Sawin Florida Style

[Fla._Deadheader]

Thursday and Friday, we spent the day retrieving logs from the river. Friday morning we sawed before we went to the river. Looked like this.




And then, there was today

[Stan]

I don't see any snow. You could be livin' north of Richmond where everybody got some.  :

[Fla._Deadheader]

Left there in '73. Had all the snow I needed, by then :D :D

[chet]

Heck Deadheader ya should move yur operation up here. Ya can stand on da water around here now, wouldn't even need da boat. What yur son think of ice diving?
Da ice makes a DanG good platform to winch from too.  

[Fla._Deadheader]

 :D :D :D  No Tanks, Chet :D :D

[Kevin]

That's right, no tanks.
Just breathe fresh air.

[oakiemac]

Deadheader,
How is the wood after it has been soaking in the water for all those years? Got any pictures of the boards off the mill?

[Fla._Deadheader]

Oakie, I got more pics in the Photo Gallery than most members.  : :  DanG, is that a wise statement???
  Take a wander through the Gallery. Most board pics are of Pecky Cypress, and are titled as such. I took a pic of some GORGEOUS 24" slightly Pecky, midnight Cypress yesterday, and the pic came out BLUE ??? ???  If ya can't find 'em, I will post a few again.
  When we get the load delivered tomorrow, I will snap a few pics of some of the color variations of the solid Cypress.

[Buzz-sawyer]

Oakie
I believe the tree(cypress) although very rot resistant ....is ultimately "saved" by the submersion particularly if it is covered with sand and silt.....no aerobic? bacteria can work and temps are cool and constant....in Florida 's post on his swamp and woods  a good example was, when a tree was cut circa 1900 and exposed (from dry up) then covered (in spring) suffering the effects of drying out insect and sumbersion annnually....still there.... but unusable.....
right Harold!?!?!

[Fla._Deadheader]

Buzz has it pegged, almost. We get logs that have laid on solid? ground and dried and them been covered with water and floated out, probably many times, before it got close to the river itself. These logs are sometimes VERY good or VERY rotten. Usually, these logs are covered with moss.
  We had a James Dandy log, Friday, that was about 4 feet across. Heavy sucker, but, had a hole you could crawl through from end to end. : :
  It's like ole' Forrest Gump said, Ya never know what you are gonna get : ;D :D :D :D

  IF I can remember, I can get a few before and after shots next week and show y'all what I am 'splainin???

[DanG]

So, Harold. Did y'all have to make a quick trip to the Goodwill store? I didn't think Ed had any long britches. :D :D

[Fla._Deadheader]

DanG, when we moved to Florida from Arkansas, we had some like new long britches. Cut up most of 'em fer shorts, but, kept a few in their original condition. ;) ;D :D :D :D :D