My plans of starting on my 1 ½ story cabin is being delayed until I get some stuff cleaned up.
Sunday 4/27 a Kansas tornado decided to tour my land. It went straight down the middle of the property. It is amazing what a tornado can do and this was just a F2 about 400 feet wide. This is the first time I have explored tornado damage this close. Luckily we were home 80 miles north watching it on TV when it hit. I have 90 acres with a 20 acre lake.
There are a bunch of trees down now, mostly cottonwood and cedar trees. Some elm, hedge and not sure what others kind. Some of the trees are fairly large, 4' diameter. I am not sure what I can do with all of these. A bunch ended up in the lake, I will leave some for structure but there are too many in it now.
There are a bunch of people that are knowledgeable and have great ideas on this site.
What can I do with these downed trees? I can leave them where they are and let them rot; I don't need that much firewood. I do not think I have many that would make good lumber to mill.
I am looking for Ideas that could make these trees useful.
Thanks for your ideas,
John
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Path of Tornado through the property:
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Anything worth salvaging for lumber should be stacked off the ground. If left on the ground the bugs will find them and you will have swiss cheese after a few months. I would just cut up into manageable lengths and stack the other portion for firewood. I still have several dozen on my property that a Derecho had devastated that I haven't got around to getting yet. Some I have access to and some not.