Whatcha Sawin' 2025 ??

[jpassardi]

Yes, nice lumber.
The Bobcat must have been after rabbits or squirrels or something in the log pile.

[Nebraska]

I ve seen only a couple in my life both from a tree stand that was pretty awesome .

[Resonator]

Been a very healthy year for the little bunny rabbits, so that's likely what he was looking for.

[caveman]

The ash is stunning.  What spacing are you using on your stickers with the pine?  Your boards seem to turn out really flat despite appearing to be quite a distance apart.

[Resonator]

Yes, ideally there should be more stickers. I tend to run out of stickers, before I run out of boards that need to be stacked...
Pretty much everything I saw is 8' and shorter, and I build my pallets 7' long. Pine 2x's I get by with 3 stickers per row, and actually for the most part it behaves pretty good. Pine 1x's I'll use a minimum of 3, ideally 5. I tend to use a minimum number stacking right off the mill just to keep it from molding. Some of the pine 1x's I will sort into different widths, and will add more then. When I saw hardwood (like with the ash stack) I make sure to use at least 5 stickers per layer. 

[barbender]

I'm surprised that black ash isn't more popular than it is. Some of it is nearly as dark as walnut, it is truly beautiful wood. Unfortunately, EAB has made it to the edge of Minnesota's ash range. I understand we have more acres of ash than any other state. It is going to be sad to watch the EAB kill all of it.

[caveman]

Jmoore and I sawed for about three or three and a half hours this evening for a guy I went and loaded and hauled logs for a week or so ago.  I try not to haul other folk's logs, but this was a short trip, and the guy did not have any other options.  I wanted the client here since his cut list was variable and on the fly.  He was very surprised how much lumber came out of his logs.

I was surprised how much live edged 1x he wanted, but the customer makes the choices.





I still have to tally it all up and figure out what the guy owes us, but he did leave a decent down payment.

Last Tuesday, we got hosed.  I delayed departing for a short vacation for a couple of days to procure logs and saw boards for some folks who wanted to have barn siding available for 7/4.  JMoore and I sawed 84 16' 1x10's and a bunch of battens on 7/2 and I waited around on 7/3 to load them.  I've sent four or five texts and called and have had zero response.  Prior to sawing, I have had close to a dozen texts or conversations with them.  I might need to build a barn.  No good deed goes unpunished. 

[Nebraska]

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A pretty large for me ERC log. Made a decent whack of 11  1/4 in boards a couple of 2x6's. I forgot to take a picture of the log it was about 16"