Growing up 4th generation in the tree business, in the Mid Atlantic area, we only brought home Oak, Hickory, and Black Locust. Every thing else we wholesaled out to a local farmers market. Long retired from the tree business, I still have access to all of the Oak I can use, and jump at the chance to get Black Locust. I have a good friend that works for UPS. One of his customers had the power company clear a right of way behind their house, and stacked up the logs and told the home owners to have at it. He took my small trailer and I took my dump trailer. The logs we took all needed my 36" bar. I thought he was going to start crying when I drug several big Poplar logs out of the way. He's ranting it's all good wood. I said yes Mike, it's good wood, but behind the Poplar was a bunch of straight as an arrow White Oak. So I bucked that and rolled it up my ramp. Then he started crying again because I flopped a big forked piece out of the way. That's good White Oak, don't leave it! Mike, I'm 60 years old, I can't roll it, and it won't stack, leave it for the next scrounger. In the end we filled both trucks and both trailers with straight White Oak. I don't feel like a Wood Snob. I feel if I'm the first on the scene, I have the choice of Cherry picking. Mentioning Cherry, if there had of been any Cherry in the pile I would have taken it. I love the smell of Cherry burning. With the 4X4 Dodge, I hooked a chain to the Poplars and drug them out from in front of the Oak. I feel a did a good deed for the next scrounger that might not have had the tools to get those logs in the open. I also left the wood the average homeowner had the tools to work up, and took the bigger stuff I prefer. If you were the first on a scrounge, would you take the lesser wood, just because it was in front. I don't feel like a Wood Snob.
My wood shed full of Oak:
Couple piles of Oak:
Couple Oak logs:
Oak bench in front of fire pit:
Oak stump table base:
I'm not a Wood Snob, I just like Oak, Joe.
My wood shed full of Oak:
Couple piles of Oak:
Couple Oak logs:
Oak bench in front of fire pit:
Oak stump table base:
I'm not a Wood Snob, I just like Oak, Joe.