Looks Like I Will Be Burning A Lot Of Tulip Poplar In A Couple Of Years

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BrotherBart

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The electric company trimming crew is here today trimming along my 900 foot driveway through the woods. There is a huge Tulip Pop that just died right by the line.

In the words of the crew foreman "Damn, that thing is a monster! 110 to 120 feet.".

In my words "Sixteen to eighteen inch rounds please. Be careful up there."
 
Good and bad in that. Free felling and bucking = good. Poplar does vaporize very quickly in the stove, though. My somewhat infamous "I used a cord in 8 days," post two years ago was Poplar.
 
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Good and bad in that. Free felling and bucking = good. Poplar does vaporize very quickly in the stove, though. My somewhat infamous "I used a cord in 8 days," post two years ago was Poplar.
"8 days" wow, you really stretched that poplar well. Last time I had poplar I don't recall closing the door between reloads lol
 
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Free wood is good wood. Someone to drop and buck it for you, even better. :)

That said, I don't much care for tulip poplar. It does burn fast.
 
Just came back up from down there. They had to bring the supervisor out. The 80' bucket truck can't get it done. So they are calling in "Bigfoot".
 
!!! At the start of the summer I called around to several tree services, and one finally called back. They had a ~170' poplar they wanted to get rid of. The trunk was a good 6-7' in diameter. I have at least 6-7 cords CSS, and another couple still in rounds. And of course, my rounds varied from 8" to 24" <>

Some of it might be good enough for shoulder season this year, but the rest of it is sitting until next year.
 
Hey, free wood bucked to length is always good. Lots of people don't like poplar but I do. Easy to split and it dries quick. If you're around to tend the fire, its no biggie :ZZZ

I dropped a small poplar and got maybe 1/4 cord from it. Sounds like you'll get a bit more ;lol
 
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Funny. After posting I went back down all the way to the tree. Asked the supervisor where the Poplar was? All I saw was a really big red oak dead. He laughed and said "Yeah my guy thought the bark on the bottom was poplar.".

They just finished bucking up my 121 feet of red oak. I got pics of the operation that I will post in a while.
 
80' boom extended all the way plus height of the truck to take off the top.

tree crew boom extended.jpg

Notching the top.

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The felling cut.

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There she blows.

tree crew there she blows.jpg
 
good timing on getting that last shot!
 
"Bigfoot"

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So much for the pellet stove for a while ;)
 
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80' fully extended?
Wow. I used to climb a bit, but no way I'm messing with sasquatch.
 
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