Today was a day to tax the muscles. I cut down the following snag ponderosa. Boy is this a big tree. The old gal stood about 100 feet and had a trunk diameter of about 4 feet. Yes, trees make lots of noise when they drop in the forrest. So far, I have been limbing out this tree and checking out the lumber possibility. The tree is heavyily blue stained but not so much as to produce blue wood. This should look very good.
Here is the lumber question. This tree has been dead for about 3 or 4 years give or take. The aging process has drawn plenty of blue stain into the wood. So far, the wood looks useable but I have never cut a dead tree for lumber. Do you lumber guys think this will be worth while to board out? I am interested in obtaining blue stain tonque and groove lumber to complete the interior of my wood shop. What do you guys think? Do we have a goer here?