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[Mastermind]

My son has been experimenting with milling and cutting our "cottonwood"/black poplar lately

A guy he works with claims he built a house completely from milled on site cottonwood

That goes against all conventional wisdom up here that says cottonwood is worthless for ANYTHING


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I used a lot of poplar for framing lumber when I built my house. It usually dries straight and seems stout.

Good times bishes
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Fugh That !!!

 

[Mastermind]

I've been having pain and numbness in my legs lately. Gonna go get cracked by the local bone snapper in the morning to see if it helps.

 

[3browns]

I've been having pain and numbness in my legs lately. Gonna go get cracked by the local bone snapper in the morning to see if it helps.

Can't like that, hope the chiro person helps

 

[3browns]

I used a lot of poplar for framing lumber when I built my house. It usually dries straight and seems stout.

There was a guy on AS and maybe he moved over to FHC that was in my area that supposedly milled thousands and thousands of board feet of poplar and sold it for decks and such

He got called out continually for habitually lying about stuff so I kind of blew off anything he said

I guess his stories on the poplar could have been true

 

[redline4]

That does not look like one of ours

 

[GCJenks204]

What would those canuks do without Timmy's. Probably find several faster food places with GOOD foods.

When you are a “famous” coffee place and McDonalds has better coffee your food must really suck.

 

[Mastermind]

There was a guy on AS and maybe he moved over to FHC that was in my area that supposedly milled thousands and thousands of board feet of poplar and sold it for decks and such

He got called out continually for habitually lying about stuff so I kind of blew off anything he said

I guess his stories on the poplar could have been true

I built a building several years ago that I'm cutting lumber for the floor, benches, cabinets, etc. I'll be using poplar for most everything.

 

[farminkarman]

There was a guy on AS and maybe he moved over to FHC that was in my area that supposedly milled thousands and thousands of board feet of poplar and sold it for decks and such

He got called out continually for habitually lying about stuff so I kind of blew off anything he said

I guess his stories on the poplar could have been true

It is possible the cottonwood I have made lumber out of is different than what others are calling cottonwood. The biggest problem I have seen with cottonwood is getting it dry before it starts to rot. The stuff is so full of water when it’s green.

 

[Mastermind]

Poplar vs Cottonwood: When And How Can You Use Each One?

Poplar vs cottonwood - which one is the proper word to use? The truth is, both of these terms can be used interchangeably to refer to the same tree species.

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[3browns]

Poplar vs Cottonwood: When And How Can You Use Each One?

Poplar vs cottonwood - which one is the proper word to use? The truth is, both of these terms can be used interchangeably to refer to the same tree species.

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I tend to think of "cottonwood" in 2 separate situations; the enormous "river bottom" cottonwood that we get up here and that I have also seen in waterways in every western state we have lived in. They get reasonably tall but they get REALLY big diameters and really branch and spread out and generally look gnarly as hell

Then there is the cottonwood/black poplar that grows in uplands; it is usually the first thing to pop up in disturbed soil, it has shallow lateral roots that spread like a spiderweb and can go for 50' or more with plants shooting up every so often

This stuff grows straight and very tall because it is usually competing with birch and spruce for space and sunlight

And yeah, if you take some down you better do something with it because a year on the ground turns it to junk

We also have a lot of western aspen which is another poplar species

 

[Mastermind]

I tend to think of "cottonwood" in 2 separate situations; the enormous "river bottom" cottonwood that we get up here and that I have also seen in waterways in every western state we have lived in. They get reasonably tall but they get REALLY big diameters and really branch and spread out and generally look gnarly as hell

Then there is the cottonwood/black poplar that grows in uplands; it is usually the first thing to pop up in disturbed soil, it has shallow lateral roots that spread like a spiderweb and can go for 50' or more with plants shooting up every so often

This stuff grows straight and very tall because it is usually competing with birch and spruce for space and sunlight

And yeah, if you take some down you better do something with it because a year on the ground turns it to junk

We also have a lot of western aspen which is another poplar species

I saw cottonwood in New York at a GTG. I was a softer, stringy wood compared to the poplar we have here.

 

[dall]

I used a lot of poplar for framing lumber when I built my house. It usually dries straight and seems stout.

Fugh That !!!

i like poplar to build with and once dried you can hardly get a nail in it

I've been having pain and numbness in my legs lately. Gonna go get cracked by the local bone snapper in the morning to see if it helps.

because the nerves are being pinched between bone and chair when you sit down

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Morena E Hoas.

 

[5155]

"Shes',,,so pop-u-lar"

We have more than a couple subspecies of poplar here.
Then there are the country folk tree names.

 

[3browns]

Morena E Hoas.

Good morning...

 

[41FanForLife]

I've been having pain and numbness in my legs lately. Gonna go get cracked by the local bone snapper in the morning to see if it helps.

Don't Jason call Dallice bone snapper now with that fancy new ham sammy??

 

[Mastermind]

because the nerves are being pinched between bone and chair when you sit down

Well......that wasn't very nice.

 

[dall]

Don't Jason call Dallice bone snapper now with that fancy new ham sammy??

lol we know how much you like ham

Well......that wasn't very nice.

lol just saying chicken legs

 

[sawmikaze]

Don't Jason call Dallice bone snapper now with that fancy new ham sammy??

You bullies just can't stop with the gay references.

Even though I'm not as gay as I used to be.. at least I don't need to talk about Dally's homosexuality to make myself feel better...

 

[3browns]

I saw cottonwood in New York at a GTG. I was a softer, stringy wood compared to the poplar we have here.

I think a lot of the bad rap poplar has here is because most people view it as a weed or trash species because it is so prolific and can choke out the other "native" species like birch and spruce so quickly

A lot of the areas where white spruce died out because of the spruce bark beetle kill has been taken over almost completely by poplar

People would rather have birch since it is a superior firewood

I hate cottonwood/poplar in a fire, it always smells like a dog wet on it just before you tossed it on the fire