what to do with 30" dbh osage orange/bodark tree? actually 40" with Pic!

[hackberry jake]

Got the stump log split in half and cut on the mill. Here is a pic of the second half squared up. More pics to come once I get more time and service.

[5quarter]

Excellent! what are the dimensions of the cant in the picture? I can't recall...how many  sawlogs did you get from the tree? Do you have a photo of the root ball?

[hackberry jake]

This is the closest pic I have of the root ball. The first half is on the mill and the second half is in the background. Here is a pic of the grain I was expecting grain that wasnt so strait from the stump. The second half looked more interesting though, I'll have pics of the second half sawn once I finish it up. I got about three good logs over 25" from the tree. One 7' stump log, one 11' butt log, and one 5' second log. I will also get a bunch of lumber out of the limbs and other bodark trees he wants rid of. The cant is roughly 16x16.

[hackberry jake]

  Over 3' wide and 11' long bodark/osage orange milled up and ready to sticker in the shed. Sure gunna be some heavy tables!

[Dodgy Loner]

I'm envious of your lumber, but very happy that I'm not the one who has to move all that lumber

[WDH]

Wow!  What a log.  Heavy is right.

[JD350Cmark]

Jake,  Glad to hear you are ok..  What kind of dozer do you pull with that set up?

[davidv]

I know this is an older thread but that is a nice log! It looks like you could have split some nice bow staves out of it, and that's a pretty good market. Average osage staves sell for around 50 dollars but that tree has some thick rings that are very desirable. http://www.missouritrading.com/bowlist.htm Making bowstaves is really easy. You just have to split the log with wedges untill you get 4 or for inch wide pieces and you seal the ends with shellac. Sealing must be done immediately though because checking ruins the stave.

You can make bows out of sawn lumber too. The bow in my picture is made out of a red oak 1x2 I got from Lowes.

[hackberry jake]

Thanks, only about 3 more years til it's dry enough to use. Some of the flitches had splits down the middle. I think when I build a house I am going to use them for countertops. Might take the largest one and repair it with butterflies of maple and use it for an island in the kitchen. Dreams

[davidv]

I think Bo'dark would make a beautiful table, good luck.