dead elm

[dougal]

whilst doing our yearly checks of our local park today we came across a dead elm,i was wondering if there would be any money in the main stem,it is nearly poker straight and 40 feet high and 5 feet wide

[mad matty]

should be intresting to eood turner, used to be used for boat building, now mostly estate use, pulp wood?

[mad matty]

*wood

[agg221]

Whereabouts is it?

 

Alec

[dougal]

scotland mate

[agg221]

May be worth contacting Big J on here - he mills some elm and can give a fair assessment.

 

Alec

[Big J]

Sounds very interesting. Could you please give me some indication of how long it has been dead, and where abouts in Scotland you are?

[agg221]

Sounds very interesting. Could you please give me some indication of how long it has been dead, and where abouts in Scotland you are?

 

Thought you might spot this one.....

[Big J]

Thought you might spot this one.....

 

I do like a big tree! That said (with the greatest respect), tree surgeon types tend to round up the diameters up to the nearest foot, but even a four foot stem would be lovely.

 

J

[dougal]

its in ayrshire,we reckon that its been dead atleast 3 years as we took a big ash down next to it then and it was showing signs of life then,