Rick C.

A neighbor asked me if Iwanted a cherry tree he has.I went to look at it and it was already down,the top was off it and all that is left is the trunk.The tree is 13' long and 44"diameter.this is the biggest cherry I've ever seen.First thing I need to do is take the metal detector down there and check it but it's raining now.
My problem is,the tree has been down since early november and of course was not sealed,could it still make good usable lumber?
Would it help to cut a couple ft. off each end?
I'll have other dilemas,like how to get it on the truck and can the sawmill handle something this big?
I don't need any more fire wood,maybe I can chunk it up and sell it for smokin'.

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Nate1778

MILL IT!!!! I got a bunch of cherry logs that laid out for a few months at least and the wood I got out of them was beautiful. Now its just moving that trunk that is a PITA.............


Here is a link to my adventure, good luck and enjoy it........


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Daren

Mill that bad boy !!! I would not think you would need to cut more than 6" off each end.
Whats a couple nails in a cherry that size, I would crash a bandblade or 4 gladly just for the chance to mill it because I have never seen one near that big myself.
Got any wrecker companies close to you with a "roll on bed" with a big wench...problem solved. I have done that before myself. If there was a nice city log down someplace and I just did not have time to go fetch it I called the wrecker outfit I know and for $50-$75 it was picked up and delivered and I didn't lift a finger.
If it's really 44" and you can buck it to solid looking ends at 12' that is 1300 bft of cherry

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TexasTimbers

Rick,

Cut some cookies off the ends of that thing. Cut them 6" thick, sticker them on top of each other, and set a North Carolina class battleship on top of them.

In a few years you'll have some table tops that cannot be found elsewhere. You do not have to wait 1 year per inch to put them in service.

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Rick C.

Thanks Guys for the quick response,
Unfortunately it's not nails I'm worried about.It's old cattle fence.There's no visible sign from the bottom so I may get lucky.
I suffer from severe technology impairment,but if I can figure out how to get pics on here I will.Any guesstimation on what a 44"x12' cherry would weigh?

Julian the woodnut

It's got to weigh 2000-3000 I bet. I had a 32" Diameter-8' long elm that weighed 1200-1500.

TexasTimbers

Closer to 6000 pounds if the small end is 40".

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Julian the woodnut

Wow! It's going to take one good sized tractor to get that one.

Daren

How to post photos.

And yea what TT said, 3 tons.

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Nate1778

Most Boom services in my area are $90 an hour, 2 hr minimum. Not bad for 3 tons and no issues.

Rick C.

Daren,
Thanks for the info on posting pics.It doesn't seem too difficult.
Now if I can figure out how to hook up my 35mm to the computer.Just kiddin'.
Thanks,
Rick

Daren

Yes, pictures man, pictures !

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Rick C.

Sorry guys,
My wife and I have been working for hours trying to upload these pics and all we get is "invalid'.I don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong or windows vista uses a different route.Needless to say I've been.I think it's best to wait til I can get some further assistance .
Rick

Julian the woodnut

To add photos, you need to upload the images to photobucket.com. From there copy the direct link code and then come here and click the add image button (The one that looks like an envelope), and paste the code there, then hit enter. That is all there is to it. Now lets see these pics!

Daren

Or if they are saved to your desktop just scroll down below this text box and click "manage attachments". It lets you pick the files off your computer and add them to the post. You may be getting "invalid" because of file size...just open them with "paint" since you are using Microsoft and shrink them and save as a jpeg.

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TexasTimbers

Rick do not do this please. Our policy is to upload all images via the forum software.

Rick is working on it guys be patient. He has a couple of hurdles to overcome but he's almost there.

Julian please read the Before You Post Pictures sticky in the introduction section. It's been read 1663 times, but we have 8161 members so maybe you are one of the 6498 non-compliant renegades.

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Julian the woodnut

Sorry guys. I am used to posting pics on another forum where you have to use a host site.

Now that said, let's see some cherry or it didn't happen..

Rick C.

Guys,I apologizefor not having these pics on here yet.I truly am totally computer illiterate,Until yesterday I had never heard of jpeg,paint or any of these other terms.We did manage to figure out how to get pics on paint(2 hours of pullin' my hair out).Then we managed to getthem on the desk top (two more hours of my wife wanting to pull my hair out).Then we tried to post them only to get a big red X and a sign saying files corrupt.I feel as expensive as computers are and as helpful as they're supposed to be they would give you step by step instructions.Well, I haven't given up yet. Thanks, Rick

Rick C.

We finally did it,After about12 hours and many phone calls,emails and lots of hair loss.we got the pics on the original big red cherry thread.Thanks to everyone that helped me out through this frustrating learning phase. Rick

TexasTimbers

So where are they!?!?!?

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