More places to cut

[Rebelduckman]

I've got around 100 acres to cut on but my uncle told me I could cut the dead standing and down on his 40 acres. Might as well cut his trees first huh? It's right up the road.

 

[claydogg84]

With 140 acres total I don't think you'll ever run out of dead standing stuff to cut.

 

[Rebelduckman]

I went and got a small red maple off of it today that was dying.

With 140 acres total I don't think you'll ever run out of dead standing stuff to cut.

I should hope not. I feel very fortunate

 

[Applesister]

Rebelduckman you're in the right area to find sweetgum. Can you keep an eye out for one?
Its one I havent seen and the books have conflicting photography.
They have the star shaped leaves.

 

[Woody Stover]

I've got around 100 acres to cut on but my uncle told me I could cut the dead standing and down on his 40 acres. Might as well cut his trees first huh? It's right up the road.

You sound like me; I've got 8 or 10 dead Red Oaks on the ground but my hoarding instinct takes over and I'll jump at the chance to grab wood from elsewhere. I say, snatch it up! Actually, I usually only go offsite for wood that I rarely find dead here, like White Oak, or stuff I don't have like BL. I've got 10 acres. I'm supplying my SILs also, they have 5 acres each adjoining our property. I never have to cut a live tree. Each of us only burn a couple cords a year, so don't even come close to using all the dead wood here. We are grabbing dead wood at my BIL's to replenish his stacks. He's got about 3 acres, but we'll probably pull a couple years' worth out, just getting wood that's already down. Red Oak, Pignut and several small Red Elm. I also talked to the guy behind him about grabbing dead, down wood and he said "Have at it." The stuff I'm looking at is within a couple hundred yards of my BIL's stacks.

 

[Woody Stover]

sweetgum. Its one I havent seen and the books have conflicting photography.

Here's a couple. I'll try to get more.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Here's a couple. I'll try to get more.
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I'm looking at 5 from the house. The stuff grows like weeds round here. I'm gonna have to be in a desperate situation to cut one.

 

[Woody Stover]

I'm looking at 5 from the house. The stuff grows like weeds round here.

I read somewhere that it (and Tulip, I think) will out-compete other species. I have seen a few pockets of Sweetgum in the area but I think they need a lot of light because I don't see them deep in the woods.

 

[Rebelduckman]

I read somewhere that it (and Tulip, I think) will out-compete other species. I have seen a few pockets of Sweetgum in the area but I think they need a lot of light because I don't see them deep in the woods.

Come to think about it I don't either. Deep in the woods is were the real good stuff usually is around here

 

[Oldman47]

Woody, no way would I go for that stuff. Look at how many knots you will be dealing with when you go to split it.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Rebelduckman you're in the right area to find sweetgum. Can you keep an eye out for one?
Its one I havent seen and the books have conflicting photography.
They have the star shaped leaves.

I'm in the process of processing a sweet gum now. There are a lot of them here in NJ.

What do you want to know or see about them?

 

[Woody Stover]

Woody, no way would I go for that stuff. Look at how many knots you will be dealing with when you go to split it.

No, I was saying I'd get Applesister some more pics, not that I was going to try to get more Sweetgum. That's a tree that's on the edge of the woods near the road, lotsa light so lotsa branches. I hope it never dies.

I'm in the process of processing a sweet gum now. There are a lot of them here in NJ. What do you want to know or see about them?

I don't want to know any more about them than I already do, hence I avoid them whenever possible.

 

[Longstreet]

One reason sweet gums compete so well is because they re-sprout from stumps like crazy. If you cut 100 gums, 99 of them would grow right back with no problem at all.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Rebelduckman you're in the right area to find sweetgum. Can you keep an eye out for one?
Its one I havent seen and the books have conflicting photography.
They have the star shaped leaves.

I'll get several pics asap

 

[Rebelduckman]

Rebelduckman you're in the right area to find sweetgum. Can you keep an eye out for one?
Its one I havent seen and the books have conflicting photography.
They have the star shaped leaves.

I've got you a couple pics I took today but I'll have to wait until I'm on the wifi to upload. I've got one of those cell plans that slows down your internet speed to a turtles pace after 3gb used

 

[Woody Stover]

@Applesister

 

[Rebelduckman]

Sorry for the delay applesister. Here are some pics I took awhile back.