Pecan trunk available

A lot of project potential in that log.

-- Maplewood, MN

After the last hurricane blew through the Hampton Roads area a couple years back, it left countless trees uprooted and to this day there are still hundreds visible from the road while riding through the back roads. Several news stations and newspaper stories talked up the issue of the large divot left by all these uprooted trees and the danger of an increased mosquito population boom. I seems to me that someone with access to a bobcat and a chainsaw with several spare chains could get all the stumps they could haul away if they just asked the owner and agreed to fill in the hole.

-- Brian, Virginia Beach

Nice find!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

congrats

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Good score. Spalting? I have some customers that look for the spalted cause the like it and others that don’t want anything to do with it and run away as fast as they can. I have found the softer woods spalt faster than the hard woods. Have fun ,it looks like a real nice log.

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Boy, I wish I was closer to you. I have a Woodmizer and I have never cut a pecan before. If we were closer we would take a Saturday and make boards for you.

As far as spalting, it takes many months of decaying to get a really good figure. There is a very fine line between spalting and becoming “pippy”.

-- Jeff, Indiana

Should I seal the ends? This wood is harder then ceder, but similar in texture and slightly harder than pine.
I’m planning on outdoor slightly rustic furniture with 8/4-10/4. Cook-out/picnic stuff since thats were I spend time.
But if the slabs sell…...we’ll just go with sticks and marshmellows.

Yea for sure seal the ends. I spalt alot of logs, maple mostly, some sycamore. I have never spalted pecan, I have seen it, it’s cool…but if you are not careful you will just ruin that pretty log. I would mill it now and mill it wide. All the pecan I have milled around here has a darker center, I would be tickled to find one that looks like that.

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What a great find!! The other guy was probably looking for cheap firewood. Make sure you show us if/when you cut it.

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Pecan is beautiful wood. Great find.

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Can’t wait to see what comes out… Hope you post some pictures. And good luck w/her…

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I will be looking for some made from it also.

How about some legs for that shuffleboard table you were going to build?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Good idea Gary but pecan isnt very hard and a freind stopped by today, a mesquite miller, he said its somewhat unstable but that the 3-5 months spalting was on que. So more than likely it will be used for a outdoor bar for next to the grill. Picnic tables are nice and a fenominal idea but I dont like um. So time to invent something new. I wish I could play shuffleboard… Thats still to come, out of mesquite. Still need to refine my skills though. Aaaa woodworking skills.lol
Thanks Gary
Thanks everybody. Check back in april.

I’ve hears them talking about Pecan and Hickory being the same. That the names might be changed to up the price or so. The lumber books call them interchangeable.

So i don’t know why they would be called not very hard.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Hickory is used for axe handles Karson, similar to oak and maple. Like in that movie with Clint Eastwood(pale rider). I can assure you that pecan is slightly softer. Think about it Karson, time fly’s and soon we’ll have some 10/4 slabs.

I acquired 27 one gallon cans of polyurethane, new. So I’ll give these slabs a generous coat, hopefully it will stabilize any bending.

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What a beautiful find! Can’t wait to see what comes out of that log . . .

David

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Have a look at this ebay auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-HUGE-PECAN-LIVE-EDGE-SLABS-DRY-2-7-8-THICK-X-15_W0QQitemZ190196874778QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3131QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I dont think anyone will buy it but I got a good feeling about my pecan wood. Spalting has already begun on the ends, what looks like alot of mold spots.

WTG BlueStingrayBoots.

Pecan, being a close cousin to hickory, exhibits some of the same characteristics. So closely related that is can officially be sold as hickory. It has interlocking grain. It will not behave well when sawed and dried. But the final product is worthwhile.

Pecan/hickory rots quickly and does not hold up to outdoor applications.

I’ve milled a few large spalted pecan logs for a customer. He was going to give them to us. But I knew he had something too valuable to give away. We milled them for him and were stunned at how beautiful it was. We loaded it on his wagon. I visited him a couple of months later and spotted the pecan. Despite our advice, he had stickered it every 4’, instead of every 1’, then left it exposed to the sun and rain. I wanted to cry. It was grayed, warped, twisted, and checked so bad that I couldn’t see much of a way to recover anything from it.

Anyway, I’d like a crack at milling pecan again. Not much of it around here.

-- Wonderful new things are coming! - God

Nice find BSB.

Hey Rob, any of this in your neck of TX? if so, that can be your “carry-on” next trip up this way. (I’m just sayin)

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Wanna buy it dirtclod?
I’ll ship the whole trunk to you. Its too big for my mill by a few inches. I thought about trimming the few inches with a chainsaw but I also think that wood take some of the appreciation away from such a excellent specimin. The live edge will probably be milled off eventually, but the live edge is a step in the whole process that has to be expierienced. If you havent milled trees, you cant relate to what I’m saying.
dirtclod, imagin some 10/4 slabs of this trunk within your grasp….....lol

Yeah Scott, there’s some around here. In fact, every once in a while I trim the Grandmother’s large pecan tree, I’ll look for a large branch and bring you a piece.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

i wonder what I would charge for something like that…..We’ll the ebay link quote 5k per slab. I think this piece will yeild 8 slabs so that makes…... $40k! Yea, I’ll go for that. lol

That would help to add to what we already have. But we’ve got 5-12000 bf yet to drop, skid buck and mill. And maybe 20-40,000 bf splalting on the ground already. Plus other scattered about the countryside. Since we are only milling weekends, I don’t know how we can get to what we’ve already got. Not to mention freight charges for the Texas to Ky. run. lol

Our mill will only cut a 24” cant. So slab widths are limited. I would mill it if I were you…but I dont know your situation. What mill do you hae and what size can you cut?

-- Wonderful new things are coming! - God

I have a 24” also. I only mill sparingly cause of the back pain milling causes me. I’ll be milling it soon april- may and storing it in cool dark barn with plenty stickers. Storing wood in a cool dark barn works great. I want to start making large gothic furniture, but I still need alot more wood to mill and to fill barn.

Almost time, My guess judging by the mold on ends…..first week of may.

I appreciate any guidence. I’m new at spalting, but i think I got the hang of it.

Milled first week of June, I just wasnt feeling it in May but I still jumped the gun. Hey I went by the advice given to me so better luck next time. Currently stacked and drying in barn.
6- 8/4 slabs, 2- 4/4, 1- 21/4 and a few turning blanks. 8.5’ x 22”

Good looking log. Been a while, how you doing?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I’m aight, Thanks. I’m guessing spalting takes about 10-12 months.
This pecan wood is awesome! it gots a beautiful light sand brown color, an amazing color. Smell is nice also. Not as dense or hard as mesquite.
It just barely fit on my mill. I lucked out there for some quik milling. If you look closely at the fourth board, snake eyes! 2 nails in the middle of tree, Hmmmm.

Very envious.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I’m still laughing over the eBay guy who wanted $5K for the slabs. Too funny…..

Spalting takes 1-2 years. Should I give away a secret? Oh, why not. Manure, green and smelly. The juicier the better. Add some shaving from another piece of beautifully spalted wood. Bathe it in it, then cover with plastic. Open the oven every now and then to check for doneness. Spalting is allways a crap shoot. If you see the first slice looks too raw when milling, return it to the oven. Yum, yum!

-- Wonderful new things are coming! - God

I would love to get my hands on a small mill. Being in Australia I have access to some great timber. I drive down the street and see where someone has removed a tree and my mouth waters! Pavlov would be proud Great score on the pecan! I see that and I see a ripping Rocker!

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