What are you cutting 2025?

[GRANITEstateMP]

Cutterboy,

I had a hollow log a few years ago.  It was just shy of 6', and about 18" around.  I plunged a few vertical slits up the length of the log, just bigger tahn the saw bar.  I then cut a little "snoopy" door/hole at the bottom.  set it up on a flat spot on the dirt driveway the same night we were having a bonefire.  Started a nice little fire in snoopy's door.  Not long after than thing was burning from the inside out.  The plunge holes made for some neat "lights". ZERO heat for the house, but plenty of amusement!

[cutterboy]

Granite, my hollow ash tree would have been perfect for that. Too late now as it is all cut to 16" lengths. Might be good for bird houses.

[doc henderson]

the small ones are good to cook breakfast on.  set stones or metal rebar on the top to support a cast iron skillet or Dutch oven on to let it ventilate.

[Resonator]

Made some flower planters out of a hollow log a few years back, cut sections just tall enough to drop potted plants in.

[BargeMonkey]

 Iced in above Poughkeepsie, waiting our turn till morning. 1wk till freedom. 

[David B]

Kinda chilly, getting down into the 30s at night. 😁

[Peter Drouin]

I have one, 20" dbh 20' long 12" hole from end to end W oak. I was going to cut it up for firewood. But there's nothing there,  Maybe I'll cut it up in 4' pieces and put it out in the woods for habitat, A rabbit might like it.  

[doc henderson]

Maybe they will light it to roast their carrots on.  A Swedish Hare candle.

[Kodiakmac]

https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18202/1000004277.jpg

Back into the white cedar.

[Big_eddy]

https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18202/1000004277.jpg

Back into the white cedar.

Those sure are nice looking cedar. Large and straight. Nothing like that around me. 

[Kodiakmac]

There are some pockets of tall, straight cedar left in this area.  There is one tree on that load that gave me three 12' logs; the top log had an 11" small end diameter.

[David B]

Sunshine wood 

[Nebraska]

That looks really pretty but what is it?

[doc henderson]

Locust? Honey?

[Sheepkeeper]

I'd say Sunshine Locust. Don't think that I'd want a true Honey Locust that close to the house.

[Rhodemont]

Tulip Poplar.  Pic is 26" x 20ft.  In Upper left of pic you can see butt log 32" at base x 20 ft.  Good grief they were tough to get out on the trail.  My tractor and winch worked overtime.

[barbender]

Nice stick!!

[Tom K]

Took advantage of the frozen ground, 2 1/2 logs & 24" DBH

[Rhodemont]

Ground has been frozen so had to get them out before higher temps and rain coming in.  

[g_man]

^^^^^ You guys are cutting some nice logs !   I have mostly junk to cut for firewood making the way for something better. Like this odd shaped 3 stemmed maple blocking the light from the nice pole sized red oak across the trail.








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[thecfarm]

But you are cutting the junk so the good ones can grow. 
I cut junk too.

[cutterboy]

I cut junk too.

Yes, me too. No shortage of junk to cut.

[David B]

The yellow wood tree was mimosa/albizia. I was hoping for Osage when I saw the yellow. 

[PoginyHill]

Cutting the pasture spruce on my property. Abandoned pasture 60+/- years ago grew these plus a handful of large white pine and some wolf maples. I'll have these cut into timbers for my own use since most sawmills won't accept them as a commercial product. Most of these are 80ft high and about 16-18" dbh.







Most of these are white spruce. Did most of their growing the first 25-30 years. Really slowed in the last half of their life. Guessing because completing trees grew up around them. Most have been nice sound wood. Have almost all of the 4mbf I'm looking for.

[cutterboy]

Those spruce sure do have a lot of branches. Must take a while to cut them all off. However, nice straight trees.

I also have a pasture that was abandoned about 60 years ago all grown up to trees. Mostly ash, red maple and black birch. Only the ash grew straight enough for saw logs so lots of firewood from the rest.