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Originally Posted by Ekka  What's the shit wood over there Dan?
How about oaks, they'd be good for the mill, you get any $'s for them? Maybe considered milling yourself? |
Shit wood is rotten wood, non firewood species like pine, huge chunks, ugly crotchs, etc. I have a damp spot on the edge of a thick woods that never gets sunlight. I dump the shit wood there and call it our 'slow compost pile'. It doesn't take long at all for the wood to get spongy. We also have a large bonfire every few weeks on Saturday nights and sit around and BS until all hours of the night.
The best money I get for logs is $30 per ton for plywood logs which can be poplar or pine. Must be cut to 17ft. 8inches and be at least 10inches at the small end and no limbs or defects of any kind. Not a lot of my logs make the grade due to being cut out of people's yards.
The wife has given me the go ahead to buy a mill, it's just me that is the hold up(she claims she has no influence, Ha!). I want to get a LumberMate 2000 and just may do it. Usually I talk about something a few years before making a move so thankfully lots of ideas get dropped.LOL