My First Gloat_ Ambrosia Maple

[Art Jordan]

As a newbie, this is some of the most figured ambrosia maple I have seen. Discovered at a local logging firm...the stack is from 2 of about 25 trees available. Unfortunately they are charging us five dollars per tree and we have to cut it ourselves. For reference..a 20 inch chainsaw.

[David Christopher]

Art, that is a great gloat and some good looking maple

[Steve Schlumpf]

Great gloat! That's gonna make some beautiful turnings! Congrats on the find!

[Dewey Torres]

I'll say that's a gloat!!!

[alex carey]

That is a wonderful gloat. That maple looks great. Make sure to post picts of what you make with it.

Alex

[Jim Kountz]

Wow five bucks a log!! Thats great I would have taken all I could at that price, nice gloat!!

[Richard Madison]

And this ugly, useless, almost free wood is located where exactly?

[john l graham]

Somewhere there is no snow! Still have over a foot in the yard here. Very nice looking gloat. You will stay busy getting all of that prepped and turned.

[charlie knighton]

so you give them 5 dollars, drive truck up to pile of logs, cut wood, load truck, head home

the wood is not down some red muddy hill with a creek between you and the turck???? :D

[Pete Jordan]

Art,

From your name, you must be a long lost brother or cousin. Don't forget your relatives!

Nice gloat!

[Bruce Smith]

Nice looking stuff, I wish you were closer, perhaps I could trade you
some birds eye maple for ambrosia maple. I don't believe ambrosia
grows around here.

[Jeff Nicol]

As a newbie, this is some of the most figured ambrosia maple I have seen. Discovered at a local logging firm...the stack is from 2 of about 25 trees available. Unfortunately they are charging us five dollars per tree and we have to cut it ourselves. For reference..a 20 inch chainsaw.
Yes Art, Where are you located? Inquiring minds want to know! Very nice haul! For $5 a tree that is just plain incedible!!! We all should be so lucky!! I need to go to the landing at my cousins to see what treasures await me as the loggers work thier way through the 57 acres they are select cutting and your post gives me incentive to go soon!

Jeff

[Art Jordan]

Actually, it is on the shipping yard next to their office, not in the woods. I mark the trees I want with red paint, and they stack them in a pile for me on the yard. The 25 trees I have now( have only cut 2 so far) only represent one week of activity on the yard. On Monday, new loads will be coming in. It's like Christmas. Yes..it would be nice to trade for stuff I don't have...shipping would be the killer. I live in northwest S.C., near Greenville.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Now that is a gloat. Dang that is a lot of turning wood.

[Allen Schmid]

Art,
You hit the proverbial gold mine! Nice looking wood and sounds like it's easy to get to, easy on the billfold and easy on the eyes. Yup...goldmine!
Make sure you allot yourself some time for turning.
Good work,
Allen

[robert hainstock]

That score rocks It is a first class gloat. :):)
Bob

[William Bachtel]

You better get busy with the anchorseal. Nice haul.