Osage harvest

[osage outlaw]

I used to cut a lot of osage, 300-400 staves a year.  I tried to quit before I did too much damage to my body.  I still get the itch to cut a tree every 2-3 years.  This tree is going to be shared with some friends that I'm seeing next week.  It got tangled in the canopy and took a lot of work to get it down enough to cut 4 logs off of it.  The ring ratio looks pretty good.  I'll try to set back and let them split it.  That's my favorite part so I'm sure I'll grab a hammer and pitch in. 

[osage outlaw]

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[Del the cat]

Great haul my friend. I'm a bit old for hauling logs now but I ejoy seeing other people doing the hard work 
Some gorgeous looking wood there. Have fun.
Del

[Hamish]

Awesome haul! I don't envy you having to do all that splitting, real hard work. I'm getting a sore back just thinking about it.

[bjrogg]

Nice logs Clint. Certainly lots of work ahead yet.

Tell everyone I said hello and I hope to see what they turn out to be

Bjrogg

PS really good to see you here , really miss your what followed me home posts

[ajooter]

Awesome haul!!! Its a lot of work but it will be well worth it!  I will doing a lot of same soon!  Not much for osage up here but plenty of other good woods.

[Selfbowman]

You want to sell a couple of the premium staves?

[bentstick54]

Should be a few nice staves in that load of logs.
If you want to add me to your friend list, and bring them here, I値l round up a friend and we値l split them while you sit and watch and drink some cold beer. I値l even buy the beer of your choice.   

[Pappy]

Nice haul Clint, I still have a piece or two you gifted me years ago, nice staves as I am sure this is. Pappy

[Burnsie]

Awesome haul - I guess I'm pretty much addicted to finding straight Osage and hauling it out.
Here's my latest load.

[Burnsie]

What do you use to seal the ends of your logs?

[osage outlaw]

Should be a few nice staves in that load of logs.
If you want to add me to your friend list, and bring them here, I値l round up a friend and we値l split them while you sit and watch and drink some cold beer. I値l even buy the beer of your choice.   

Too bad I don't drink beer!   

[osage outlaw]

What do you use to seal the ends of your logs?

These I used 3 coats of shellac because that's what I had on hand.  When I was cutting lots of osage I found the most cost effective was buying a gallon of tight bond wood glue and watering it down to paint consistency.  I always used multiple coats and had very little issues with checking. 

[bentstick54]

Just my luck.    Can稚 blame a guy for trying though lol

[Eric Krewson]

I look back on my osage cutting days with fond memories, it was probably the hardest work I ever did but the end result was so rewarding. I cut, split and hauled out everything by hand for 20 years and I cut a lot of osage. My busted up old body won't let me split an osage log anymore.

The last tree that I cut had been pushed over by the city on a road side, I got permission from the city to salvage it. By this time, I had bought a tractor with a frontend loader so cutting and loading the logs was a piece of cake, If I had only had one way back when......