sourwood lumber?

[medic]

I have got some sourwood trees that need to come down , is the wood worth the trouble to mill or just turn it into firewood?

 

[CrealBilly]

Never cut any, it sounds like a baby tree, only grows up to 12" diameter. On a straight trunk, 8' 6" long with no taper and 12" on the little end, your looking at a maximum of 8" wide boards. If you were to cut them 4/4 you looking at 6, maybe 7 usable boards (32 ~ 37 BF). At least two, maybe three of the boards will be riddled with pith and ain't no good for nothing but the fireplace. I don't know of any sawyer who cuts logs under 12" diameter (on the small end), not unless you got a bunch of them and your paying a special price.

Leave em standing and get yourself a bee hive, sourwood honey is great.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pic/NCTrees/sourwood.htm

 

[Kyle]

some of the finest figure in wood, I have found in Sourwood..quite by accident I might add.

 

[Dragon]

some of the finest figure in wood, I have found in Sourwood..quite by accident I might add.

I've got some sourwood trees here. I'll have to look and see if any of them are big enough to maybe interest you.

 

[JRD]

I've often wondered what it would look like as a turning.

I'd probably have tried, but have never found any that I had access to.

Jim