring I had two quite large walnuts taken down. The utility was going up and down my road clearing anything that was at all close to overhead wires. They took all the branches under about 8"' and left me some really nice long trunk pieces. I cut, split, stacked right away, and was able to burn most of it last winter.

NO, NO, NO, you didn't BURN HIGHLY VALUABLE BLACK WALNUT, did you? Oh, that's alright, I burn it too. Drives the $10,000 a log guys crazy. When I can't get $10,000 a log, I get $200 a cord, Joe.

 

[c5rulz]

I processed about 5 cord of black walnut and sold it all for "campfire wood". People actually liked the way it burned and smelled better than oak.

 

[johnnyballs]

Can't believe no one posted this yet, every time I see it I laugh:

if i could "like" this 10 times, i would

 

[c5rulz]

if i could "like" this 10 times, i would

For something to be truly funny, there has to be an element of truth to it.

In the past couple weeks I have seen ads in CL for people attempting to sell "yard trees". Some buddies of mine who are full time loggers put semi loads of wood on the ground daily. To get the equipment in needed to process logs let along dealing with the brush and very high possibility of metal makes in economically not feasible.

Here is a good example. I would not take a twig this small if I was in the woods. I seldom take anything under 8".

https://madison.craigslist.org/zip/d/black-walnut-log/6259465891.html