A long dead pecan fell in the side pasture. At the top of the trunk it limbs split in four directions at the same height. The biggest was sixteen or eighteen inches diameter and the smallest about twelve. Should have been some interesting grain and only the outer couple inches of the tree were rotten. Had to regretfully admit that my sixteen inch toy chainsaw and fifteen inch lathe just didn't make whittling it down to bite sizes worthwhile. The part that wasn't rotten was hard as iron and I'm getting a lot of blank cracking before I get them roughed. The thought of working a day or more to see the blanks crack was pretty much the final decider, off to the burn pile, at a crawl! The tractor was a little small for the operation too.
Didn't know anyone locally with the saw or lathe to deal with it. Seemed a shame though. over forty inches diameter at the largest.
Hu
Didn't know anyone locally with the saw or lathe to deal with it. Seemed a shame though. over forty inches diameter at the largest.
Hu