WALNUT SALES- Best article (Iowa based) ive ever seen....

[Hardwood11]

There is a guy in Wisconsin that cuts down, mills and sells his own lumber and does really well. I know tons of work---not for me!! But cuts down fairly low number trees and mills it into flooring and other wood products and makes a living on 200 acres. I think he installs it as well.

Maybe Skip could add that to he repertoire??

 

[northcedar]

A little extreme, but you sure can't deny the beauty of black walnut.

 

[203ntyp]

Thanks Crietveld, I appreciative the feedback! Wish I had the equipment to slab a bunch of walnuts and some other trees, live edge furniture is really nice. Even if I could slab it myself I'm not sure how it would cure in a shed or detached garage. I heard that walnut that's been submerged in water has some good value? I have one that's been laying in the creek since 2011.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Thanks Crietveld, I appreciative the feedback! Wish I had the equipment to slab a bunch of walnuts and some other trees, live edge furniture is really nice. Even if I could slab it myself I'm not sure how it would cure in a shed or detached garage. I heard that walnut that's been submerged in water has some good value? I have one that's been laying in the creek since 2011.

Side note: You can make the heart wood disappear by submerging in water. All the wood turns the dark color. Did this way back in HS when making deer plaques.

 

[crietveld]

Walnut air dries pretty well if you stack and sticker it right. I dry mine outside for a year then move it into the loft of my garage to finish drying. One year of air drying per Inch of thickness is what I have been told. You can probably find somebody with a portable mill to come saw for you on site. Woodmizer has a list on their website of people who do that.

If you have a decent size chainsaw 20 -24" bar you can buy an Alaskan mill and ripping chain and saw your own, that's what I have been doing.

 

[crietveld]

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[Hardwood11]

That’s amazing stuff!

 

[Hardwood11]

Recent walnut cut in Western Iowa.

 

[Hardwood11]

Nice trails added, plus a few oak/walnut to cut up for man cave.

 

[northcedar]

Cool! Were any veneer? Were you happy with the pricing?

 

[Hardwood11]

Yes, price was fair, I saved most of then veneer trees.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Buddy of mine just bought 60k of walnut in western Iowa. He's getting worried about tariffs in the future which could make prices go down quite a bit. Its not something I've followed or researched

 

[Sligh1]

A little extreme, but you sure can't deny the beauty of black walnut.

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OH MY GOSH!!!!!! That’s so great!!!!!!! I just saw this!!!!! Only way to top this is to build a house out of shed antlers!! Wow that’s cool!!!

Well done on the sale! The prices, Logic of “harvesting ripe fruit” & economy got my lazy butt out marking. I just got done marking about 170 lumber grade walnuts that are ready with about 8-10 big veneer creek bank leaners that need to get yanked before they wash away. Gonna test this market real soon. Well done on ur sale!!!

 

[jrsbows]

helped our local logger take out 55 walnut trees from my bro in law up here in mid to east northern iowa we had a couple buyers fighting over them but not sure who gets them yet.im figuring on getting bout 100 more off the other side of creek next winter.

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