oldsaw
"Been There, Milled That"
Everything is yellow. Have a friend who has 100+ acres he is developing, all surrounded by thick stands of osage orange. Hundreds of trees, many of them 16-24" in diameter. Frustrating as all get out. Anything that was nice sized today had big voids in the middle or really nasty ring shake. Did some small stuff just to see what it was like.
It wasn't nearly has hard to mill as I expected. I got quite a few passes on my first chain before it dulled. Unfortunately, it didn't yield a lot of boards. Lester brought home 6 or 8, and I brought home 3 small but nice ones.
Today was just a trial run. Not sure how much of this stuff I want, but it wouldn't take long to get a lifetime's worth out there. I'll see what he drags out, or I find to cut down. Bad part is that it is fencerows, and there is a lot of wire around. Haven't found any grown in yet, but there is a lot of it, and the trees are so thick, it's hard to get any space to work. I'll have access to it for years.
Upside is his buddy is building a new house and has some sizeable oaks that need to come down to fit it in. I get first dibs. The day suddenly got better.
Mark
It wasn't nearly has hard to mill as I expected. I got quite a few passes on my first chain before it dulled. Unfortunately, it didn't yield a lot of boards. Lester brought home 6 or 8, and I brought home 3 small but nice ones.
Today was just a trial run. Not sure how much of this stuff I want, but it wouldn't take long to get a lifetime's worth out there. I'll see what he drags out, or I find to cut down. Bad part is that it is fencerows, and there is a lot of wire around. Haven't found any grown in yet, but there is a lot of it, and the trees are so thick, it's hard to get any space to work. I'll have access to it for years.
Upside is his buddy is building a new house and has some sizeable oaks that need to come down to fit it in. I get first dibs. The day suddenly got better.
Mark