On Feb 6, 1:43*pm, Bill wrote:
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harry writes

All woods can be burned. Some takes longer to dry out than others
that's all. Cut *the trunk up into suitable lengths while it's green
(cuts a lot easier). It will have to be split, some splits easier when
green some easier when dry.

Going off on a bit of a tangent, my son is having to have 2 huge trees
taken down this week, plus a lot of other gale-related remedial work, in
the garden of the house he has recently bought. He can only afford the
basic work and will have to arrange to cut and remove the wood.

One tree is a very tall Scots Pine, we are told, and because of its
position will probably come down in sections, so won't produce any long
clear wood like the 25 foot lengths I had to buy when boat building. But
is it worth thinking about getting any of this dried out and to a
sawmill?
The house came with a large shed (double garage sized) with a lean to
open covered storage area beside it. It's dry but gets no sun because of
the huge trees, and I've been saying that I think it would be good for
slow drying of logs and other wood. I assume we want airflow rather than
sun.

We don't know what the other big tree is but hopefully we will be able
to see a leaf or two when it's down. There is also a smaller 30foot-ish
dead holly tree in the deal.

He is talking about a wood burning stove, but the money and time is
tight (eg the drains took us all of Friday and I'm still bodging him a
trailer from what we bought on ebay), so is it likely that we could find
someone to buy the wood for logs?

I've dug out the small Bosch chainsaw (no box, instructions or
accessories) that I bought off a remainder table about 10 years ago in
some long defunct diy store and will buy it some oil later today and
then see if it works.

Dried holly timber is very pricey, even in small pieces. It needs to
be debarked, split and put into drying very fast, no leaving it lying
around for a couple of days.


NT