Orange-the other colored wood

[10range]

I found this tonight while cutting in a field of mulberry and black locust.

This was the first time that I have seen osage orange in person. I only cut a few small pieces because it was so tangled. There were also a bunch of good sized thorns growing around it. Does osage normally have thorns on it?

 

[smokinj]

Bl and mulberry around hedge is never to far away!

 

[Wood Duck]

Yes, Osage Orange is thorny. It used to be planted as a livestock-proof hedge before barbed wire was invented. That is probably why it is also called 'Hedge.'

 

[10range]

Bl and mulberry around hedge is never to far away!

Interesting...this field is about 2 acres of almost entirely Black Locust and Mulberry. There was only this one hedge that I could find.

 

[smokinj]

Bl and mulberry around hedge is never to far away!

Interesting...this field is about 2 acres of almost entirely Black Locust and Mulberry. There was only this one hedge that I could find.

Theres more close, could be a mile but its there. I have seen the same thing on 2 acres one hedge the rest all bl.

 

[midwestcoast]

Bl and mulberry around hedge is never to far away!

Interesting...this field is about 2 acres of almost entirely Black Locust and Mulberry. There was only this one hedge that I could find.

And where exactly is this field you speak of? :-/

 

[smokinj]

Bl and mulberry around hedge is never to far away!

Interesting...this field is about 2 acres of almost entirely Black Locust and Mulberry. There was only this one hedge that I could find.

And where exactly is this field you speak of? :-/

3 miles do south of Muncie!

 

[10range]

Bl and mulberry around hedge is never to far away!

Interesting...this field is about 2 acres of almost entirely Black Locust and Mulberry. There was only this one hedge that I could find.

And where exactly is this field you speak of? :-/

Probably south east of you. I am in the Rochester area. I am not sure if I will find any other hedge here because all I can cut on is this couple of acres. It is a stand in the middle of a wheat field the owner wants to turn into farm ground.

 

[Greenfield Dave]

I scored a whole trailer load of hedge today from a construction site in Indy. They were just loading it into dumpsters to get rid of..How sad.. I wish I'd had a bigger trailer!

 

[lukem]

I have now have access to all the dead hedge I could burn in a lifetime. They are in the woods so they aren't tangled brush like you get on a fencerow. Some of these trees are massive...the biggest I've seen so far has three main trunks about 24" in dia and each 40' high.

 

[midwestcoast]

Anyone posting about how they have a lifetime supply of hedge, dead, with clean trunks.... should be banned IMO, especially if they are in Indiana. It's just not fair to the rest of us.
Next you'll be telling us how all those Hedge trees are walking into your back yard, spontaneously breaking into 18" splits and landing in perfectly stacked rows. Good Grief ;-)

 

[lukem]

Why stop there...they come down and load themselves into the stove. I'll run up tonight and take a pic.

 

[Greenfield Dave]

So give us your address, so we can come and see for ourselves! We will of course go into the woods armed with chainsaws, just in case one commits suicide! :coolsmile:

 

[lukem]

Here are some (crappy phone) pics.

The one in the first pic isn't as dead as the others...and isn't the biggest I've seen...but it's 16"+ and pretty straight.

The second is a bunch of black locust and some hedge that is down but still up off the ground. Still hard as a rock and extremely dry.

Third is some that's been bucked. That's a 361 with a 20" bar for reference.

Fourth, all loaded up with hedge and black locust. Same saw.

 

[WoodPorn]

And people on this forum say that us Nor'Easters are the lucky ones with hardwood!

Beautiful scores... to all of you guys, I will probably go a lifetime and never see a Hedge tree.

 

[10range]

I am jealous. I cut last night on the one that I came across. If it was something else I would have not even bothered cutting it. It has 3 main trunks and the biggest is only 14". The thing was so tangled that I had to cut it and then pull it over to get it to the ground. Not to mention the 20 minutes that I had to spend clearing out thorns and brush to get to a position to cut on the thing.

 

[lukem]

From the time i left the house, to the time I got back was 1 hour 15 minutes to get the load pictured. That included gassing, oiling, and sharpening the saw too. I was pulling the trailer with a lawnmower too! Now I'm just gloating...I'll stop.

 

[mecreature]

From the time i left the house, to the time I got back was 1 hour 15 minutes to get the load pictured. That included gassing, oiling, and sharpening the saw too. I was pulling the trailer with a lawnmower too! Now I'm just gloating...I'll stop.

Good job.. I have a creek bed across the street from me that has a lot of dead off the ground like that. doubt is hedge but there is some BL. Fence rows all around with mulberry. I am keep all that I can get. small rounds to mix in with my crappy pine and cottonwood. Got to get to it everything is about to explode with growth around here.

 

[lukem]

I hear that. I hate cutting once the weeds get up. Trying to get a bunch knocked out before it all goes green.

 

[wood-fan-atic]

And people on this forum say that us Nor'Easters are the lucky ones with hardwood!

Beautiful scores... to all of you guys, I will probably go a lifetime and never see a Hedge tree.

Im 40 yrs. old, and I have never even SEEN Osage Orange. :sick: (sigh)

 

[WoodPorn]

And people on this forum say that us Nor'Easters are the lucky ones with hardwood!

Beautiful scores... to all of you guys, I will probably go a lifetime and never see a Hedge tree.

Im 40 yrs. old, and I have never even SEEN Osage Orange. :sick: (sigh)

I've actually seen it, I had to order it from ebay for a turning project. It's beautiful wood!

 

[PapaDave]

From the time i left the house, to the time I got back was 1 hour 15 minutes to get the load pictured. That included gassing, oiling, and sharpening the saw too. I was pulling the trailer with a lawnmower too! Now I'm just gloating...I'll stop.

OK lukem, that's it.
You're fired.