cutting down walnut tree

[Steve Jenkins]

On Fri, Nov. 13th I am going to cut down a walnut tree on my property. The trunk is about 24" in diameter and pretty rotted which is why it's coming down. It isn't any good for lumber but it has several crotches and pretty good sized limbs with crotch wood.
If anyone is in the area of Mckinney TX. you are welcome to come by and help yourself. Anything that is still on the ground Sunday afternoon will go into the burn pile.

[phil harold]

On Fri, Nov. 13th I am going to cut down a walnut tree on my property.

:eek:

good luck with that!

[Jim Underwood]

Just be careful of spikes and nails and stuff. If it's near the house or driveway or...

It's liable to have been part of a fencerow or have some kind of hardware in it somewhere...

[alex carey]

mmmmmm, walnut crotch, that sounds tasty, wish I was closer I'd help you take it down.

[Bill Bolen]

Doing this on Fri the 13th? Brave man...Bill..

[Bob Borzelleri]

I recently visited a local wood source (mill that specializes in claro walnut) and stared at several large slabs of walnut from an old tree that had run its course and had to come down. The trunk was 48" and the wood was astounding. I didn't want to leave.

[charlie knighton]

what is McKinney, TX close to, my 2009 road atlas does not list it

i hope to be out in March, but i am more mesquite starved here in va

[Harvey M. Taylor]

Mc Kinney Tx. is about 30 plus/minus miles north of Dallas Tx.

[charlie knighton]

McKinney, TX is not that far from Mansfield, Texas 76063

you have any leads on some mesquite??, i have a small pickup :D

i like old rotton mesquite, fresh cut mesquite, mainly to hf

[Richard Madison]

Durn, too far away.

[Brian Brown]

Well, if Richard is too far away, I'm certainly too far away. Very tempting though!

[Steve Jenkins]

I don't think that I will find anything in the tree. We have just under 5 acres and the tree isn't close to any fences or the house. I do intend to be careful though. This isn't my first tree by a long shot but chainsaws always demand respect.

[Danny Hamsley]

Steve,

As I am sure you are aware, the rotted nature of the trunk makes it dangerous to fell because the hinge may be rotten and not control the direction of fall of the tree.

Take precautions and post a picture for us!

[Mike Svoma]

What is the world coming to when you can't give away a bunch of black walnut.....lol.

Mike

[Kenneth Whiting]

Giving it away would be real easy if I was just a little closer.

[Cody Colston]

I'm going for some. I've been wanting to get some Walnut turning blanks for NE bowls and stuff. I figure the gas burned is way less than what I would pay for it locally...if I could find it locally.

Ironically, this evening my wife told me that a friend had called while I was at work telling me that he had a Walnut tree die if I wanted to cut it down for the wood. So, looks like I will be flush with Walnut for a while. :)

[Steve Jenkins]

Just wanted to rejuvenate this in case there is anyone out there who didn't see it and might be interested.

[John Keeton]

As a follow up, I saw Steve's tree last Thursday, and it will certainly have some very nice turning wood! There are several crotches, etc. Easy to get to, and load, as well.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Steve - that is a very generous offer! I hope to be able to see some photos from who-ever is lucky enough to score some of that Walnut!

Hope all goes well!