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To: Ilaine who wrote (53018)	7/5/2000 11:55:14 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (3) of 71178

Damn, had this all typed out and had a power flicker. <<Question 1: how am I (Chris, really, I suppose) going to cut those rounds up into firewood? Is it something we can do, if we buy the right tools?>> For that much oak you need to rent a hydraulic splitter. They're mounted on trailers. Most tree service guys that sell firewood have them. <<Question 2: how many cords of firewood is it going to make?>> Hard to say. A cord is 8'x4'x4'. Most wood is now sold in face cords, 8'x4'x2' or about a pickup bed full. Oak does make nice firewood, it's right behind black locust in BTUs of heat. <<Question 3: wouldn't it make better lumber? Say, wood shelving or wood flooring? I wonder if we could pay someone to saw it up?>> Now that's a tuffy. First you have to find a mill and not all do oak. Then there's the hauling of the log. One thing you might look into is selling part of it as a veneer log. They cut those at 18" above the ground and want trees that are limbless for the next 16'. That way they get 2 eight foot sections of peel. I knew a guy who got $25,000 for 3 acres of walnut for veneer trees.

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