Spring storm in Missouri

[Ridgewalker]

We had a big weird storm blow thru, I wasn't there but heard winds were 90-100 mph and last for 30 mins to and hour.

I lost over a 1,000...maybe 1,500 mature black oaks, white oaks and short leaf pines. It was all big stuff 18" up to 30" and larger in some cases.

Everyone in the area is dealing with the same issues...here are a few pix.

Anyone have any idea what I can do with my downed timber? I am just sick...it looks like I got clear cut except everything big is laying down with a huge root wad exposed.

 

[Ridgewalker]

We had a big storm blow thru, I wasn't there but heard winds were 90-100 mph and last for 30 mins to an hour.

I lost over a 1,000...maybe 2,000 mature black oaks, white oaks and short leaf pines. It was all big stuff 18" up to 24" and larger in some cases.

Everyone in the area is dealing with the same issues...here are a few pix.

Anyone have any idea what I can do with my downed timber? I am just sick...it looks like I got clear cut except everything big is laying down with a huge root wad exposed.

 

[Erik_in_Hoyt]

the only thing i can sauggest is to call a sawmill - or buy one of your own and cut them up into lumber. rough sawn oak makes good trailer decking -- or siding for a pole barn.
Wish I lived closer, I'd offer to take a few of those trunks off your hands.

 

[tallyho8]

It looks like it looked here after Katrina.

The problem here was that there was so much timber down that you couldn't sell any of it and you couldn't even give any away for firewood because everyone had too much.

I burned pecan trees in my pasture for over a month without the fire ever going out.

I hope you have better luck.

 

[LBrown59]

We had a big weird storm blow thru, I wasn't there but heard winds were 90-100 mph and last for 30 mins to and hour.

I lost over a 1,000...maybe 1,500 mature black oaks, white oaks and short leaf pines. It was all big stuff 18" up to 30" and larger in some cases.

Everyone in the area is dealing with the same issues...here are a few pix.

Anyone have any idea what I can do with my downed timber? I am just sick...it looks like I got clear cut except everything big is laying down with a huge root wad exposed.

Sorry to hear about that.

 

[scott_vt]

.

Anyone have any idea what I can do with my downed timber? I am just sick...it looks like I got clear cut except everything big is laying down with a huge root wad exposed.

Good Evenin Ridgewalker,
Sorry to hear about all that loss !

I might suggest having a portable saw mill come in and put some good furniture grade lumber up !

I love to build furniture, and it sounds like you have plenty of that kind of lumber available for those that might be interested in your area !

 

[xlr82v2]

I'll second that, harvest the logs, and start cutting the tops for firewood. Make the best of a bad situation...

I had the same storms move through here too... we got lucky here at home, not much wind, but lots of heavy rain and some hail too. A couple miles north or south, and you can see lots of wind damage. Our power was also out for several hours, got to run the generator for a bit once more... gotta love the storms.

 

[jimmyj]

That's a horrible disaster! Maybe you can sell the timber and use some of the money to "rebuild".

You forgot the pics I think.

 

[Thomas]

Sorry to hear about your loss.
Portable saw mill than drying time until the market price goes up.

 

[EddieWalker]

...here are a few pix.

Sorry to hear about your damages. Did you post pics?

If you have the time and the room, then holding onto the logs long term might be worthwhile, but if the damage was widespread, then allot of others will probably be doing the same thing. After Katrina, the price of lumber dropped to the point of being almost worthless. The sawmills were turning trucks away and loggers were having to make appointments when they could bring in lumber. That was hundreds of miles away from my area, and the that's what was going on with the local mills.

If it was me, I'd probably waste a bunch of time trying to get a few of the better logs out, then spend more time trying to find a buyer or somebody to saw them up for me, then just end up burning all of it. Of course, I've done this several times already with logs that I've taken out and wanted to find a buyer for. It's not as easy as I thought it would be when there is allot of timber production in the area.

Good luck,
Eddie