I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with =
a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of p=
ossibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I k=
now) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it g=
o to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?=20
It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
Great info -- will check woodmizer. Obviously I'll have the tree taken down=
by pros, most of the tree is straight for lumber. I'll try and get somebod=
y out here first and them have them commit and ask for lengths he wants -- =
28" even a few feet would need a power lift of some sort. I'm in Indiana.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:43:44 -0700, "Bob La Londe" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"mkr5000" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with
>> a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of
>> possibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I
>> know) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
>>
>> Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it
>> go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
>>
>> What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>>
>> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
>
>We salvaged a broken branch off a black cherry tree at my Grandfathers place
>in Ohio one. It was not a huge branch, but my uncle used it to make some
>curios and boxes very nice items. I have to say the dark heart it's a
>unique and beautiful wood. I certainly wouldn't burn it.
>
>
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Black Cherry is considered medium density at something like 54 lb per
cu ft. Both my brother and my partner in the airplane have woodlots
and have harvested some black cherry - Bruce Peninsula (Wiarton area)
and Huntsville/Parry Sound district. My brother has a portable band
saw mill.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Black Cherry is considered medium density at something like 54 lb
> per
> cu ft. Both my brother and my partner in the airplane have woodlots
> and have harvested some black cherry - Bruce Peninsula (Wiarton
> area)
> and Huntsville/Parry Sound district. My brother has a portable band
> saw mill.
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How close is that to Kincardine?
Lew
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>How close is that to Kincardine?
>>
>>Lew
----------------------------------------------
> My freind's place is closest - About 1 hour 25 minutes by road.
> About
> 2 hours from home (waterloo). 2 hours 35 minutes Waterloo to
> Wiarton.
> About 3 1/2 hours to my brother's place in Huntsville district.
----------------------------------------------------
Just curious.
Kincardine is such a neat place.
They rebuilt the lighthouse back in the 70's.
When we sailed up to the North Channel/Georgian Bay,
we would plan on stopping at Kincardine on the way back.
It was about a 12-14 hour sail from Tobermory (AKA: The Tub)
to Kincardine.
Still have a T-Shirt from The Tub someplace.
Lew
mkr5000 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large
> tree with a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was
> interested in the idea of possibly having them cut into
> manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I know) and putting
> the raw timber on Craigslist.
>
Try to find someone in your area with a portable sawmill who can cut it into lumber for you.
Wood-Mizer (www.woodmizer.com) can put you in touch with owners of their mills in your area.
"G. Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> mkr5000 wrote:
>> I have a Black cherry tree ... 28" diameter ...
> What part of the world are you in?
Presumably in the eastern half of the United States, or extreme southern Canada -- that tree
doesn't grow native anywhere else.
mkr5000 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Great info -- will check woodmizer. Obviously I'll have the tree
> taken down by pros, most of the tree is straight for lumber.
> I'll try and get somebody out here first and them have them
> commit and ask for lengths he wants -- 28" even a few feet would
> need a power lift of some sort. I'm in Indiana.
If you're in the Indianapolis area, I can recommend a sawyer for you, someone who's sawn
several trees for me in the past.
mkr5000 wrote:
> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of possibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I know) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
>
> Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
>
> What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>
> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
What part of the world are you in?
--
GW Ross
What the caterpillar calls 'End of
the World', God calls a butterfly.
On 3/12/2014 8:45 AM, mkr5000 wrote:
> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of possibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I know) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
>
> Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
>
> What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>
> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
>
well you need to do it now, before the water starts pumping again.
your best time to cut is winter.
--
Jeff
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:45:34 AM UTC-5, mkr5000 wrote:
> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down
As others have said, mill the trunk into boards, but also cut the limb fork=
s for turners. Search for a turner's guild in your area. A fork is desira=
ble because it will have some figuring, more so than straight lengths. Alo=
ng any straight lengths, any significant blemishes, showing on the surface,=
may have figured wood on the inside, also. If you are to dig up the root =
ball, that wood is figured.
Sonny
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/12/2014 8:45 AM, mkr5000 wrote:
>> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large
>> tree with a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested
>> in the idea of possibly having them cut into manageable lengths
>> (still a lot of weight, I know) and putting the raw timber on
>> Craigslist. Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I
>> hate to
>> see it go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away. What
>> do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>>
>> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
>>
>
> Many possibilities. What do you consider manageable lengths? At 28"
> dia. it gets heavy fast.
>
> I'd look for someone with a portable saw mill and have it cut up into
> boards. You may be able to sell it as is to someone that will cut and
> dry it. You get money fast, but they get top dollar but will invest a
> lot of time from cutting to drying.
I agree with Edwin. If you do find someone with a portable mill, it would
pay to have them look at the tree before you get too excited though. Black
Cherry can grow kind of narly, and if the sawyer looks at it he can tell you
how much of it is useable for lumber. I've had portable mills brought to my
house before and it was well worth the expense, so hopefully your experience
will be the same. You get stuck with the cleanup usually, but you get rid
of the tree and make a little money in the process.
--
-Mike-
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"mkr5000" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with
> a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of
> possibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I
> know) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
>
> Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it
> go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
>
> What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>
> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
We salvaged a broken branch off a black cherry tree at my Grandfathers place
in Ohio one. It was not a huge branch, but my uncle used it to make some
curios and boxes very nice items. I have to say the dark heart it's a
unique and beautiful wood. I certainly wouldn't burn it.
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:34:30 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> Black Cherry is considered medium density at something like 54 lb
>> per
>> cu ft. Both my brother and my partner in the airplane have woodlots
>> and have harvested some black cherry - Bruce Peninsula (Wiarton
>> area)
>> and Huntsville/Parry Sound district. My brother has a portable band
>> saw mill.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>How close is that to Kincardine?
>
>Lew
>
About 4 hours from Kincardine to Huntsville.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:34:30 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> Black Cherry is considered medium density at something like 54 lb
>> per
>> cu ft. Both my brother and my partner in the airplane have woodlots
>> and have harvested some black cherry - Bruce Peninsula (Wiarton
>> area)
>> and Huntsville/Parry Sound district. My brother has a portable band
>> saw mill.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>How close is that to Kincardine?
>
>Lew
>
My freind's place is closest - About 1 hour 25 minutes by road. About
2 hours from home (waterloo). 2 hours 35 minutes Waterloo to Wiarton.
About 3 1/2 hours to my brother's place in Huntsville district.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:53:12 -0400, woodchucker <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 3/12/2014 8:45 AM, mkr5000 wrote:
>> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of possibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I know) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
>>
>> Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
>>
>> What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>>
>> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
>>
>well you need to do it now, before the water starts pumping again.
>your best time to cut is winter.
About 56 lb per cu ft.
On 3/12/2014 8:45 AM, mkr5000 wrote:
> I have a Black cherry tree that needs to come down, it's a large tree with a 28" diameter. I plan on doing it soon but was interested in the idea of possibly having them cut into manageable lengths (still a lot of weight, I know) and putting the raw timber on Craigslist.
>
> Not just to recover some of the money taking it down but I hate to see it go to waste. I'd use it for firewood before giving it away.
>
> What do you guys think? Woodturners maybe?
>
> It's the weight that concerns me -- I may not want to mess with it.
>
Many possibilities. What do you consider manageable lengths? At 28"
dia. it gets heavy fast.
I'd look for someone with a portable saw mill and have it cut up into
boards. You may be able to sell it as is to someone that will cut and
dry it. You get money fast, but they get top dollar but will invest a
lot of time from cutting to drying.