New container for drying

[mike p]

oh wow so it dryed to quickly i guess
well air drying sounds like a must on oak then

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Our Oak out here is distinctly different that your Oak.  I have had the same experience with Pin Oak that is used out here for an ornamental type tree.

[mike p]

we have red oak with tight growth rings
white oak with realy tight growth rings
post oak with realy tight growth rings
black jack oak with lots of ants
& theres one kind of oak i dont know the term for it that i only have one tree on hole place like it& it needs to come down as it is blocking my soalar kiln's sun . has narrow pointed leaves.
course lots of hickory 3 different ones that i know of
the hackberry doesent get very big here.
the conservation guys tell me that pine is natural tree here but theres not one on our place at all
our neiabor doesent have any eather , she cant rember ever seeing any around here & shes lived here science 1951
so i dont know if them conservation boys are on top of it or not

[Stephen Wiley]

Mike, can you get a pic of the 'unknown Oak' for ID?

[Kirk Allen]

My guess will be Shingle Oak.  Do the leaves stay on it during the winter?  It will be the only oak with brown leaves on it during the winter. 

Great tree for tree stands as they offer supurb natural cover

[mike p]

i think it is shingle oak will get pictures this weekend

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

Well, the rains hit hard today and guess what?  The new container arrived about one,this afternoon.  Now the work begins, installing the heat exchangers and all the piping from the Taylor furnace.

[mike p]

 Quoit
Now the work begins

pics, pics, pics

[Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner"]

I pick the lumber up from the end with extensions on my forks and set the units on dollies.  With the new 40' unit delivered day before yesterday, I will most likely do the same thing and use 4 9' dollies.  90 percent of my lumber for the kiln is 10' or less in length.  The new unit has a floor designed for a waling floor, so I will have to have some sort of non metal tire that will not ruin the aluminum tracking.  Not sure what I will be using for dolly tires.  Got a lead on some used lift truck solid rubber tires.  I will need 16 of them for four dollies, 9' long and 54" wide.