Osage Roost
General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: firedup on July 23, 2011, 09:08:15 PM
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Seems like this is the month for wood. First I rolled onto one of my job sites and someone had dumped a load of sugar maple blocks in the road during the nite. They had bucked it down into small pieces to hand load. I figured free firewood for the shop so I loaded it back up, took it home and ran it thru the spitter. Imagine my suprise, most every trunk piece came out with some real nice curl. All short blocks...such a waste. This would have been a high dollar log if cut rite. Next, a co-worker calls me and says there is a big walnut down near his place and if I was interested I could have it. Ok, don't need more walnut but whats a little sweat and effort. Again, big surprise! 25 feet of some real nice butternut. Bout 20-24"+ on the base. At least 3 good 8ft saw logs. Running a back road last week and found another nice butternut down after a storm. Not as big but still worth getting a section or 2. AND THEN...my FIL calls and asks if I want some apple. Well.....YEAH! For any of you that source your own wood, found apple rarely turns out well, Too small, dead in center, nails, ect. Usually lucky to get a few decent pieces. Not this time. Got a nice straight 8ft+ section that is about 17" on the base. All the top went to firewood but got some nice crotch pieces to do something with. So ....after a trip to the sawyer and some drying time (read that 2+ years) I should have a ton of nice material to work with. ;D
Some of the maple.
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/ltpack/calls%202011/tigermaplewood8.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/ltpack/calls%202011/tigermaplewood4.jpg)
wood shed full of the stuff
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/ltpack/calls%202011/tigermaplewood9.jpg)
apple crotch sections and the saw log..get the butternut loaded on off to the mill
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/ltpack/calls%202011/applewood2.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/ltpack/calls%202011/applewood5.jpg)
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*cheers*
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Looks like some nice calls are going to be coming out of the southern mountains. ;D
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That is great to have the problem of you cup running over. ;D Should make some great calls for you, Congrats.
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nice score LT..Congradulations
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That maple is flipping awesome looking..... Great score there LT