log salvage

[rebarman]

Does anybody know if they still go after those logs that somtimes get away from log rafts or booms?I was on the west coast in B.C. and the shorlines where covered with old wood ,not to mention the ones that sink in shallow water. Off in distance, I could see tugs, pulling these huge rafts south through the Georgia strait.

[bigblueox]

if the wood is old enough you can make big money on them.

[rebarman]

Why would it be more expensive,perhaps its more stable?

[bigblueox]

the older the trees the more ring equals more unique it also works much differently.

[dozerdave]

Hi bigblueox,

Yes the older the tree the more beautiful the grain will be,and more dense also.

My grandfather made gunstocks and was always looking for old blackwalnut trees because of the beautiful grain in the older trees. He took the logs to a sawmill over on the coast and had the logs sawed in about 4" thick planks, painted the ends and let them dry with stickers in between the planks.

I have a Royal Arms AAA blackwalnut rifle stock that is a crotch cut and it is so beautiful.

[special tool]

Hi bigblueox,

Yes the older the tree the more beautiful the grain will be,and more dense also.

My grandfather made gunstocks and was always looking for old blackwalnut trees because of the beautiful grain in the older trees. He took the logs to a sawmill over on the coast and had the logs sawed in about 4" thick planks, painted the ends and let them dry with stickers in between the planks.

I have a Royal Arms AAA blackwalnut rifle stock that is a crotch cut and it is so beautiful.

Picture?

[stock]

beachcombers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FteZimbz59I) not the series I remember.