I noticed a good sized osage tree lying on the hillside after a recent thunder storm. It took some persuasion, but I got my dad to help me get it out of the creek bed. After a lot of sweat, and a little hassle from a state trooper, we got these four logs to the house. The two smaller ones might end up being fence posts, but the two big ones look pretty good. I was hoping that it would have decent growth rings, since it was growing near a creek bed. I coated the ends with wood glue as soon as I cut them, and then put on a second coat once I got them to the house and I still had some splits starting.
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Here is a shot of the rings. The best rings will take some work to get down to.
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The biggest log is 85" long and the other three are about 78".
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These will be the biggest trees that I have used so far.
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I was able to get the biggest one split into 3 pieces before I had to leave for work.
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