Posted: 5/6/2013 6:04:55 AM EDT
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Yesterday I cut down a large oak tree in my yard that died last year.
It was a big tree over 50' high and has a really good, long straight trunk for 26' from the stump to the first branch. There is lots of good oak in that trunk and there appears to be no rot at all. Any idea how much it would be worth? Should I sell it or get a mill to make boards for me? Dez |
| If the tree was out in the woods it would be worth considerably more that one in your yard. Mills usually will not buy logs if they know it came from someone's yard. Reason being that yard trees are the number one source for metal or worse, glass insulators. These things destroy saws and reek havoc. Your best bet would be to find someone with a Wood Mizer or some other portable mill that is not afraid to saw your tree. The worst case for them would be to lose a $20 blade. In a big commercial mill the blades start at $1k. |
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Yesterday I cut down a large oak tree in my yard that died last year. It was a big tree over 50' high and has a really good, long straight trunk for 26' from the stump to the first branch. There is lots of good oak in that trunk and there appears to be no rot at all. Any idea how much it would be worth? Should I sell it or get a mill to make boards for me? Dez I had a red oak come down during Isabell, 48" DBH and about forty feet to the first branch. I couldn't find a hobbyist sawyer with mill big enough to handle it. Couldn't give it away. Finally, had a friend with God's own chainsaw cut it into eight foot lengths and it went to the landfill. Hope you have better luck than I did. |
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Is there any hollowness near the stump end? What's the diameter at both ends? Red oak or white oak?
Sadly, most yard trees are often just firewood in the end. Too much risk to saw blades, centers are hollow from lawnmower damage to roots, and too much wood in limbs not trunks. Eta: some small time operator might make some boards for you. There are calculators on the web to give an estimate on board feet. Here's one: http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/calculators/calc.pl?calculator=log_volume Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Yesterday I cut down a large oak tree in my yard that died last year. It was a big tree over 50' high and has a really good, long straight trunk for 26' from the stump to the first branch. There is lots of good oak in that trunk and there appears to be no rot at all. Any idea how much it would be worth? Should I sell it or get a mill to make boards for me? Dez I had a red oak come down during Isabell, 48" DBH and about forty feet to the first branch. I couldn't find a hobbyist sawyer with mill big enough to handle it. Couldn't give it away. Finally, had a friend with God's own chainsaw cut it into eight foot lengths and it went to the landfill. Hope you have better luck than I did. 
I am hoping my tree dies someday and I will be alive to do make something out of it. |