I would love a mill.. just not in my cards for some years yet. I would do mostly for me and the house projects. Then sell some.
Just to help off set the cost of the mill... No high expectations.
Part of the problem Jay is that people view fire wood like gold up here. Most mills won't pay me much more than firewood prices and only if I will deliver it at my expense. Most people keep their wood for fire wood. Best sometimes I can offer is to trade processed firewood for a log. Often I am...
I see some pretty straight logs here all the time.. Sad they will never fall into a shipwrights or millers hands..
Destined for the wood stove is usually the fate..
Even a log like this one I would have rather had it go to a mill.
The canyon live oaks here were prized for that very reason Al. Long straight branches and trunks.
Couple of the limbs on this ol man are as big as trees. Can you say 60 foot limb walk?? :lol:
It is also why here are so few of the big ones left ;)
That one was probably under 100 years... More to the tune of about 65-75. Medium growth rate I believe.
Quercus chrysolepis, Same species we climbed and they get centuries old. That is the larger of the two codoms.
This is the stump. Same saw I mentioned for size reference.
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This was about a 1000# canyon oak nuggy.... That is an 066 wiht a 28 bar. The chunk was a little longer than 4 foot.
It did not squirt me though. Maybe I should have tickled it a little more..... :/:
Canyon live oak is some dense shat! Heavier than our interior live oak...
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