Timber values

[Johny Walker]

logger, i think log job back on will call m/day, ps the proper name is curley sycamore for those who dont know

Edited February 13, 2009 by Johny Walker

[logger]

logger, i think log job back on will call m/day, ps the proper name is curley sycamore for those who dont know

 

Or even curly for that matter --didnt want to confuse things even more -- theyre not all as long in the tooth as me and thee fella. Cheers for letting us know on the other job.

[Johny Walker]

Or even curly for that matter --didnt want to confuse things even more -- theyre not all as long in the tooth as me and thee fella. Cheers for letting us know on the other job.

 

have got some new teeth now after yr fight wit log splitter:001_tongue:

[skyhuck]

if at all possible never summer fell a figured sycamore-- not always possible in arb work admittedly .

 

Good point!

 

If you HAVE too summer fell Sycamore you can leave the crown on the felled tree until the leaves wilt, this helps pull out the sap to reduce the staining.

 

Other methods are to get the butt planked immediately after felling and then stand the planks up on there end to let the sap run out.

 

Another is to drop the butt in a fast flowing river, Secured by a rope or chain, the flowing water will push/pull the sap out.

 

But as logger says far better to fell in the Autumn or winter, the rule I was told was once the black spots come on the leaf, where the aphid eggs were stuck to the back of the leaf, its safe to fell Sycamore for timber.

[logger]

Good point!

 

If you HAVE too summer fell Sycamore you can leave the crown on the felled tree until the leaves wilt, this helps pull out the sap to reduce the staining.

 

Other methods are to get the butt planked immediately after felling and then stand the planks up on there end to let the sap run out.

 

Another is to drop the butt in a fast flowing river, Secured by a rope or chain, the flowing water will push/pull the sap out.

 

But as logger says far better to fell in the Autumn or winter, the rule I was told was once the black spots come on the leaf, where the aphid eggs were stuck to the back of the leaf, its safe to fell Sycamore for timber.

 

Unless you can find a private user for the wood i think you would be struggling-- commercial buyers wont pay a premium on sycamore felled with the sap in regardless of what you try.The black fleck that discolours and devalues the timber can and usually does appear quite some time after the timber has been cut, and runs throughout the log. Far better to leave stood if possible,planking figured logs is a last resort.

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Thanks for the all the advice, the example log was just that, an example. I got an alaskan mill last year but it started to killed off my big husky. Going to have to get a really big one to cope with running the mill frequently. I'd like to move towards never cutting into logs, does it pay off though?

[tommer9]

You need stihl 088. it does pay off eventually. Always stand sycamore up on end as even if it doesnt go black, if it dries honey yellow it is not what a buyer of sycamore wants. It ought to be bone white when finished. Those black flecks are really sly, as stated by Logger. Found that out to vast cost not long after i started milling!!

[Mesterh]

Good interesting info there:thumbup1:

 

Tbh I didnt know that sycamore stained with black flecks, shows how much interest I take:blushing:

 

I was looking at getting one of those Alaskan saw mills, when/if we get a bigger yard

[Topcat]

up here they have been paying £1.90 a cube for syc and £1. 60 for ash, collected at road side.

[Chris Sheppard]

 

If you HAVE too summer fell Sycamore you can leave the crown on the felled tree until the leaves wilt, this helps pull out the sap to reduce the staining.

 

Other methods are to get the butt planked immediately after felling and then stand the planks up on there end to let the sap run out.

 

Another is to drop the butt in a fast flowing river, Secured by a rope or chain, the flowing water will push/pull the sap out.

 

 

Done the first one before thinning some big ash and syc - couldn't start until later than was ideal and ended up going through the knocking any of the decent sycamores over first them coming back to once everything else was down and dealt with a week or so later.

 

Didn't know about the other methods - always good to know