And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Believe it or not, I hauled a log that looked very similar to that in '83 to the Erickson mill in Marysville, CA. That was on orders from the Erickson people, not the Forest Service sellers of the timber. Erickson wanted the 'jacket' boards of Sugar Pine logs like that so they could cut 5/4 Shop and Moulding boards which at the time was the most valuable lumber they were producing.
Granted, that is a Fir tree, and it is pretty gnarly, so it's best use probably would be in making firewood.
BTW, the logger I was working for paid the trucks by the load because of stuff like that, and he very nearly went broke because he wanted to be fair. But on the bright side, he got plenty of jobs from Erickson after that because he was a great logger and a great guy. Even though he was known as "The Red-Headed Prick".
We had this discussion at work the other day. What is stronger; the heart wood or the sap wood? Granted we were talking about some walnut with too much sap wood in relation to the heartwood, but we couldn't come up with a decent answer.
Uhmm... I think it's already burned out. That looks like a wildland firefighter standing on top of the tree.
ReplyDeleteThat was hollow before it started burning.
DeleteProlly easy to split what's left.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I hauled a log that looked very similar to that in '83 to the Erickson mill in Marysville, CA. That was on orders from the Erickson people, not the Forest Service sellers of the timber. Erickson wanted the 'jacket' boards of Sugar Pine logs like that so they could cut 5/4 Shop and Moulding boards which at the time was the most valuable lumber they were producing.
ReplyDeleteGranted, that is a Fir tree, and it is pretty gnarly, so it's best use probably would be in making firewood.
BTW, the logger I was working for paid the trucks by the load because of stuff like that, and he very nearly went broke because he wanted to be fair. But on the bright side, he got plenty of jobs from Erickson after that because he was a great logger and a great guy. Even though he was known as "The Red-Headed Prick".
Woodpeckers are big out that way.
ReplyDeletepack it full of illegals and roll it down the hill
ReplyDeleteGreat culvert or make a small hot tub!
ReplyDeleteBourbon barrels pre-made, shelter in a pinch
ReplyDeleteWe had this discussion at work the other day. What is stronger; the heart wood or the sap wood? Granted we were talking about some walnut with too much sap wood in relation to the heartwood, but we couldn't come up with a decent answer.
ReplyDeleteJust a guess but I'd say heart wood is stronger because its more dense but probably more brittle. So, horses for courses.
DeleteIncredibly useful, used as the cap to conceal your concrete culvert emergency tunnel/bunker escape hatch, just like in Hogan's Heroes.
ReplyDeleteAll right! pre-burnt firewood!
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