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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 08:52 PM
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 09:54 PM
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Some excellent firewood. What would you estimate the age to be? 160 years old
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 10:39 PM
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I counted rings on a Garryana oak in western Oregon that was 280 years old.
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 11:31 PM
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It is almost a shame to cut that into firewood. Then again, what do you do with a bunch of Oak 1x12's?
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 11:44 PM
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It's amazing how much $ oak saw logs are worth. I thought I had a bunch on my property, but a lot of it had too many cracks/holes in it that were't noticed until the logger cut the tree down.
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 11:49 PM
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It's amazing how much $ oak saw logs are worth. I thought I had a bunch on my property, but a lot of it had too many cracks/holes in it that were't noticed until the logger cut the tree down. Many years ago I had "Oneeyedtrapper" saw some Red Oak for me. Beautiful stuff! I strip piled it in the pole barn for a few years and tried to sell it. No one was interested. I had someone plane it on 4 sides and tried to sell it for a few more years. I finally put it on an auction and it brought less than what I paid to have it sawn, let alone planed.
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 11:50 PM
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I used to own some bottom land that was 60% covered in Garryana oak. I had the logging records from a thinning done 80 years before and the stumps were still rock solid.
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Re: Oldest oak we've ever cut up.
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12/09/23 11:58 PM
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.. It is a bit of an obsession for me to grow as many as I can on this property in my life. Always tending and pruning in the summer months. Agreed Growing/improving oaks is fun. We don't prune in the summer due to wilt.
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