During a nasty thunderstorm with lots of wind a very nice sugar maple came down at the back end of our property (behind the goats in the treeline). Since the base of the tree did not look rotted we decided to call a timber miller we know to find out what we could do.
Scott from
Ithaca Urban Timber Salvage also thought the wood was in nice enough quality (as far as one can see without cutting) to try, and he gave us a good quote for the cost of cutting it up in 8 to 10 foot pieces (the diameter at the base was more than Rolf's saw could handle), transport to his mill, milling it to 1.5 inch boards (live edge) and delivering it back to our place. He lives right around the corner - maybe we can borrow that great tractor again sometime :-)
This is the final haul of the day, two large diameter long pieces, one large diameter short piece and two medium diameter long pieces. The one log on the left measered out to 200 board feet alone! wow... David Brown the farmers market woodworker is sharing costs for part of the wood - good thing we did not offer half the wood for half the costs; after loading Scott mentioned there was quite some more wood than he initially expected! Goodie - lots of material for lots of new projects :-)
Scott from Ithaca Urban Timber Salvage also thought the wood was in nice enough quality (as far as one can see without cutting) to try, and he gave us a good quote for the cost of cutting it up in 8 to 10 foot pieces (the diameter at the base was more than Rolf's saw could handle), transport to his mill, milling it to 1.5 inch boards (live edge) and delivering it back to our place. He lives right around the corner - maybe we can borrow that great tractor again sometime :-)
This is the final haul of the day, two large diameter long pieces, one large diameter short piece and two medium diameter long pieces. The one log on the left measered out to 200 board feet alone! wow... David Brown the farmers market woodworker is sharing costs for part of the wood - good thing we did not offer half the wood for half the costs; after loading Scott mentioned there was quite some more wood than he initially expected! Goodie - lots of material for lots of new projects :-)
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