Lucky Break

[lmbeachy]

Freind called the other day and wanted to know if I wanted some walnut logs. Seems his neighbor had a big walnut tree in his yard that he wanted cut down and moved. My friend has an OB that he heats with. He didn't want to burn a nice walnut log so he called me. His neighbor has a new JD backhoe with a grapple attachment so loading logs was no problem. I wish that I would have had my camera to take some shots of the little trailer with the big log. It was really loaded. The old walnut logs on the pile were some that were given to me earlier, they had been laying for a long time before I got them so I didn't get to seal them. They are not lying on the ground, I have posts under them keeping them of the dirt.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/lmbeachy/Log011.jpg


http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/lmbeachy/Log010.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/lmbeachy/Log010.jpg

 

[lmbeachy]

Didn't get the right picture on the other post. This is a picture of the log from a different end. The big log is 8ft long and 30 inches at the butt end. The other logs are 9ft long and the larger one is about 24 inches at big end.


http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/lmbeachy/Log009.jpg

 

[aquan8tor]

Sweet score!!!! That log ought to have some wonderful crotch figure in it!!!
Nice score!!

 

[stonykill]

nice!!! I've gotten lots of free logs, still waiting on the free walnut though. Someday......opcorn:

 

[dustytools]

Nice score there Imbeachy. Be sure to get us some milling pictures.

 

[lmbeachy]

Probably won't get to mill it till after the shootout, at present I don't have a long enough bar to cut all the way through, thought perhaps they might have some at the shootout for sale and could get one at that time.

 

[martrix]

yeah, nice score!:rockn:

Would love to see some progress pics and finished ones when you mill it.

Like someone else said, should get some nice crotch out of that.

How thick do you think you'll mill the boards? 1 1/4"?

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

:jawdrop:


opcorn: opcorn:



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