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re: Ideas about what to do with 44 inch oak tree
Posted on 4/26/18 at 7:19 am to GREENHEAD22
Posted on 4/26/18 at 7:19 am to GREENHEAD22
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Do they go by another name? I was looking up Chesnut oak and I don't think that is the tree you are talking about.
American Chesnut
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Posted on 4/26/18 at 7:25 am to lsu1919
Hope that tree was not around any houses in the past, or at ones with ancestors like mine. Old superstitions about hanging horseshoes and other metal objects make some old oaks terrible to deal with.
I know for a fact (my grandfather pointed out to me when I was little kid that were barely visible then and invisible now) the oaks along the fence line at my place have loads of stuff in them. Different geological origins of the ancestors determined what got hung. German ancestors loved horseshoe hanging, French were cross hangers (anything resembling +shape and iron/steel), Irish were spikes.
For a guy that never went back to school to even complete the 6th grade, Grandad was pretty smart about stuff he learned living life as an orphan right around 100 years ago (born 1906, orphaned completely by 1919, literally hobo'd around TX, LA, OK, AR, MS during the 1920's and 1930's).
I know for a fact (my grandfather pointed out to me when I was little kid that were barely visible then and invisible now) the oaks along the fence line at my place have loads of stuff in them. Different geological origins of the ancestors determined what got hung. German ancestors loved horseshoe hanging, French were cross hangers (anything resembling +shape and iron/steel), Irish were spikes.
For a guy that never went back to school to even complete the 6th grade, Grandad was pretty smart about stuff he learned living life as an orphan right around 100 years ago (born 1906, orphaned completely by 1919, literally hobo'd around TX, LA, OK, AR, MS during the 1920's and 1930's).
Posted on 4/26/18 at 7:58 am to cave canem
I remember when I was a kid,our neighbor tried to have 2 trees,they got fairly big.
Those were some damn funky smelling trees in early summer.
Then 1 day,he realized that they were sick.
He just cut them down.
Those were some damn funky smelling trees in early summer.
Then 1 day,he realized that they were sick.
He just cut them down.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 8:23 am to auggie
quote:
I remember when I was a kid,our neighbor tried to have 2 trees,they got fairly big.
Those were some damn funky smelling trees in early summer.
Then 1 day,he realized that they were sick.
He just cut them down.
Who knows but highly unlikely they were American Chesnut, they are a bit difficult to come up with or rather were untill very recently.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 10:01 am to fishfighter
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fishfighter
quote:Is there a specific one to look at that will cut thicker slabs, say 5” or so?
Alaska Mill
In laws had two large pines dropped looking to make a live edge mantle out of.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 10:59 am to Citica8
Just cut from either side and leave the remaining chunk the size you want.
Edit- or cut it with a chainsaw to rough dimensions then get a mill to cut it square.
Edit- or cut it with a chainsaw to rough dimensions then get a mill to cut it square.
This post was edited on 4/26/18 at 11:06 am
Posted on 4/26/18 at 12:47 pm to Citica8
How wide do they want? Got a very nice air dried SYP live edge piece that is 4" thick by I think around 15"-16" wide by 10'+ long. Will sell it for $175 which is very cheap.
How wide are their logs? Were are they located at?
How wide are their logs? Were are they located at?
Posted on 4/26/18 at 1:06 pm to cave canem
Posted on 4/26/18 at 5:03 pm to baldona
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Benches are really cool made out of huge pieces of trees. Tables, etc.
Yep, I sell these unfinished for $100.I know I can get more, but why not a cheap price. Fixing to build 5 or 6 of them. People use them inside their homes or outside.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 5:12 pm to lsu1919
Call Shelby. He'll know what to do and put turtle soup in your pocket.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 5:14 pm to omegaman66
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the water/obtuse/willow oaks don't make as good a wood as most of the others.
I disagree 100%.
Water oak all thru this guest house I am building and to see how it pops out is unreel.
Now that I have it all varnished, it really pops out.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 5:20 pm to auggie
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Is there seed left? Could they ever come back?
They are coming back! The blight that affects them doesn't affect chestnuts from over seas. Scientist have been doing back crossing to bring them back. here is how it works.
Cross an American Chestnut with a Chinese chestnut and you get a hybrid. Half and half. 50% will have inherited the resistance to the blight.
Now weed out the ones that don't have it. This takes about 3 years to determine.
Now cross a pure American Chestnut with the blight resistant hybrids and you get a 75% American chestnut. Test for blight resistance.
Repeat the procedure multiple times.
Do it enough and you get an almost pure American Chestnut that has blight resistance.
They are almost finished.
The American Chestnut tree is amazing. It is the almost perfect tree.
Produces lots of mast ever year unlike oaks.
Wood is resistant to rot like cypress.
Produce mast much earlier than oaks and more of it.
Lumber is top notch! And so much more.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 5:31 pm to omegaman66
A lot of people up NE find it in old buildings. It's gold when they do after they have it resawed.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 5:50 pm to omegaman66
That's awesome, unfortunately we will all be dead before we ever get to see a mature stand of them. 
OP, I will pay and come get my slice, you won't miss 3-4".
OP, I will pay and come get my slice, you won't miss 3-4".
This post was edited on 4/26/18 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 4/26/18 at 6:16 pm to lsu1919
Call Andrew Moran (225) 362-7717 he may be interested if not he will give you your options. I would take a nice 3" live edge slab off of it if you get it cut
Posted on 4/26/18 at 6:21 pm to omegaman66
There were a ton of old barns built with A Chestment. They made the best beams and were more easily worked down than Oak or any other hardwood.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 8:06 pm to fishfighter
They were big trees, I didn’t put a tape at the base but I’m thinking 30” diameter. It’s going in our home we’ll be building in a few years. Wife is wanting to make something sentimental out of the trees that have been at her parents house in St. Amant for 40+ years, but I sure appreciate the offer.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 9:32 pm to Triggerr
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Call Andrew Moran (225) 362-7717 he may be interested if not he will give you your options.
I actually sent him a message thru his website yesterday. Haven't heard back from him yet.
Might give him a buzz next week if I don't hear anything.
Lot of good info in here. Thanks guys. I've emailed a few people but have mostly been hit with "too big, too far". We'll see.
Posted on 4/27/18 at 10:20 am to lsu1919
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I've emailed a few people but have mostly been hit with "too big, too far". We'll see.
Do you know anyone with a mini van?
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