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Offline k-hat

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Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« on: March 29, 2012, 09:38:23 am »
Well I've stumbled across a jackpot.  Did a little craigs search early in the week, knowing i had a couple days off, and found a chainsaw (bought it for 60% of retail, still in the box!!), and an add for "free firewood, you cut"!  Well y'all know what that means for us!!!

Here's what i came away with after about an hour and a half:



I'm 99% sure it's cedar elm, which seems to be good stuff.  Bark is ready to peel off, which i'll do tomorrow when i split it. 
The guy has about 3 acres of wooded area he's tryna turn into pasture, so i get to go back for more, hopefully with much more time than an hour to work!!  There's some hedge out there as well as several other good trees, lotsa straight stuff ;D

I love free!! (though my back tells me it wasn't all that free :o)
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Re: Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 10:17:50 am »
Nice haul,looks like a good haul,I love free wood. :)
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2012, 10:58:04 am »
mmmmm, Yummy!! :laugh:
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2012, 12:24:09 pm »
Nice!!!

"cedar elm" a new wood for me???
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2012, 12:34:32 pm »
Nice haul.   Try a search for osage or hedge fence posts in your area.

Craigslist can be the bowyers best friend sometimes  :)
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2012, 01:08:20 pm »
Great haul. sounds like you will have more than enough to trade some staves as well.
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Offline k-hat

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Re: Nice haul yesterday, just the beginning:)
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2012, 01:32:32 pm »
Oh yeah!  i didn't even think about trading!

Coaster:  cedar elm is also known as texas elm, ulma crassifolia (or something like that).  it seems to have a higher sg than most elms from what i see, there are a few cedar elm bows floating around on PA.  I'm really looking forward to working with it.  Part of the bark got loose while i was cutting to length and it peeled off super easy!

Outlaw: been on the  lookout for osage fence posts since i realized i had one sitting in my garage for almost a year.  Found another on tuesday.  Pretty gnarly but i'm hoping there's enough under the rough stuff to make a stick from :)
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