Black walnut

[geoffers]

I'll measure them up tomorrow but from what I can remember the largest is roughly 2' across

[agg221]

Which day are they coming down?

 

Alec

[geoffers]

Which day are they coming down?

 

Alec

 

 

Hi Alec two of the three will come down tomorrow as the largest of the three is right next to the hoarding and Inbetween a temporary site compound so once the compound is moved next week I'll drop it.

[Big J]

Look like nice clean stems. The width of the sapwood band will determine the value, as they are on the small side.

[geoffers]

Look like nice clean stems. The width of the sapwood band will determine the value, as they are on the small side.

 

 

Cheers big j, I take it the least amount of sapwood the better?

[agg221]

I take it the least amount of sapwood the better?

 

Yes - on trees like that you could find anything from the tiniest streak of heartwood (dark) right through to around only an inch of sapwood. It's the heartwood which is worth milling so the more the better.

 

Alec

[geoffers]

[geoffers]

Pictures attached of the first one taken down plus rough measurements of the other two that are still to come down. The one that we took down was roughly 20" across as it's a 25" bar on the 460 in the picture. The largest one is a good 24" across and is a nice even trunk to about 5 metres.

Thanks Geoff

[se7enthdevil]

measure the heart diameter as well.

 

it looks a bit 50/50 to my eyes but once the sap is milled off then there is at least some good colour there.

[agg221]

Marginal I would say - do you happen to have any pictures of the top ends of the lengths that are down (and an idea of length - looked from the pictures before that it would be 6 to 8ft)? The key information is the diameter of the heartwood at the top end. If there is still 10" of heartwood then it would be worth a go.

 

Is using a chainsaw mill on site an option? There is a lot of useless stuff to come off top and bottom of each butt to get down to the coloured section. Taking this off where they lie to just leave the central section would take out around 40% of the weight and volume, which would make moving all three in a single load a lot easier.

 

If the remaining one has a similar ratio of heart to sap, I would guess only a similar length is likely to be useful.

 

Alec