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Cut some GUM today

Started by yarnammurt, January 12, 2015, 03:46:18 PM

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yarnammurt

With he price of gum I thought I would thin the wood lot out. Right now its $60 ton for nasty gum logs. Should be 12-14 ton, Last one I hauled was 14 and some change. 

  

 
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Thats a load.  :D The tires are grunting!
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WDH

Poston wants to cut some siding from that  ;D.
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Quote from: WDH on January 12, 2015, 03:56:08 PM
Poston wants to cut some siding from that  ;D.

It would make some DanG good barn siding.  :)
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

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Jemclimber

It's a tough crowd for the goat. Always someone waiting to pounce.  :D
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Quote from: Jemclimber on January 13, 2015, 11:11:53 AM
It's a tough crowd for the goat. Always someone waiting to pounce.  :D
Kinda like coyotes ain't they

POSTON WIDEHEAD

Quote from: Jemclimber on January 13, 2015, 11:11:53 AM
It's a tough crowd for the goat. Always someone waiting to pounce.  :D

You're right Jem......one day I'm gonna fly off the handle and clear out some of these threads.  :D :D :D :D
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lawnsbylane

Why not saw some cross ties out of them ??? is it worth more as chip or what

yarnammurt

Sweet gum, And it is going to a tie mill. I have 3 more loads 8)
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dean herring

Saw some gum lumber on another post, it looked good. But not knowing if it will be I am asking.
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dean herring

Going to have a BIG sweet gum cut that is close to our house. Should I save it to cut when I do get my mill?
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pineywoods

Dean, I think you will find that sweetgum logs don't store very well. Best to saw into boards as quickly as possible.. Oh, and quartersaw it. Stack and sticker well, plenty of weight on top, and cover with roofing tin.
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reubenT

yup.  That microbial life sure loves munching on it.   I sawed railroad ties for awhile,  picking them up and stacking them by myself got old.     The biggest piece of steel I ever hit was in the middle of a black gum.   Some guy was plowing the mountainside field long ago an lost a mule shoe.   hung it on the branch of a sapling.     When I hit something real solid in there,  was making 2x8's for my shed,  didn't want to loose the board so turned the log around and sawed in from the other end close to the object and split the board off.   I still have a rafter in the shed roof with the mule shoe buried in it.

fishfighter

Is gum any good to make stickers? I have a few I need to clear cut. They are on the small side. If they are not good, I will just pile them up and burn them as I did in the past.

WDH

They will warp and twist unless quartersawn.  But, if you quartersawed it, I wouldn't use that for stickers  :).
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terrifictimbersllc

Quote from: Jemclimber on January 13, 2015, 11:11:53 AM
It's a tough crowd for the goat. Always someone waiting to pounce.  :D
Or a troll under the bridge.

p.s. here it is, with even more stories about goats!   http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122e.html
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fishfighter

Thanks for the heads up about using them for stickers. Burn pile they will go. :D

dean herring

Thanks for the info. Think I  will just let that gum live a little longer.
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WDH

All the spiral grain woods like sweetgum, blackgum, sycamore, elm, and hackberry are very difficult to deal with.
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