Interesting piece ...

[Ron Smith ... Richmond, VA]

What do you think a guy might be able to get out of this? It's on a tree near Fredricksburg battlefield that I observed while passing through.

[David Fried]

Wooden umbrella!

[Jim Dunn]

Dog house??:) Or a mushroom.

[Jerry Clark]

There is a lady down in the southern states that turns HUGE pieces with a home made lathe-- Her husband died and she took over. They use a forklift to load the wood on the lathe. I don't have the web site now, but impressive. That is one big burl.

[Gary Max]

Several thousand pen blanks??????

[Chris Lee]

Anybody think I could sneak in there with my chainsaw tonight?

Actually I have looked at several trees here in the Fredericksburg area that have fallen or been cut and are just laying there, but they are all on county land. I have gona as far as to call the county and ask if I could take it and every time the answer is "NO""Too much liability for them" Every day I drive by a streach of park land that has at least 10 trees that are down that the county cut in to 6 or 7 ft chunks and are just letting rot.

It tears my heart out,

Chris

[Tom Mullane]

Same thing here in MD Chris... when we had a tornado come through last year, I went for a drive through the Catoctin Park, the county was actually still cutting trees.. there were a couple of real nice maples down... I asked the road crew supervisor if I could have some of the cuts.. none were over 4 foot long... he actually was nice enough to call his boss... the answer was NO... and the reason.. LIABILITY... now I could not figure this out since I was not the one doing the cutting and the road crew supervisor was going to have the pieces put in my truck for me... I did not even have to handle them... Even he said it made no sense... as he told the guys to put 4 logs in the back of my truck.... LOL... he was also a woodturner I found out... his personal truck had already been loaded with more that it should have... LOL..

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Anybody think I could sneak in there with my chainsaw tonight?

Actually I have looked at several trees here in the Fredericksburg area that have fallen or been cut and are just laying there, but they are all on county land. I have gona as far as to call the county and ask if I could take it and every time the answer is "NO""Too much liability for them" Every day I drive by a streach of park land that has at least 10 trees that are down that the county cut in to 6 or 7 ft chunks and are just letting rot.

It tears my heart out,

Chris
Chris, have you told them your name? If not, I would be going to get some of that wood! However, I would go out after dark :)

[Chris Lee]

I have tried, but it is down this one lane road that has no pulloffs except for where they have locked gates. It's like the wood is being held prisoner.


Chris

[Boyd Gathwright]

.... As I recall, you call those WOLF TREES. Don't remember all the details off the top of my head but it is a bacteria that causes that type of growth. This type of tree, though smaller, were quite common on the mountain and nearby where we used to live :cool:.

Boyd
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What do you think a guy might be able to get out of this? It's on a tree near Fredricksburg battlefield that I observed while passing through.