Post #132549 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, Dec 23, 2004 4:16 PM

Thanks, Ben & Raffertiki. Aaaahhhh…. nothing like the sight of a 40 foot logging rig to raise a carver’s testosterone level. No, Ben, I haven’t attempted one of these bad boys - yet. I wanted to get advice from all of you guys first.

This firewood lot is near some old fields that are being developed into high priced housing. HUGE eucalyptus trees that served as a windbreak ringed the fields. They are taking out literally hundreds of trees, many of which are inbound to this wood lot. I worked at a wood lot as a teen, and we sold lots of “Euc”. The wood is really twisty & I don’t think I want to carve it. This guy had lots of other wood, though.

I’m not sure what kind of wood he gave me for the carving stumps. I told him I didn’t care what type. I think he might have said it was almond. The guy was really busy with the 40 footer rigs coming in so I didn’t want to bug him too much.

Anyways, that wood (almond?) looked pretty nice to carve. The two stumps cost me 40 bucks total, including six chainsaw cuts & complimentary loading with that massive tractor loader shown in the pic above. I know everybody likes to get their wood for free from tree trimmers, but for me it was worth it having it all cut up & dropped in the truck. I’m sure I’ll be back for more.

So, I’m still not sure how to handle the BIG log. It will be too big for a handtruck, and I’m sure I won’t be able to “walk” it back.

Any other ideas, guys?

"Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness."
-Pablo Picasso

[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua on 2004-12-23 16:41 ]