Thanks, guys. Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Don's Walnut > You need to find a local guy with a sawmill and get those trees cut into > lumber, which is worth quite a fortune. He would probably pay you a > fair amount for the standing timber. If I was closer I would be all > over that, if you can find a guy to get it sawed up I might even come > get it at some point if you had a place to stack and dry it. I had a > small tree cut up last summer, got several nice boards from it, and some > amazingly-shaped branches, all of which are to become a table at some > point when I get a good shop space going. I figure that lumber I got, > maybe 100bd ft, is worth $500 or $600. (I took the trunk to an Amish > guy to saw it up 6/4, he didn't charge me much, and I ended up buying > about 1200 bd ft of cherry from him for $1/bd ft. He had a bunch of > biggish cherry logs laying around, so I had him cut them 6/4 for me. > Most of the boards are at least 8-10" wide. All that is destined for > some nice furniture.) > > So a bigger walnut tree would bring lots lots more. A lot of that is > getting bought up by Chinese and shipped out these days. > > --R > > Wonko the Sane wrote: > > These are some really large trees. Wanna buy them? > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Dan Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> On Jul 9, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Wonko wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I have several huge walnut trees that we'd like to have cut down. Good > >>> hardwood, will burn forever. Come and get it. > >>> > >> Sacrilege! That's exotic-furniture-quality stuff, and if it's of any > >> size, quite valuable. People have bought HOUSES for the value of a > >> single walnut tree. Have someone cut it down who can use it, and see > >> if you can find someone who'll pay you for it. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
