Anyone out there have any experience cutting or splitting or burning Metasequoia, aka Dawn Redwood? We have a couple of big ones- we think they also might be bald cyprus- that are ruining our paved area at our sailing club because of the way the roots emerge out of the ground and take over things.
Bald Cyprus or Metasequoia?
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No idea how it splits. It’s more dense than yellow poplar. I’d burn it if it was free. But I rather mill for slabs.
Yeah, another member of the club is investigating the slab route with a friend who has a bandsaw mill.
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EbS-P
Minister of Fire
Once you get over 24” things change. I tried a beam cutter jig. It was not as easy as I thought it would be.
If it’s putting up the big knobby things up from the ground that look like towers it’s bald cypress
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
My five year old proudly and assertively told those are “knees”.
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