Clearing a Path

[hayden]

You really want to either cover or fill that well.

My understanding is that they should be filled in to protect the water table from possible surface contamination. It also reduces the potential hazard to wildlife and humans.

 

[Jstpssng]

A friend bought a house with an old well, and the insurance company made them fill it in. It took several dump truck loads of gravel. At 10 yards per load, just think how much work it took to dig that out by hand.

 

[bigtiller]

I filled in an old 65' deep bored well. The county required either a county rep. witness the work or a licenced well drilling/boring contractor do the work and turn in an invoice for the property county records. It was cheapest to fill it in with Bentonite.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

A friend bought a house with an old well, and the insurance company made them fill it in. It took several dump truck loads of gravel. At 10 yards per load, just think how much work it took to dig that out by hand.

I filled a shallow well on my property. I used sand because I figured it would be easier to shovel than gravel. Even with the assistance of my tractor it was a bit of work.

 

[Milo]

......just think how much work it took to dig that out by hand.

I can only imagine!

 

[CoyPatton]

I love old oaks! The house I was raised in had several close as a child. Now at almost 64 (in a few weeks) all have been gone for several years. I remember 1 right beside the approach concrete to the house’s carport was struck by lightning when I was a kid still living there and died and was removed. No proof, but 2 I think died from overly aggressive trimming and died and then removed. I thought the same about another that was very close to one one the others, but when removed a tree that was over 3 feet diameter at 1 foot above ground level inly has a 8” of non rotted wood on the outside of the tree, completely gone in the center. The person removing it wanted more money after it was on the ground, because he lost money he was expecting from the wood—only got firewood from if no lumber.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^

The person removing it wanted more money after it was on the ground, because he lost money he was expecting from the wood—only got firewood from if no lumber

Most mills around here don’t want trees from residential lots anyways, there is too great of a chance that they will find iron of various types, as well as various other kinds of forgotten trash.

 

[oregonrr]

A cabin like that was found in Virginia a few years ago, and ended up being the 1712 home of my 7th great grandfather, among the first immigrants from Germany. You might contact your local historical society and see if they have any information about your find.

 

[EddieWalker]

there are a couple really big oak trees by the old shack that I find impressive. No idea how old they are but I'd have to guess at least a couple hundred years.

Without cutting it down and counting the rings, I think you might be off on how old that tree is. My land was cleared by the US Army in 1942 to build a Training Base for soldiers going to WW2. Every tree was removed.

Since closing the base in 1945, the trees have been cleared for farming, but not all of them, and some are probably from 1945. None are any older than that, and I have quite a few oak trees that are as big as yours, with a couple that are quite a bit bigger.

 

[Jaybr]

Without cutting it down and counting the rings, I think you might be off on how old that tree is. My land was cleared by the US Army in 1942 to build a Training Base for soldiers going to WW2. Every tree was removed.

Since closing the base in 1945, the trees have been cleared for farming, but not all of them, and some are probably from 1945. None are any older than that, and I have quite a few oak trees that are as big as yours, with a couple that are quite a bit bigger.

interesting, I'll have to do some measuring and research. Maybe the pic doesn't do them justice, or maybe I'm just way off.

I've been to Sequoia national park and seen those and heard 1000 years old, these are as big as a sequoia but they are very large for an oak tree.