Western Oregon got hammered with a late for us snowfall the past week. We escaped with only about 3.5" but Silverton, OR just about 15 miles away got 19". Eugene, OR got 8". I don't remember it snowing this much this late in the season. I've seen it snow a couple times in April and once in May in years past, but it did not stick. Snow is usually done here by the end of February. Today it was 63 degrees, and sunny, t-shirt weather FINALLY! You guys back east already have summer, wow!
The first picture is during the snowfall. My stacks took some hibernation time from seasoning, just like skyline's.
The second picture is the white oak I scrounged today. I cut about a 1/2 a cord from one long 40' long limb that fell off during a storm, and two medium standing dead oaks, that had no branches left. I fell those two trees.
The third picture was how the tops of the two standing deads looked. There were acorns jammed in the holes all around the top 10 feet or so of the trees. I can't say I've seen this before. There must have been some squirrels storing up for a long winter or something.
The fourth picture shows how solid the wood is, with the exception of the outer inch of the wood.
The last picture shows a sample of a round farther down the tree. This wood is awesome!
I sampled the wood with my moisture meter. I split about 5 or 6 rounds for some samples. The standing dead showed readings between 14% and 19%, I was really surprised! The long branch was wet. It ranged between 25% and 30%. It had been down a year or more.
Also, after unloading my truck, I just found a large hawthorne tree that went down in the snow storm from the weight. It's in a county park two blocks from my house. I will make some calls and see if they mind if I snip it up. I would bet there is over a cord in this large tree. I should have taken a picture of it.
The first picture is during the snowfall. My stacks took some hibernation time from seasoning, just like skyline's.
The second picture is the white oak I scrounged today. I cut about a 1/2 a cord from one long 40' long limb that fell off during a storm, and two medium standing dead oaks, that had no branches left. I fell those two trees.
The third picture was how the tops of the two standing deads looked. There were acorns jammed in the holes all around the top 10 feet or so of the trees. I can't say I've seen this before. There must have been some squirrels storing up for a long winter or something.
The fourth picture shows how solid the wood is, with the exception of the outer inch of the wood.
The last picture shows a sample of a round farther down the tree. This wood is awesome!
I sampled the wood with my moisture meter. I split about 5 or 6 rounds for some samples. The standing dead showed readings between 14% and 19%, I was really surprised! The long branch was wet. It ranged between 25% and 30%. It had been down a year or more.
Also, after unloading my truck, I just found a large hawthorne tree that went down in the snow storm from the weight. It's in a county park two blocks from my house. I will make some calls and see if they mind if I snip it up. I would bet there is over a cord in this large tree. I should have taken a picture of it.
