curdy
ArboristSite Operative
For those of you that don't already know me, I'll bring you up to speed...
We've done some major work to our property since we moved in about 2.5 years ago. A lot of dead and dying trees were taken down during clean up...along with some healthy ones to make way for an addition. For the trees that didn't get turned into firewood I have bigger and better plans of course...lumber!
I decided the job was way bigger than I wanted to take on alone (I think we roughly guessed over 4000 bd ft), so I've made arrangements for a gentleman with a Wood-Mizer to come in and take care of it. Weather permitting, we should begin this weekend.
With some input from my father along with my trusty lumber mentor: Arboristsite MVP woodshop, I designed 4 platforms for the lumber to be stacked on. All 2x10 PT construction placed on 8" diameter footers at least 24" deep. I don't have a real picture yet, but this should do:
Here are some shots of just some of the stuff we'll be milling.
Red & white oak, black walnut, hickory, maple, and one of my helpers! That pile now also includes some nice sized black cherry logs.
Nice white oak
So I thought I'd get all your mouths watering a couple of days before hand leading up to the milling. Ooh, and speaking of watering mouths...I also have 2 large 55"+diameter black walnut logs that Tree Slayer gave to me in exchange for a table sized slab (Thanks again Rick!). Those are on hold until I can secure some time at my friends place to mill them on his large home made 60" CSM that runs off of his skid steer. And yes, there will be pictures.
We've done some major work to our property since we moved in about 2.5 years ago. A lot of dead and dying trees were taken down during clean up...along with some healthy ones to make way for an addition. For the trees that didn't get turned into firewood I have bigger and better plans of course...lumber!
I decided the job was way bigger than I wanted to take on alone (I think we roughly guessed over 4000 bd ft), so I've made arrangements for a gentleman with a Wood-Mizer to come in and take care of it. Weather permitting, we should begin this weekend.
With some input from my father along with my trusty lumber mentor: Arboristsite MVP woodshop, I designed 4 platforms for the lumber to be stacked on. All 2x10 PT construction placed on 8" diameter footers at least 24" deep. I don't have a real picture yet, but this should do:
Here are some shots of just some of the stuff we'll be milling.
Red & white oak, black walnut, hickory, maple, and one of my helpers! That pile now also includes some nice sized black cherry logs.
Nice white oak
So I thought I'd get all your mouths watering a couple of days before hand leading up to the milling. Ooh, and speaking of watering mouths...I also have 2 large 55"+diameter black walnut logs that Tree Slayer gave to me in exchange for a table sized slab (Thanks again Rick!). Those are on hold until I can secure some time at my friends place to mill them on his large home made 60" CSM that runs off of his skid steer. And yes, there will be pictures.