Someone I know just had a bunch of black walnut trees logged off from their woods and I'm welcome to the debris. I plan to get a couple of loads of crotch wood.
The real question is the stumps. We don't have the equipment to pull the stumps, so it seems like I'm limited to chainsaws. Is the stump wood worth the effort? How deep will I need to go to get the really good wood? I don't mind sacrificing a couple of chains if necessary.
The terrain is ridge top and the fairly steep hillsides down into the valleys. The ridge top and valleys are accessible by truck. Other conditions are starting to come into play as well. A rain this morning made the ground "slicker than snot", the season's first snow has already dropped a couple of inches, and next week is rifle deer season.
The real question is the stumps. We don't have the equipment to pull the stumps, so it seems like I'm limited to chainsaws. Is the stump wood worth the effort? How deep will I need to go to get the really good wood? I don't mind sacrificing a couple of chains if necessary.
The terrain is ridge top and the fairly steep hillsides down into the valleys. The ridge top and valleys are accessible by truck. Other conditions are starting to come into play as well. A rain this morning made the ground "slicker than snot", the season's first snow has already dropped a couple of inches, and next week is rifle deer season.