Very big Douglas Fir, is this any good on a mill?

[dervishcarving]

Big J is right, we had a similar problem with a stand in the woods where i work. Theye got thinned and then windblown soon after. w as a shame. As for my interest, would depend on price and options for delivery. I dont have my own transport system for anything big. anything from 4 foot diameter down to 2 foot diameter is ideal for me...thats diameter at base of but, 4 - 7 foot lengths are what i typically work with. Happy to discuss if its a viable to have delivered, Im always looking for potential sources of larger carving logs. facebook:_ dervishcarving

[Big J]

The other issue you will have is that moving timber of that size requires large machinery. Large machinery doesn't work well within the confines of a thinned stand (best on clearfell) and it will slow you down. Then factor in the haulage costs of bringing such machinery onto site, and it inevitably just makes sense to level the lot.

 

This is what we have used with trees of that size in the past:

 

 

It's in Morayshire, so local enough. Will move anything.

[se7enthdevil]

big j, i'm curious as to why timber of that size is of less quality over a smaller diameter tree? or is it down to the amount of branches?

 

10 years ago when i was still a young joiner we were working with a batch of older growth doug fir from either british columbia or canada and the stability of it was very very good, i found out that they had to be over 60" to give nice stability (according the the old guy in the shop) and it was not often found even then, there's probably none left now.

[Big J]

It's just the practicality of milling it Steve. Most mills (even specialist mills) aren't set up to process logs larger than 1 metre. The trees illustrated in the original photos on this thread are of low quality due to the knots and branching, as well as the basal flare counting against them.

[Logsnstuff]

didn't someone in Cumbernauld put in a 1.5m woodmizer in spring or summer.

[Timber Man]

big j, i'm curious as to why timber of that size is of less quality over a smaller diameter tree? or is it down to the amount of branches?

 

10 years ago when i was still a young joiner we were working with a batch of older growth doug fir from either british columbia or canada and the stability of it was very very good, i found out that they had to be over 60" to give nice stability (according the the old guy in the shop) and it was not often found even then, there's probably none left now.

 

The trees in the pics are only second grade, too many branches all round the tree.

First grade douglas whatever size commands a premium, and could consequently will stand the haulage to the mills that cut it.

By the time these trees are rounded up I don't see them any where near 6 foot, and that's before the rots cut off.