Dolmar 64xx/73xx/79xx series, smurfs and solo 665/675/681 thread

[MG2186]

You guys thaw out up there yet?

Thawed right into flooding and a muddy mess!

 

[dahmer]

View attachment 170867 View attachment 170868 Here’s a couple Dolly mufflers I did, I’m not a Dolly man but thought you guys might like them and some won’t I’m sure

I think they look great!

 

[Hedgerow]

Thawed right into flooding and a muddy mess!

Yep..

March 2019...

Tundra to swamp in 48 hours..

 

[Wood Doctor]

Yep..
March 2019...
Tundra to swamp in 48 hours..

Hate to say it, but it also sounds like eastern Nebraska today. I thought Missouri was immune to all this garbage. Guess not.

Hedge, I still like this saw:

 

[huskyboy]

Hate to say it, but it also sounds like eastern Nebraska today. I thought Missouri was immune to all this garbage. Guess not.

Hedge, I still like this saw:
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That wood looks a lot like like walnut

 

[Wood Doctor]

That wood looks a lot like like walnut

Believe it or not, that is red elm. It grows big around here, but it is getting scarce and was almost exterminated by dutch elm disease. People often make fun of elm until them burn red elm.

 

[dustinwilt68]

Red elm is beautiful, my dining room has it around bottom half, and yeah it burns incredibly hot also, it's mostly gone in my area now, what a shame

 

[MG2186]

Believe it or not, that is red elm. It grows big around here, but it is getting scarce and was almost exterminated by dutch elm disease. People often make fun of elm until them burn red elm.

Red Elm is prime firewood! I’d take everything I could get, unfortunately it’s all but extinct out here. That’s a lot darker than the red Elm I’m used to seeing

 

[Deets066]

Yep..

March 2019...

Tundra to swamp in 48 hours..

 

[huskihl]

Red Elm is prime firewood! I’d take everything I could get, unfortunately it’s all but extinct out here. That’s a lot darker than the red Elm I’m used to seeing

We used to have *s-wordloads of 8-12" standing dead around here when I was a kid. Guessing that was what was left from Dutch elm disease killing them. But there are still a few live ones yet. Even some big ones here and there

 

[MG2186]

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Looks the same around here

 

[MG2186]

We used to have *s-wordloads of 8-12" standing dead around here when I was a kid. Guessing that was what was left from Dutch elm disease killing them. But there are still a few live ones yet. Even some big ones here and there

Same here, they do get pretty good size, I’ve cut some that were 4’ or better on the stump, a lot dam nice firewood in them like that. Dam bugs/disease is killing off all the good firewood trees. Won’t be long and most the ash trees will be gone too

 

[dustinwilt68]

All of our Ash is dead here, state want even let you take the dead out for firewood either.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Red Elm is prime firewood! I’d take everything I could get, unfortunately it’s all but extinct out here. That’s a lot darker than the red Elm I’m used to seeing

Oops! You may be right. That above Pic could be black walnut from the same work site. I may have gotten the Pics mixed up. Here's the same saw after I worked on red elm for sure:

Note that this big round also has slightly thinner bark and no lighter-colored sapwood ring. That's a 32" bar on board. The tree was probably at least 7o years old. I had to noodle cut these rounds into quarters before I could load them onto the tailgate.

 

[Hedgerow]

Those rounds look suspiciously like Siberian Elm..

They were planted all across the western mid west as yard trees. “Shade trees” about 80 - 100 years ago cause they were resistant to the diseases that take out the red and American elm.

But they are some ugly sunsabiches..

 

[Hedgerow]

All of our Ash is dead here, state want even let you take the dead out for firewood either.

I got 2 Ash trees in the south tree line..

I’ve left them alone for now. Hoping those damn Chinese bugs starve to death before they can get here.

 

[dustinwilt68]

I hope you can save them, shame to loose a good species of trees

 

[Hedgerow]

I hope you can save them, shame to loose a good species of trees

The bugs gotta make a pretty big jump through a “no ash” zone to get here..

We’ll see if the “scientists” are right, or full of *s-word as usual..

 

[dahmer]

Interesting reading PA ash.
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...gger-marucci-sports-wood/stories/201711200212

 

[dustinwilt68]

Very cool read.