Spalted beech

[Treemover]

I have a large beech trunk that I was thinking of milling and making into chopping boards?

 

Am I mad or is there a better financial return to be made?

[Stephen Blair]

I can't focus on the big chunk of wood with that Volvo shovel and huge tyres:thumbup:

 

Mill it up, make blanks and the bowl guys will go nuts:biggrin:

 

 

Now can you starts thread just with pics of the Volvo at work:thumbup:

[mendiplogs]

I have a large beech trunk that I was thinking of milling and making into chopping boards?

 

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HI TREE what weight will loader lift mate nice one jon

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

find a nice quiet corner of the farm and leave it to the bugs!

 

worthless to anyone but mother nature now!

[slack ma girdle]

That is one ugly lump. Judging by the large visable hole, you are not going to get a huge amount of useable timber.

[Big Beech]

and apparently as quoted from the other spalted beech post "Remember spalted beech is highly carcinogenic. "

unknown to me and perhaps others as well. anyone have a source of this info?

 

simon

 

the other post- http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/milling-forum/25166-spalted-beech.html

[Goaty]

I can't focus on the big chunk of wood with that Volvo shovel and huge tyres:thumbup:

 

Mill it up, make blanks and the bowl guys will go nuts:biggrin:

 

 

Now can you starts thread just with pics of the Volvo at work:thumbup:

 

Steve where I do holiday relief truck driving they have daft lads on shovel loaders making a mess, not doing constructive work. You should do holiday relief for them. I doubt any of em have tickets either!

 

I cringe at their work. Then again arbwork is professional. They have acres to crash bang wallop in.

[Rob D]

It's a good size but if it's gone spongy or has that soft flecks don't bother....

 

 

You'd have to mill a bit to see how it looks but for chopping boards maybe worthwhile but only if you have nothing else worth milling in the yard!

[Treemover]

Well it's either firewood or get creative!!

 

It's a Volvo L70c. Will lift 7 ton. Lifted my 6 ton triaxle low loader no bother. I reckon there's about 2.5 tons in that log.