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  1. Al Smith

    Fat pin oak, tiny backyard!

    I surely have not seen everything but in the pins I've never seen one that wasn't solid . The big oaks ,red and white can get hollow and present a hazard but for reasons unknown to me not so the pin oaks . Another thing a big wind can come along and blow big solid limbs right off the big oaks...
  2. Al Smith

    Fat pin oak, tiny backyard!

    I've fought those snarly rascals loading a truck with brush more than I care to .The danged things get all wound up .Scratch you like a cat and you about have to pull the load off on one piece .It's probabley about as bad trying to feed into a chipper . I use the bone dry ash cut off scraps I...
  3. Al Smith

    Fat pin oak, tiny backyard!

    That stuff is as tough as any oak but that and burr oak you just don't see much usage of .Speaking of which though I have about a three footer next to my drive way about 65 feet tall . A pin because of it's nature will atrophy the bottom limbs when they no longer are beneficial to the tree .My...
  4. Al Smith

    Fat pin oak, tiny backyard!

    That is one fat azzed pin oak for sure .Lot'sa work right there ,nice job . There isn't much pin oak is good for except cribbing and firewood .Firewood it's about like splitting a piece of granite . In additon to that the brush is a pain in the buttocks because it gets all snarled up .
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