basswood uses

[coxy]

it works good for truck beds light and pretty strong after it dries    my dad told me they use to use it for planks to roll logs on the truck by hand  he said a 16ft 4x8 a 10year old could carry away when it was dry

[bitternut]

Seems to me that all of our wooden orchard ladders were made of basswood and made by a company in Bath NY. I think the name on them was Babcock. Some of those old ladders we had were up to 40 foot straight ladders. Don't think they were made out of oak.https://forestryforum.com/board/Smileys/default/shocked.gif