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Hurricane Irma left me with a lot of downed trees. Almost all are worthless live oaks. Good mainly for barbecue. At least one was a maple. It fell across my driveway, and before I knew what it was, I had cut up and burned most of it. Today I cut the base free from the stump, painted both ends to prevent checking, and stored it on concrete blocks. It's about seven feet long.

I felt like I needed to save it because it was free wood from a desirable tree. Then it occurred to me: there is no way I can resaw a 300-pound log.

What should I do with this thing? Maybe I should just burn it.

I wish live oak were useful. I have tons of it I would be happy to give to anyone who would haul it away.

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