I found this tree on the side of the road while out cutting downed trees out of the roadway during an ice storm about 6 weeks ago. It had fallen across the road during the night, and the road department had cut it in half and pushed it out of the road. I could see it was a huge Ambrosia Maple and it was only 1/2 mile from my Dad's house, where we have a skid steer, but I was really too busy getting ready for a huge spring festival to fool with it. I left it there for a couple of days, and finally decided I would go talk to the people who owned the land where it was. They gave it to me, and I got it that Saturday. With the festival finally over, I cut up the first log last week and about fell over. I had never heard or a Curly tree coming from around here, but obviously they can. I got 4 10' logs, the smallest was 17" in diameter, and the largest is 32". The pics below are from the small log, they came out to 16" after rough turning. I cut up the 20" log yesterday, and still have the 2 largest to go. If I had left the tree on the side of the road, I am sure someone would have had some beautiful fire wood for next year.
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