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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: meelace on May 15, 2015, 03:58:57 PM
I have been following the forum for a couple of months now and joined a couple of days ago. I am 35 years old, live in MN I work full time in Law Enforcement, go to grad school and have two little kids (1 and 3). I love the outdoors especially hunting. Over the last few years I have been gaining a interest in wood working and more recently timber framing. I wasn't planning on posting yet but was asked by my grandmother to cut down a crab apple tree at her house. Which I was pumped about because I love to smoke on my Weber smokey mountain. So I have never looked too closely at the tree but upon further inspection I found that it appears to have a good size root burl. I would say its between 20 and 24 inched in diameter. Well I am wondering if it is worth digging it out? I was also able to get a good load of wood for my smoker. Thanks for any info.
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Welcome meelace! I have never seen inside a fruitwood burl, you wont know unless you take a look, i would say chances are better than average that you will find it worth the time.
Welcome and there is lots of knowledge here on this forum and people willing to share.