There's an apple orchard at the end of my road that went out of business 2
years ago. They cut down most of their trees about a year and a half ago &
sold most of the wood. Every day I drive by & look at the remaining trees
they cut. They're just laying on the ground. Would it be worthwhile to try
to find the owner & offer to clean up some of his land? IOW - is the wood
still good?

Sorry if this seems like a no-brainer, I'm not a lumberjack... I'm not sure
how long trees on the ground like that would still be usable.

"Mick" > wrote in message
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> There's an apple orchard at the end of my road that went out of business 2
> years ago. They cut down most of their trees about a year and a half ago
&
> sold most of the wood. Every day I drive by & look at the remaining trees
> they cut. They're just laying on the ground. Would it be worthwhile to
try
> to find the owner & offer to clean up some of his land? IOW - is the wood
> still good?
>
> Sorry if this seems like a no-brainer, I'm not a lumberjack... I'm not
sure
> how long trees on the ground like that would still be usable.
>
>
Long as it's not rotten, it's good wood.

Jack Curry

"Mick" > wrote in message
...
> There's an apple orchard at the end of my road that went out of business 2
> years ago. They cut down most of their trees about a year and a half ago
&
> sold most of the wood. Every day I drive by & look at the remaining trees
> they cut. They're just laying on the ground. Would it be worthwhile to
try
> to find the owner & offer to clean up some of his land? IOW - is the wood
> still good?
>
> Sorry if this seems like a no-brainer, I'm not a lumberjack... I'm not
sure
> how long trees on the ground like that would still be usable.
>
>

I have some cherry and apple wood that is five plus years old. If it is in
contact with the ground forget it but anything else is still good stuff.

> Sorry if this seems like a no-brainer, I'm not a lumberjack... I'm not
sure
> how long trees on the ground like that would still be usable.

There's probably going to be some bugs underneath the bark, but that's a
simple problem to solve.

-John O