cherry

[bitbight]

Have a large cherry on the ground and would like advice on where to seek out folks interested in purchasing. It has burl character and slab qualities.

 

[Roy G]

And the caption for the first picture is "I think I'm going to need a bigger chainsaw."

Roy G

 

[sawman101]

It's a big nice tree Ray, but selling it for saw lumber might be difficult because it's a yard tree, and most sawyers I've known, including myself when I had a mill, won't want to chance it, unless the logs owner agrees to pay for any damaged blades or damage to the mill. Yard trees very often contain hidden nails, screw hooks, wire from a fence etc. Up north maple was a problem as many maples were tapped for the sap. If it came from the sugar bush, there was almost always at least one spile the tree grew around. One of those could tear most of the insert teeth and holders right out of the saw, while a saw band from the band saw mills would be ruined. The lower trunk would be better for turners.