Lumber from power poles.
I posted to this section because we did use a truck and dump trailer. Near where I live they replaced a bunch of large wooden poles for high tension lines. A friend wanted them and a particular land owner didn’t want the old poles so it was a help yourself thing. I took my 2025r and helped him load them on his trailer with my forks. He kept saying how light weight they were. When I saw them I thought no way I’m picking those up but they were 50 tp 70 years old and very dry so I was able to load them.
He hauled them to a sawmill owned by the Amish and today I helped him load the lumber and watched him mill a few. This stuff was all cedar and made some excellent lumber.
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He hauled them to a sawmill owned by the Amish and today I helped him load the lumber and watched him mill a few. This stuff was all cedar and made some excellent lumber.
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Nice, Looks good. If ya don't mind, what did it cost ya? And how many poles did it take to get that much finished product?
I got a pile of old ones in my back yard, and once I finish the job I'm currently on, I'm gonna get another pile of old cedar, and fur.
I started plaining old cross arms on Sunday. I should buy a table saw, trim the fat first, then plain them. It's a lot of work just plaining them down.
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I got a pile of old ones in my back yard, and once I finish the job I'm currently on, I'm gonna get another pile of old cedar, and fur.
I started plaining old cross arms on Sunday. I should buy a table saw, trim the fat first, then plain them. It's a lot of work just plaining them down.
Right on. Good friend in you! Thanks for sharing.
That would be osmose treatment. They drill holes at a 45, and insert what looks like a cO2 cartridge into the whole, and plug it. Supposed to retreat the wood, to gain extra life out of it.
No idea what the actual chemical treatment consists of. The plugs are blatantly obvious, sometimes cork, sometimes plastic.
No idea what the actual chemical treatment consists of. The plugs are blatantly obvious, sometimes cork, sometimes plastic.
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