Author Topic: Massive Pignut Hickory Haul (Read 8709 times)

TurtleCreek · « **Reply #15 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:50:35 am »

Holy cow! That certainly is a massive haul

Del the cat · « **Reply #16 on:** December 18, 2011, 06:28:42 am »

Some serious timber there.
You guys do things in a big way over there.
The UK is so small there's no room for trees that tall

Nice work, can't beat a day out in the fresh air.
Del

crooketarrow · « **Reply #17 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:43:48 am »

CAN'T BEAT HICKORY. MY FAVORET WOOD.

blackhawk · « **Reply #18 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:27:45 am »

Quote from: Lee Slikkers on December 18, 2011, 12:07:15 am

I'd watch that "BlackHawk" guy he might try to leave with a few nice stave

What a haul, great to have friends to share the day, the work and make some good memories!

Thanks for sharing...

Yes I did take some buddy,but they were the ones set aside for backing strips,and im gonna get them turned into strips by another good buddy(thanks Marty)

And oh yes good times and never forgotten memories of the day we split 97 staves

Eric Krewson · « **Reply #19 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:18:20 pm »

I cut a big hickory tree a couple months ago, sure wish I had cut it in the spring. It took me a week to get the bark off 20 staves. You have your work cut out for you cutting a tree at this time of year.

cowboy · « **Reply #20 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:56:13 pm »

Good thing for all the planning and help! Nice haul!

ErictheViking · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:57:29 pm »

very nice haul.

Buckeye Guy · « **Reply #22 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:13:00 pm »

Wish I could have been there for that party!
Good friends good times!

blackhawk · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:26:32 am »

Quote from: Buckeye Guy on December 18, 2011, 05:13:00 pm

Wish I could have been there for that party!
Good friends good times!

Would've been nice to have ya there my friend,and there was plenty of work for more hands to go around.

And good friends good times is an understatement

Pappy · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2011, 08:54:28 am »

Nice haul,I'm with Eric on cut in the spring thing.

Nothing much harder than Hickory bark. Good thing you had some help,we do that every year or so and the more help the better.

Pappy

mikekeswick · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:22:28 am »

If those were cut up into boards you would have many 1000's of $ worth of wood there at English hickory prices....you are lucky guys to have trees like that growing near you.

Eric Krewson · « **Reply #26 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:21:21 am »

Mike, lots of times land is logged near where I live and all the hickorys are left standing, no market for them.

Pappy · « **Reply #27 on:** December 19, 2011, 11:39:05 am »

Ya I was going to say here Hickory is kind of Junk wood,Not for me,Makes great bow and the squirrels love them but as for timber you have to beg a logger to cut it. Tie logs and pallet wood is about all it's used for.

Pappy

mikekeswick · « **Reply #28 on:** December 19, 2011, 12:58:14 pm »

Hickory is about £50 / 75 $ per 7 foot 6x1 3/4 boards....and finding a straight grained /non warped piece ain't too easy.

straightarrow · « **Reply #29 on:** December 19, 2011, 01:02:40 pm »

The logger said I would have got about 150 to 200 bucks for the tree. I would have liked to cut it the spring but I had to take advantage of the heavy equipment..... where the tree was at we would have never gotten it out..it was a now or never situation.

Primitive Archer