I'm here in southern IL, yesterday I was walking along a creek bed at my sons and there it was, fallen over from the flood this spring, a big old box elder I grabbed my chainsaw and waded down into the creek to cut it loose from the rood ball. It has some really awesome streaks of red showing on the cross cuts. So I bucked 3 8' logs and grabbed the bobcat, 200' foot of chain and skidded them up the bank then I picked them up and set them over by the sawmill. I'll be sawing them tomorrow. I've been searching for the allusive red sneaked box elder in NC for a long time, I can't wait to make some personal stash box elder lumber tomorrow. I'm sorry I didn't snap any pics, I left my cell phone in the house.
For those who have not seen red streak box elder, here's what I've been looking for, for a long time ---> http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/box%20elder.htm
For those who have not seen red streak box elder, here's what I've been looking for, for a long time ---> http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/box%20elder.htm