> >> >
> >>Frogleg wrote:
> >>> Guy at Work told me people would pay big buck$ for black walnut wood
> >>> when I needed to have a tree removed. He wasn't one of them, nor did
> >>> he know any who'd come with cash in hand. :-)
> >>
> >>A few years back I heard of people stealing walnut trees. They would go
> >>onto your property and cut the tree down for the wood. I have no idea if
> >>they are still valued that much.
> >
> >Many years ago I had some relatives in North Carolina that sold some land.
> >The fellow that bought it cut down all the walnut trees and sold them for
> >more than he paid for the land.
>
> Too late, too late. Found a contractor to clear current hurricane
> damage in the back yard, and the wood is out by the curb awaiting
> collection. My city is halfway through collecting and disposing of 1M
> cubic yards of debris, mostly, though not exclusively, trees. I have
> seen very little collection of firewood-size logs/branches, much less
> anyone glomming onto 4' diameter oaks that fell pretty much whole. I
> wonder why not. The black walnuts that fell in my yard were only 8-20"
> in diameter, but straight trees that surely could have been of some
> use. However, I imagine felling a tree in an open field and removing
> it from a suburban back yard are 2 different animals. The really huge
> one I had professionally cut many years ago required 2-3 guys with
> harnesses and ropes (and insurance) over half a day to remove.
I know that there are some rec.woodworkers who would take that wood and make something beautiful