Cherry Burl Gloat

[Eric Kosanovich]

Today as i was in my shop i could hear some one cutting up some wood
so I'm thinking maybe the guy could have a little wood i can use for a bowl
or two but when i got there it was just a pine tree. How ever some guy
stopped and asked if i needed any help finding any thing i told him nah
I'm only five houses down from mine I'm OK. So he drove off and me right
in back of him he turned in to his drive way and i spotted it an old stump
that may have potential, come to find out it was a 10 year old Cherry burl stump.
I got the OK to take it out this evening. Looks to be about 1200+ lbs.
Crazy how things work out some times.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Looks like quite the find Eric! Hope it hasn't checked to badly! Should be real entertaining pulling that bad boy out of the ground!

Have fun - work safe!

Looking forward to seeing what you turn out of it!

[alex carey]

how exactly do you get something like that out of the ground? Living in Torrance I've never actually seen this done, they always just grind the stump which is a shame because there is probably a lot more down there.

[Eric Kosanovich]

how exactly do you get something like that out of the ground? Living in Torrance I've never actually seen this done, they always just grind the stump which is a shame because there is probably a lot more down there.
Well Alex i'm not really sure, i am only by my self.
Maybe i'll have to start cutting it from the top and work my way down
dig a little and cut a little and repeating. it is a crotch burl so i'm not even sure how to or the best way to cut it with out hacking it up.

[alex carey]

o dang, so basically just diggin it up, in my head I had imagined you hooking it up to something like a 747 and just yanking it out.

[David E Keller]

It looks interesting. I'd definitely take some blanks from the portion above ground first to see what kind of shape it's in. After 10 years, there's no telling what the inside of it looks like. Hopefully, it's beautifully spalted and not completely rotten.

I hope it turns out to be a great, great gloat.

[John Keeton]

Get a good file for your chainsaw!! Or, some extra chains. Looks like it could be a nice find, but the dirt and rocks in that sucker will wear out a chainsaw blade in no time.

[Bernie Weishapl]

+1 what John said. I would make sure I had a few extra saw chains just in case. Looks like a great find.

[John Tomasello jr]

Nice score hope it is not rotten

[Eric Kosanovich]

I am totaly amazed at the wood inside and cant beleave that it is 10 years old. Oh!! and i burned up my saw!!
6 foot wide by 4 foot deep by 4 foot tall

[alex carey]

looks like its time you upgraded the chainsaw.

[Jim Terrill]

Just a note on removing stumps below grade- use a sawzall. No risk of a chain breaking, blades are cheap and if you hit a rock the blade bends but your risk of kickback is minor compared to a chain saw

[alex carey]

do they have 2 foot blades for sawzall's?

[Jim Terrill]

do they have 2 foot blades for sawzall's?

You can get 18" blades from some suppliers, which is the same length as your standard consumer chain saw bar length.

[Eric Kosanovich]

OK i'm on my 3rd chainsaw now:mad:

[Jim Terrill]

OK i'm on my 3rd chainsaw now:mad:

I have never had a Husqvarna fail me. Had a couple of poulans that bit the dust, but talk to professional woodsmen and you will find a lot of them carry around bright orange saws and trust them to make a living. More money, but what is the cost when you go to use it and it just won't turn over?

[Harlan Coverdale]

That's quite a find. Nice looking wood.


OK i'm on my 3rd chainsaw now:mad:

A Stihl or Husqvarna will solve that problem. ;) It only took me two or three chainsaws to figure out that buying a good one was less expensive than repeatedly replacing cheap ones.