Thread: Anybody know much about timber?

I don't know if you have seen sycamore wood cut into planks so I want to say this for those that may be interested. I has a very beautiful red color and shows a good grain with a lot of figuring. I only had some small pieces that came out of a hollow tree at my ex father-n-laws place. However if you get a chance to cut a tree big enough to have it sawed into something big enough to make a project out of do have it cut on the thick side. It does tend to twist as it cures. Wish I had enough to build a gun cabinet it is certainly some nice wood and hard as a rock when it dries.

Be sure you understand who is doing clean up and what is meant by clean up. One of my families farms was sold to a city slicker who proceeded to let a logger come in and selectively cut. Read that as choice trees. He got several thousand dollars but..... lots of immature trees were damaged/destroyed, trimmings for the most part were left where they fell land was rutted beyond belief. The Old growth trees were removed and so much damage was done that the 50 acre woods looked like a tornado ripped it apart. It was a sad sight to see how that woods had been decimated. The walnut, cherry, maple and oak were mostly gone and it was almost impossible to walk anywhere thru the woods.

So be careful and fully understand what will be done and more importantly what will not be done.

Originally Posted by BuckeyeKdog

Be sure you understand who is doing clean up and what is meant by clean up. One of my families farms was sold to a city slicker who proceeded to let a logger come in and selectively cut. Read that as choice trees. He got several thousand dollars but..... lots of immature trees were damaged/destroyed, trimmings for the most part were left where they fell land was rutted beyond belief. The Old growth trees were removed and so much damage was done that the 50 acre woods looked like a tornado ripped it apart. It was a sad sight to see how that woods had been decimated. The walnut, cherry, maple and oak were mostly gone and it was almost impossible to walk anywhere thru the woods.




So be careful and fully understand what will be done and more importantly what will not be done.

What he said. I know a fellow back home that owned a timber cutting company and I have seen first hand how they totally scalpped some places and the mess that remained. Have also saw places that had these companies that use chippers come in and these people take limbs and all. Could not even see that they left anything. Not even a stump.

Ditto what Buckeye says. I learned the hard way unfortunately.