my dad put a new sheep fence up in 1963. there are still some original locust posts in the ground. the fence was torn down years ago. Joe you think this thread goes fast.which it does. you should try keeping up in the good morning check in thread. i get 3-4 pages behind from morning till evening.
Sorry Steve
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This is black locust I un-burried when grading out front. I started cutting it with the intent of throwing it on the fire pit, then once I started and saw just how solid it was inside I cut it all to length, just couldn't throw that on the bonfire even though the largest piece is only about 6", it's not like spruce
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The numbers on the square will fall apart quickly on this wood, very dirty and very hard(as in sparks flying on clean dry black locust
), anything you save will be lost in sharpening. Also I have not met a faller who works in hardwood yet who runs square for production in hardwood( I've asked), but they do in softwood as well as racing. I cut this locust with a semi chisel and still haven't put a file to it after cutting a bit of white and red oak with the same chain, even if it was full chisel I would have had to freshen it up. Semi has it's place as does square, this was a great place for semi.
Notice the dirt on the lower piece of wood, it's at least 5/8" thick, 16mm for you folks across the ponds
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Here's the locust I've cut this year, I still have a few more buckets of larger rounds to pick up yet. The single row is about 20'x4' and the pile is about the same.