2 Very large tree ( all cherry )

[coltfever]

Father in law had a huge cherry tree kinda close to the house he wanted cut down. 40 inches across at the base. Thought I would share a few pictures. My two sons and I had a busy week-end. At least we now have all the wood at the barn where I split. There is a full trailer load in the barn that's going to take some time with. English Ivy all over it.

 

[ansehnlich1]

Real nice, REAL nice! Looks like pretty easy splittin' too.

 

[bogydave]

WOW
40" cherry. Lots of good firewood there.
If you get it split, it may be ready by this winter if it's needed.

Those big rounds are going to make a bunch nice splits.
Store the CSS wood in the barn ?

 

[Applesister]

Neat looking old barn. Cherry always gets stacked in my private stash collection.

 

[katwillny]

Sweet barn man. Something very Americana about those barns.

 

[Thistle]

Holy.Crap.That's some of the biggest Cherry I've ever seen.

 

[Locust Post]

Darn good all around wood there. We get some big ones like that around here.

 

[Coog]

Looks good. I love the big rounds and the barn even better. Grew up with one in my back yard that looked just like that. Was a blast when I was a kid.

 

[Blue2ndaries]

That is super! Cherry is such great wood, nice score!

 

[fossil]

Dang, everything about your pics and the story behind them is simply wonderful in every respect. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Rick

 

[DexterDay]

Darn good all around wood there. We get some big ones like that around here.

Nice Score of Cherry. Love that wood. Burns good, seasons fast, and smells awesome. Save some for your Smoker if you have one

Some big Cherries here and in Western Pa around our Cabin..

 

[save$]

Nice looking wood, nice barn and country land. Thanks!

 

[thinktwicez71]

Gotta love cherry ! , Very nice

 

[coltfever]

Thanks for all the kind words about my place. I enjoy it alot. Along time ago this was tobacco raising farmland and the tobacco was put in the barn for drying. I now use it as a big wood shed and yes the cherry will be CSS right in the barn. Only wood I stack outside is the hickory and oak. There are 2 areas on the front of the barn that are 16 x 10 each and the wood is stacked 7 feet high. One room is full and now started filling the second. After this load is taken care of here is a picture of a dead standing oak that was hit by lighting 2 years ago that is next on my list. Man I enjoy being retired. I just wish I had started burning wood along time ago.

 

[BobUrban]

Better English that Poison. Much better!! Great score and pics.

 

[Woody Stover]

That's a buncha good wood there. Biggest Cherry I've gotten in the woods here was still under 20". I just stacked a 16-incher, a little more than half a cord...smells great over there.
I wonder what that big 'un will stack out to? Gotta be over a cord, for sure.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I'm with Thistle. Never saw a cherry that big. That gets you a lot of firewood in a short time.

 

[firefighterjake]

Good looking cherry . . . and a cherry looking barn.

 

[coltfever]

Here is a picture of the base of that cherry tree. Some of you have mentioned of never seeing one of this size. 40 inches across is large the more I think of it. In fact the more I think about it the more I had rather go fishing than to move these big rounds. The last picture is a cherry tree with the English Ivy. Is only 24" across.
I cut this one kinda high from the base but will go back and get the rest of it later. I was thinking my mother-in-law might want to put a bird feeder on it. There might be a good 2 or 3 days of woodstove heat there.

 

[Woody Stover]

the more I think about it the more I had rather go fishing than to move these big rounds.

Instead of killin' myself, I split the big rounds down with a maul or wedge/sledge before I even attempt to move 'em...

 

[Locust Post]

Instead of killin' myself, I split the big rounds down with a maul or wedge/sledge before I even attempt to move 'em...

I'm with you on that Woody. I had some Hickory 2 years ago, in fact I just burnt some of it this winter that the maul just bounced off of. I couldn't lift into the truck, so I rolled up my ramp into the truck. Was sure glad the splitter went both ways for those ones. I really love those big rounds though...make a pile in a hurry.

 

[Defiant]

I love cherry, great post, thanks for sharing!!

 

[kingquad]

Instead of killin' myself, I split the big rounds down with a maul or wedge/sledge before I even attempt to move 'em...

I hook my splitter up to my King Quad and pull it to the tree