Author Topic: Logs (Read 2668 times)

WDH · « **Reply #40 on:** December 05, 2019, 09:53:18 PM »

A guy on Facebook had a walnut log and I inquired. He said that it was 18" across. I asked for a pic and he send several. Turned out to be that highly valuable mockernut hickory walnut

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YellowHammer · « **Reply #41 on:** December 05, 2019, 11:27:17 PM »

That’s the guy! He’s here too, everywhere, saying hickory is walnut.

“It’s got to be a walnut, it drops these big, black nuts”. It’s a hickory.

“It’s got to be a walnut, it’s straight as an arrow and I have hundreds of them.” It’s a hickory.

“I can’t be a hickory, it looks like a walnut.” It’s a hickory.

“My neighbor is an idiot, he burned all his walnut for firewood last year.” It’s a hickory.

“It can’t be a hickory, the guy I bought it from says it a walnut.” It’s a hickory.

Believe it or not, some of these guys are so persistent, I have @WDH on speed dial, and I say “If you don’t believe me, believe this guy, he’s a professional.” In that case, nope, it’s an ash.

WDH · « **Reply #42 on:** December 06, 2019, 07:38:36 AM »

I blame all this ashing around on Southside.

My walnut hickory guy was persistent too.

I did not know that there was such a thing as speed dial anymore

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Magicman · « **Reply #43 on:** December 06, 2019, 08:31:06 AM »

Just for reference, this is a trailer load of Highly Valuable Walnut logs.

When I am sawing "hourly rate" it does not matter; large, small, short, or tall, I saw them all and had a "Goat Note" in my pocket when I got back home.

This was one of the very rare instances when a customer brought his "logs" to me. Whatcha Sawin' 2019

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Southside · « **Reply #44 on:** December 06, 2019, 10:55:51 AM »

Walking away with a Goat Note sure made that a highly valuable load of walnut logs, at least to you it was!!

SawyerTed · « **Reply #45 on:** December 06, 2019, 10:57:13 AM »

Walnut hickory guy has a brother, “white oak poplar” guy and they have a sister. Her name is “can you saw this stick into lumber girl.” Their cousin is “I have a cedar”. They all have a neighbor with a sawmill that will pay them just for the privilege to saw their high value trees into lumber worth millions.

Sorry for the sarcasm, I just got through explaining to a guy why I won’t pay a tree service $5,600 to cut down the walnut trees in his yard.

YellowHammer · « **Reply #46 on:** December 06, 2019, 12:42:22 PM »

I get a lot of the “Payem” brothers also. I think it’s a strategy of the tree cutters to convince the land owners that they can sell the logs to help pay for the arborist service.

stavebuyer · « **Reply #47 on:** December 06, 2019, 05:15:13 PM »

Quote from: YellowHammer on December 06, 2019, 12:42:22 PM

I get a lot of the “Payem” brothers also. I think it’s a strategy of the tree cutters to convince the land owners that they can sell the logs to help pay for the arborist service.

and real estate agents....

SawyerTed · « **Reply #48 on:** December 06, 2019, 05:30:28 PM »

Quote from: YellowHammer on December 06, 2019, 12:42:22 PM

I get a lot of the “Payem” brothers also. I think it’s a strategy of the tree cutters to convince the land owners that they can sell the logs to help pay for the arborist service.

Yes! It's a tree service ploy so they don't have to haul the heavy stuff to the landfill!

Old Greenhorn · « **Reply #49 on:** December 06, 2019, 05:59:33 PM »

Quote from: SawyerTed on December 06, 2019, 05:30:28 PM

Yes! It's a tree service ploy so they don't have to haul the heavy stuff to the landfill!

AH HA!!!! This explains what I never understood. "Why do they do this?" Now I have an explanation when I run up against this.

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