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Nothing like a successful day of cutting a tree down and splitting wood
Posted on 8/17/25 at 6:56 am
Posted on 8/17/25 at 6:56 am
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Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:02 am to Potchafa
Beautiful place. 
And no more cutting fire wood for me. But to each its own.
And no more cutting fire wood for me. But to each its own.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:09 am to Potchafa
Pecan?
Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:12 am to aTmTexas Dillo
Yes sir. Will serve as firewood for my outdoor patio and roasting a pig or two.
This post was edited on 8/17/25 at 7:14 am
Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:18 am to Potchafa
quote:Like Lanier said beautiful place! Pecan will put the flavor on it for sure.
Yes sir. Will serve as firewood for my outdoor patio and roasting a pig or two.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:37 am to Potchafa
Nice. I like pecan over any other wood for campfires and for smoking meats
Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:45 am to Potchafa
I was loading my truck y-day morning (burn of Memphis) getting ready to move my daughter back to college.
In the 20 min I was outside, I was dripping with sweat.
I hope your weather was better there than here.
In the 20 min I was outside, I was dripping with sweat.
I hope your weather was better there than here.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 7:56 am to Potchafa
My back is aching just from looking at your pics. Nice work.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 8:39 am to Potchafa
I love a good axe splitting session with oak.....pecan is one of those trees that definitely needs a hydraulic splitter.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 9:42 am to Turnblad85
quote:
I love a good axe splitting session with oak.
Where are you at that your ak isn't a twisted mess?
You want to be humbled? We cut a big persimmon tree last year.
I had no idea of the weight
Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:09 pm to X123F45
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Where are you at that your ak isn't a twisted mess?
we have some beatful straight grain red oak that pop like a firecracker with every strike.
quote:
You want to be humbled? We cut a big persimmon tree last year.
never tried that but since they make baseball bats out of it I'd guess it has some knarly grain. Live oak is rough to split too but damn that is some long burning wood.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:05 pm to Turnblad85
Don’t ever make the mistake of trying to split elm.
I found out hard way.
I found out hard way.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 5:03 pm to Potchafa
Posted on 8/17/25 at 5:26 pm to Potchafa
Hell yes 
Posted on 8/18/25 at 6:19 am to Potchafa
Who built your pavilion and how big is it?
Posted on 8/18/25 at 6:30 am to NOLAGT
Randy Smith and its 25’x25’
Posted on 8/18/25 at 8:43 am to Potchafa
thanks. Looking to get something in the 16x20 size and that one in your pic looks nice. Posted on 8/18/25 at 9:36 am to Potchafa
Nice, but going to be a bit before that wood dries out.
Posted on 8/18/25 at 3:18 pm to Potchafa
Nice...woulda made some nice lumber if it was near me LOL....
A lot of pecan is sold as hickory around the US....about $5 a board foot in my area rough cut and green in 5/4 8' stock. Some slabs 2 inches thick and 20+ inches wide can sale for around $250 or more green as a gourd. About 120 BF in the trunk itself, about $600 worth of 5/4 stock and about 30 minutes milling time on the mill. Those big limbs might also mill up pretty nice but may have a lot of stress in them. If not that first picture with the chain saw in it is about $1000 worth of green lumber and about an hour on the mill. Less at least one $25 dollar blade.
A lot of pecan is sold as hickory around the US....about $5 a board foot in my area rough cut and green in 5/4 8' stock. Some slabs 2 inches thick and 20+ inches wide can sale for around $250 or more green as a gourd. About 120 BF in the trunk itself, about $600 worth of 5/4 stock and about 30 minutes milling time on the mill. Those big limbs might also mill up pretty nice but may have a lot of stress in them. If not that first picture with the chain saw in it is about $1000 worth of green lumber and about an hour on the mill. Less at least one $25 dollar blade.
Posted on 8/18/25 at 7:19 pm to Potchafa
Nice place. Why such a high stump?
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