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    As a general suggestion, I would advise to never...

    As a general suggestion, I would advise to never try to market timber on you own, unless it's just a couple trees you're trying to get rid of. A good Forrester can manage the whole process from bid...
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    51" around the base is about 16" diameter, but at...

    51" around the base is about 16" diameter, but at dbh (diameter breast height) ~4 feet above ground even less than 16" diameter. Your widest slabs would be through the heart, but that would contain...
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    The point is if you're wrong, you dump it. Doing...

    The point is if you're wrong, you dump it. Doing it with several picks, if you have a 50% correct pick record, and you dump the bad ones quick and hold on to the good ones until they fold, you can...
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    There are so many extraneous factors that affects...

    There are so many extraneous factors that affects a stock's price that any one claiming to be an expert stock picker is deluded. I've been doing my own since I took early retirement many years ago. I...
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    Another possibility is groundhog if it were in an...

    Another possibility is groundhog if it were in an accessible building. I've had them chew through flooring, completely through a 4x4" support post, and they especially like the little black plastic...
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    The only way to sell timber is to hire a...

    The only way to sell timber is to hire a forester (about 10% fee) who'll manage the sale from marking the trees, help evaluate bids, and seeing the harvest done properly. I have a reference for...
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    They do make tape measures that convert to...

    They do make tape measures that convert to diameter when you wrap them around the circumference, since trees are rarely perfectly round. Foresters use them to calculate tree volume. However. If you...
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    That looks like a very oversize machinist scraper...

    That looks like a very oversize machinist scraper that my dad used to have. I think they were used to scrape Babbitt bearings or something similar. I never thought of trying to use them as...
  9. You can get round stones of various diameters,...

    You can get round stones of various diameters, both concave and convex to sharpen it, but I don't a correct way to burnish it, or if you should for that matter.
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