Sponge Log Square Cants

[scully]

 So today is day 2 of another nightmare job . Rotted logs useless help rain . So I load another punky log and start sawing . Yup another Sponge log sawed into a square cant ! Shaveing sponge boards off . I explained to the customer with the 80 acers of prime hemloc woods that he should do some selective harvesting so that he could get some grade yield  for the $$$ he is spending . The reply .......I won't cut a live tree ! Okay then ! Lets have another one of them sponge logs ! My BF average is about 150 BF per hour ! Don't you laugh at me dawgoneit ! I am sooooooo going hourly on this job !

[Banjo picker]

I know the feeling.  We had some high wind a couple of years ago.  It blew down a good bit of timber.  I was cutting some of a customers logs up so he could build a fairly large barn.  After about the third load of so so logs I asked what he was doing with the better quality stuff, as I knew there was some nice pine on the site ....he was selling it to a lumber co. and only sawing the logs that they wouldn't buy... Oh well its his barn....Banjo

[GDinMaine]

Oh that sounds very familiar.  A few weeks ago I demonstrated to the customer that a fair number of his logs were rotten, by snapping an 8" wide board in half without any serious effort.  I told him he is wasting his money having me saw that stuff.  It was an hourly job - of course.

[dgdrls]

Scully,

sounds like the mill is repaired from the big oak adventure?

DGDrls

[scully]

Yeh got the mill repaired right away . I should finish tonight we saved the rotted 18'-20' logs for last ............... :

[Peter Drouin]

I have cut some that were like that. But just 1 or 2 for the whole job . I went to a job 2 weeks ago where the customer sold the nice logs to a big mill and wanted me to cut the junk that was left. The log pile was a mess too . Told him to bring the junk to the big mill and see if they will cut them for him. :D :D

[47sawdust]

Scully,
Great play on words!
Lotta funny guys on this forum.
Mick

[Peter Drouin]

One thing with logs like that the blade will last a long time. :D :D

[drobertson]

It's kinda crazy how some folks think,  not sure why he would have you continue to saw them.  Must be a pride thing?  I reckon if the check is in hand, it makes no difference.  Just a shame on him I suppose.  Glad you got back to sawing so quickly,,

[GDinMaine]

One thing with logs like that the blade will last a long time. :D :D

You are right ... :D :D :D ... and there is no need for debarker as there is no bark to debark...