I'm hoping logs come much cheaper than this?

[rckclmbr428]

But logs don't come much cheaper than this, do they? Right on my property, 22" bottom, 10" top, and about 40' long. I hope I can use them, because there's 80 more just like this one

You left a good 1-2' of log on the stump. Cut lower!

[mudflap]

Yeah, well, you can only learn so much from YouTube. I'll do it in the next one!

[Mosseyme]

Nice log. Looks like you have it covered. Let us hear from you when it is peeled and treated.

[etd66ss]

I wish I had trees that size on my land, below is a pic of what happened to many of the nicer trees I had. I was a noob when I bought my land and didn't realize when I cleared the area for my house/ponds, the wind would decimate the evergreen section of the forest. I also knew nothing about seasoning the logs on a rack, I could have saved 100's of logs. Though, I think for the log home, my forest is about 15-20 years too young to supply the size logs I'd need.

[dvb]

Education is expensive, no matter how you get it......

[Mosseyme]

And to kick a dead dog, one more reason why we say it. The class is the cheapest big lesson a person can get on dozens of fronts.

[Mosseyme]

Mudflap,
I don't think you can really appreciate what you have in your lap there just yet. I would cut them and get them racked up as fast a I could then come back and check the bark on a weekly basis. Right now the bark might come off pretty easy as it is spring. You do not want to let this opportunity slide by. Get yourself a cheap axel wiith wheels and tires even if you have to buy a $200 car from the junk yard.

BTW
There is nothing wrong with interesting trees. That kind of taper makes things a little bit harder but not so much if you do square. You might have to try to access 3 long straight White Pines or Tulip Poplar for your cap logs and RP or do a split RP or other some other interesting thing but you have got your house logs IMHO


One more thing Mudflap,
I admire the just do it thing more than most people do. It is how I have learned a lot of things through life, but-t-t, if you haven't done logging before, I beg you go get some experienced help. There are reason why it is always either 1 or 2 on the list of most dangerous jobs in the world. We did do our own logging in very difficult mountain forest but Gary has been logging since he was 16 yo doing it with his dad and that was 50 years ago. And it was still probably a really dumb thing to do. We still had a number of really close calls. One very large tree came down on the bulldozer blade and rocked it so hard it slammed me off the rollbar and nearly knocked me out. Another small one kicked back and knocked me down and pinned me down with the butt on my chest and so on.
Just at last Thanksgiving an 8 yo friend of my granddaughters was killed by a falling tree. Daddy and Granddaddy thought they had done everything right. They were pushing the tree with a machine as it was cut. It uprooted and twisted around and came down right at the corner of the house where the children were hiding behind killing the little girl and injuring her brother.
A tree is kinda like a horse, it has a mind of its own, you can persuade it to do what you want to most of the time but then there is that time it makes it's own choice. Get some help. Stay around for those cute kids there.

[mudflap]

I get the feeling that I need to move on this quick. I have 40 usable trees, and the land next door has probably 100 more. Is there a forum sticky / post on skidding logs?

[mudflap]

I found it.Thanks mossyme

[Arrowman]

Finding logs is probably going to be the most frustrating part of my build. I had some many people back out on me or tell me no before I found one to say yes. After going through the last three months, I would never pass up what you have been offered Mudflap.

[mudflap]

Words of wisdom. Thank you.

[Mosseyme]

Mudflap,
If you didn't already, please read my edit above.


Also, all things being equal, I would get as many logs from the other land as possible and leave a few around the build. Shade is a good thing in these Southern states.

[Dywane]

sorry posted wrong thread

[allen84]

Mudflap,
If you didn't already, please read my edit above.


Also, all things being equal, I would get as many logs from the other land as possible and leave a few around the build. Shade is a good thing in these Southern states.

Just no large living trees too close to the foundation... We've been looking at a house that has some "foundation issues". Looks major but it seems mostly superficial to me (brick façade has some mortar cracks, foundation looks pretty solid). One of the most damaged/ already once repaired spots is due to a large tree root right at the surface of the soil. The tree is 6-10 feet from the corner of the house and over 12" diameter, very large surface roots.

[mudflap]

Didn't know where to add this pic, but I'm proud of myself. Cut three trees with a broken rib today. would've been 4, but it started raining too hard. One stump, 2 logs. I call that a two-fer.

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[More corners]

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BTW: We are in or mid 60's and are doing this with a little help from family and friends. Logs are stacked and roof is on. Lots to do but it will get done.

You are an encouragement to us who don't know how much or how little help we may get along the way. Keep rocking it!