Today's milling

[ESS]

3 minutes ago, MattyF said:

Yeah..

Depending on species Scotts would be the nearest to you.

[Big J]

18 minutes ago, ESS said:

Depending on species Scotts would be the nearest to you.

I think Matty is referring to sawn timber. Scotts would be roundwood. 

 

There are still several very large elm burrs I felled a few years back in their yard. The market collapsed and these butts are going to waste. Such a shame.

[ESS]

8 minutes ago, Big J said:

I think Matty is referring to sawn timber. Scotts would be roundwood. 

 

There are still several very large elm burrs I felled a few years back in their yard. The market collapsed and these butts are going to waste. Such a shame.

Yes, I did wonder that after I posted.

The elm burr thing was like a fever that ran through the trade for a few years. Best one I heard of was an 8 foot log making £7,200.it was a full burr and went to Italy.

The tree had gone white and the contractor was given the tree for firewood,..only need one of those a week.

[Rough Hewn]

Been to collect the elm crotch today.
No idea how I'm going to mill it.
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[Big J]

12 minutes ago, ESS said:

Yes, I did wonder that after I posted.

The elm burr thing was like a fever that ran through the trade for a few years. Best one I heard of was an 8 foot log making £7,200.it was a full burr and went to Italy.

The tree had gone white and the contractor was given the tree for firewood,..only need one of those a week.

I was lucky to do about a dozen of them. £35-50 a hoppus was pretty standard, but I didn't really ever see a perfect burr. 

[Big J]

7 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Been to collect the elm crotch today.
No idea how I'm going to mill it.

What happened to the rest of the tree?

[Gary Prentice]

28 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Been to collect the elm crotch today.
No idea how I'm going to mill it.

Is that in Huddersfield? There used to be loads of good sized elms on the Halifax road when I first moved up here, between the town centre and Ainley top. 

 

dismantled hundreds in Calderdale in the early nineties (many of which were burred), all of which went for firewood.

[Toby in Buckinghamshire]

Been to collect the elm crotch today.
No idea how I'm going to mill it.
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How did you get that up into your truck?!

[Rough Hewn]

What happened to the rest of the tree?

And a few bits for coffee tables.
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[Rough Hewn]

How did you get that up into your truck?!

Just me and one other guy.











With a loader
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