New Meaning to Suburban Wood Cutting!

[Buzz-sawyer]

Hey Kirk you still got the spunk of a yung guy...all I can say is ,"STICK IT TO THE MAN"

[Frank_Pender]

 8)I do not know about curly Eastern Cherry.  But, it sure is sloaping Cherry. ;D

  The next time the fella show to give you some sort of notice I would hand him your attorney's business card. 8) 8)

[Stephen_Wiley]

Kirk,

I am not certain which you are having more fun with, finding the logs, making nice lumber or playing with the inspector's.  :D

[Fla._Deadheader]

I vote fer option 3.  8) 8) Give 'em what for, I love it  8) 8) 8) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Kirk_Allen]

I think Im having more fun finding free cherry and other goodies in the wood pile!  

1.Inspecotrs are a short lived pain in the you know what.  
2. Playing with them is just as short lived.
3. Cutting wood and making things from it lasts forever!

I dug through the last wood pile today and found more cherry.  Im beginning to think this field used to be a cherry orchard.  I cut into the pile for close to 4 hours today and uncovered another 2 cherry trees.
 
I will post some pics tomorrow.  Im going to take the mill to the logs this time.  

No, Im not giving into the inspectors.  I simply dont have any more room on my trailer  to haul logs home because of the  lumber I cut yesterday so I will cut it were it lies and use the neighbors truck to shuttle it back to the house and stack it in my back yard.  

I wonder  if they will accuse me of having a lumber yard?  I currently have about 1000 BF of White Oak stacked in the back yard and another 500 BF of Birch.  If I add the cherry to it Im confident they will find something to say about.

Oh well, it will have to be their problem not mine.  The current trailer load will go to the farm Wednsday and I think I can get the rest of what is strored here in one more trip.
 
Boy will I be relived to have all this cut and stacked 8)

[Kirk_Allen]

IM DONE  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
I took an early trip to the farm with the load of wood I had from cutting the other day and I cut up the last of the Cherry in my local gold mine today 8)





This load from today was just over 1100 BF of some great looking wood!



Totals from the wood piles!

Cherry- 8200 BF
Red Oak - 6500 BF
Walnut - 1800 BF
Maple - 700 BF
Ash - 250 BF

Now I guess I have to build a Kiln so I can start using some of this stuff.  I have it all air drying in our old chicken barn right now.

I guess now that my local wood supply is exhausted I can take the mill back to the farm.  This should make the village inspector happy.


Anyone want to buy some cherry?

[Buzz-sawyer]

Hey Kirk...looks like your up about 10 grand minimum!
Don

[Kirk_Allen]

Buzz,
I hope that I can get a lot more than 10K.

I plan on planing one side and edging one edge after its dry and then try to sell most of it.

I do have 400 BF of Walnut sold "as is" and was given a deposit on it Saturday.  I got $4.00 bf so Im happy since I dont have to mess with it anymore.  

Is that a fair price? I know Rockler and Woodcraft sell if for about $7-8.00 bf but thats dried and planed on both sides and edged on both sides.

 I have not sold any of the wood I have cut until this weekend and that was with no effort on my part.  When I was unloading the last stack of wood a local woodworker was driving by and saw the trailer full of fresh cut wood and pulled in to talk.  One thing led to another and I ended up selling wood on the spot.

[MemphisLogger]

That's an extremely good price--make that customer happy  ;)

[Keltic]

Beautiful wood, I'm envious. I wish our cherry grew that large, here it's just a weed.

[Kirk_Allen]

I was asked yesterday what the + and - of living on the farm were and all I could think of was the things I dealt with in the suburbs.  Thought I would bring it back to the front for all those new members who are just getting started or hoping to but not sure what to expect in a Suburban environment. 

Boy am I ever happy here on the farm 8)