Free wood

[chiefs584ever]

Hit the motherload of free wood this weekend. Approx 12 downed trees with easy access on flat ground. Got one dump trailer full on Saturday and will work a couple more loads per week until I have it all home. Will post pics at a later time, but it was a very good score for me. The boys and myself will be busy with me in the upcoming weeks.

 

[Hedgerow]

Hit the motherload of free wood this weekend. Approx 12 downed trees with easy access on flat ground. Got one dump trailer full on Saturday and will work a couple more loads per week until I have it all home. Will post pics at a later time, but it was a very good score for me. The boys and myself will be busy with me in the upcoming weeks.

Looking forward to pics. What kind of trees did this mother load consist of?

 

[chiefs584ever]

I am really not sure what it is. It has a smooth type bark but the heart of the wood is very dark and the wood is very dense and heavy. I was thinking it might be some type of hickory.

 

[chiefs584ever]

Here are some pics of the wood. Any idea as to what kind it is?

 

[England14]

Looks like firewood to me.

 

[mhyme71]

Black walnut 100% sure of it

 

[HD-tech-NH]

Nice!

 

[Shifty Eyed]

Black walnut 100% sure of it

As a woodworker, I can't help cringe a little when I think of the possibilites that wood would have had coming off the the sawmill.

On the other hand . . . it does burn nice.

 

[Hedgerow]

As a woodworker, I can't help cringe a little when I think of the possibilites that wood would have had coming off the the sawmill.

On the other hand . . . it does burn nice.

Yup... Black walnut for sure... Just make sure it's good and dry before you burn it. It'll be a more pleasant experience. It also splits great...

 

[iowa]

Yup... Black walnut for sure... Just make sure it's good and dry before you burn it. It'll be a more pleasant experience. It also splits great...

+1 on walnut. It's a medium duty firewood as I call it. It's not oak or hickory! But let it dry for at least a yr before burning!

 

[crowbuster]

walnut

 

[Wood Doctor]

Walnut = $

Free walnut?

Around here you could pick up about $400 per 10' log at the sawmill if it's over 12" in diameter. :snicker:

Of course, you have to be able to pick up the log and deliver it to the mill.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Places around here will only buy from guys with a "Master Logger" certificate.

 

[Shifty Eyed]

Places around here will only buy from guys with a "Master Logger" certificate.

What, exactly, is a "Master Logger"? How does one go about getting the certification?

 

[Haywire Haywood]

It's a course you have to take from the state in order to log professionally. Basically they teach you environmental laws and requirements. Silt fences, rules about streams, etc. They don't teach you how to run a chainsaw. It's less than a week long. It's a Kentucky thing.

Ian

 

[doobie57z]

So would a professional fisherman have to get a "master baiter " certificate?

 

[STLfirewood]

So would a professional fisherman have to get a "master baiter " certificate?

I have one of those. Got it when I was 12 and never looked back.