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another arborsiter suggested i repost the below from the 101 forum to here. as i say below, this is all new to me and if you were in my shoes, what would you guys do?
Hi folks, I've lurked around here for a little while and sending out my first sos. The (extended) family farm is clearing a waterway which included a plan to bulldoze/burn some trees. i jumped on the opportunity to "save" them but am clueless what to do with them. The smaller of the two is around 30" dbh and has its first limb around 10'. The second has a 48" diameter at the cut line and the crotch starts at 11'. no rot in either but could be some spalting on the big one from what i can see at the base. Both trees were straight, grew on flat ground, but were also alone in the middle of a field.
I'm new to wood working (outside of a few osage longbows) and am basically saving this wood for future projects. What would you do with these? live edge bar top? table? a couple slabs and the rest 4/4? A portable mill is coming next month. what thicknesses do you suggest for "general future projects"? (scraps are getting saved for the smokehouse)
attached is the larger of the two.
Hi folks, I've lurked around here for a little while and sending out my first sos. The (extended) family farm is clearing a waterway which included a plan to bulldoze/burn some trees. i jumped on the opportunity to "save" them but am clueless what to do with them. The smaller of the two is around 30" dbh and has its first limb around 10'. The second has a 48" diameter at the cut line and the crotch starts at 11'. no rot in either but could be some spalting on the big one from what i can see at the base. Both trees were straight, grew on flat ground, but were also alone in the middle of a field.
I'm new to wood working (outside of a few osage longbows) and am basically saving this wood for future projects. What would you do with these? live edge bar top? table? a couple slabs and the rest 4/4? A portable mill is coming next month. what thicknesses do you suggest for "general future projects"? (scraps are getting saved for the smokehouse)
attached is the larger of the two.