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- December 25, 2012 at 7:05 pm #44331
Donn Hewes
KeymasterHere is the situation: I have 15 or 20 of these mature ash (18 to 32″) in the front of my wood lot. Within 100′ feet of the edge there are at least two old fence lines of barbed wire that were stapled to the trees years ago. Some hang from my ash and some from other trees, about three feet high. Questions: Will a metal detector do any good? Can I just climb on a XXX and cut it of five feet up? These are nice, valuable logs, and I have uses for them. For the smaller young maples; there seems to be no reason to let them continue to grow. Just cut them above the fence and start over? Thanks for any thoughts. Donn
December 25, 2012 at 10:37 pm #76385john plowden
ParticipantDonn – Don’t take a chance on the wire – cut high and save yourself and the mill a lot of grief –
JohnDecember 25, 2012 at 11:09 pm #76386mitchmaine
Participantif you don’t want the high stumps after logging, you can cut them off at ground level and split them for stove wood
December 26, 2012 at 1:34 am #76387Eli
ParticipantA couple rears ago I bought a bunch of logs from a local mill that had been rejected because of wire I wanted to use them for fire wood got sick of fighting with the wire and insulators I burned the last few on a pile. I was told you could saw them with a band saw mill just before you change the blade but haven’t tried it because we have a circle mill. It get interesting when you hit metal hard on the blade and dangerous. But it is a shame to wast really nice log because of wire or nails. Eli
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