fallen beech tree

[youngsbury]

unfortunately i have one of those ! To be fair it was due to come down due to disease but maybe not in such a dramatic way .

[Silverhooker]

Glad nobody was underneath it. I’ve had a couple of big larch come down but they will just go for firewood, you could mill some lovely timber out of that beech.

[se7enthdevil]

3 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

I could mill it but not until April.
Please contact me if interested.
Thanks
Saul

you were the man i was thinking of mate.

 

you could get some bloody nice table tops from that sucker...

[Rough Hewn]

you were the man i was thinking of mate.
 
you could get some bloody nice table tops from that sucker...

Possibly,
Or a big rotten hollow log[emoji848]
Only one way to find out.
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[se7enthdevil]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

Possibly,
Or a big rotten hollow log
Only one way to find out.

if it was really rotten that would have exploded hitting the ground.

 

the fact that such a beast has only one fracture in it says to me that the wood is most likely nice and sound. looking into that fracture the timber looks in excellent condition too.

[s.varty]

could always do this if your bored.

[Squaredy]

3 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Possibly,
Or a big rotten hollow log
Only one way to find out.

I was invited to bid for a large beech that had been felled on an estate near me a couple of years back.  Similar size but actually measured six feet diameter at six feet high, and there was a ring of sound wood maybe eight inches round the outside, all the rest was rotten.  The estate offered to chop it into eight foot sections in case it was only the base. They did this and it was rotten all the way up the main stem,  It would have almost been an entire timber lorry load of rotten log if I had bought it.  Needless to say I left it there.

[timbernut]

could always do this if your bored.

That’s cool! Any idea where it is?

[s.varty]

9 hours ago, timbernut said:

That’s cool! Any idea where it is?

Yiesley Middlesex alongside the canal, picture was taken years ago ( 10-15 years )

[Rough Hewn]

if it was really rotten that would have exploded hitting the ground.
 
the fact that such a beast has only one fracture in it says to me that the wood is most likely nice and sound. looking into that fracture the timber looks in excellent condition too.

I've been out to mill beech trees before and the tree looked solid.
Once you do the gob cut often you see
Rot or hollow.
I've dropped 5'+ hollow beech and it's hit the deck in one piece.
Also seen solid beech 3'-4' dbh hit the deck and split the whole trunk.
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