What to do with wood from an old tree

asta

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We have a large Walnut tree behind our house that looks like it is dying. It would do a lot of damage to our house if it comes down so we had a tree specialist come by and he agreed it needs to be removed. He mentioned that there would be a lot of veneer quality wood from the tree. Any ideas on how to find a craftsman or someone who would want the wood?
 
Do you have any shops nearby specializing in woodworking or making custom mantles? If no luck there, try checking with any specialty stores that sell woodworking tools and ask if they know of anyone.
 
Tell the guy, "Great! You remove the tree at no cost and I will let you keep all the wood. I won't even charge you for it!"
 


My husband does woodworking and he loves calls like this! He recently made a farmhouse table for his sister using wood he got this way, and it was beautiful. I would try Craigslist or maybe post on facebook (if you use it) and see if anyone would want it.

We have found that if all the tree removal service has to do is put the tree on the ground, it is quite a bit cheaper--IF the person you are giving/selling the wood to has equipment to cut it up after it is on the ground.
 
Let us know what happens.
Around here:
If you have wood, you have to pay to have it hauled away.
If you want wood, you have to pay to get it.
 


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Update. When the guys came to cut the tree down they ended up taking it away. I was glad since I thought there was a good chance I would have to end up paying for someone to haul it away. The tree was in the common area so I should not have had to pay anyway. Sadly our neighborhood lost many trees to the heat and dry conditions last year.
 
We have taken down many trees around our house since we've been here. In each case taking away was part of the taking down. We've had to pay extra for stump grinding but never for take away.
 

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