A day cutting wood

WDH · October 09, 2014, 08:14:38 PM

Wow, how do you find sassafras trees like that ???.

Magicman · October 09, 2014, 08:40:15 PM

And since he did not quite have enough, he said the log that he left at home was even larger.

That was some beautiful lumber. He is taking it to the kiln guy for drying, planing, and T&G.

Peter Drouin · October 09, 2014, 09:36:26 PM

Some nice logs

YellowHammer · October 09, 2014, 10:17:55 PM

Those are some nice sassafras, logs like that are few and far between around here.
YH

New Brunswick · October 10, 2014, 04:19:38 AM

I never heard that name before Sassafras, I had to google it, they are quite the tree in regards to their job in nature and what they can be used for. Oil from the bark is used to flavor rootbeer, tea and also perfume soap....learn something new every day! They are really nice looking logs MM.

WDH · October 10, 2014, 07:37:57 AM

The big ones are extinct around here.

Magicman · October 10, 2014, 08:46:07 AM

We had one old Sassafras that was well over 3' at an old share cropper house site when I was growing up. It is long since gone and I doubt that I have a Sassafras over 12" on the place.

This customer says that there are many large ones where he lives which is in the Bogue Chitto River Basin. I hope that he brings the "larger" log for me to saw.

drobertson · October 10, 2014, 09:01:29 AM

No doubt them are some very nice sassafras logs, I've only sawed a few, but really like it, the smell and the way is saws.

Magicman · October 10, 2014, 09:12:19 AM

The customer carried home a bag of sawdust.

Since this was one of the very few times that the logs were brought to me, I guess that the slabs will be firewood.

Peter Drouin · October 30, 2014, 10:39:50 PM

The last job on the road :D :D :D :D I hope

The bark was coming off and was everywhere. You know how much fun it is when it gets under every cant.
And if you peel it off, The logs are like ice and slide all over, I walked on some bark slipped and fell, Like walking on ice.
No John Deere :(
Every log had limbs 6" long that had to be cut off so they would role :

But it is over, I'm home with work coming in.

First of 3 maybe 4 loads. Cutting out a timber frame sugar house 8) 8) 8)

All the bark is on :D 8) No slippery logs no bugs, All the limbs are flush . And John is here Customers coming Fryday Sat and Sunday to pick up lumber. 8) 8)

Maybe I can get to my cherry logs too. 8) 8) 8)

A long day cutting wood

Magicman · October 30, 2014, 11:00:25 PM

It's nice to see you settled back in Peter and I know that you are happy.

But of course what you are leaving is my normal. :

Peter Drouin · October 30, 2014, 11:13:14 PM

Quote from: Magicman on October 30, 2014, 11:00:25 PM
It's nice to see you settled back in Peter and I know that you are happy. But of course what you are leaving is my normal. :

I did it for a lot of years, But I think you like the travelling more than I do. ;)

thecfarm · October 31, 2014, 08:21:33 AM

Home is a good place to be.
I noticed those logs looked old. The limbs made it that much harder.

Magicman · October 31, 2014, 08:46:35 AM

I often tell a customer that if he had taken one step closer to the log, he would have gotten the limb sawed off. I say it in a joking manner, but I am serious. That prompts them to grab their saw and start trimming. Some folks just do not know.