Hi and thank you for watching my video, I live in Washington state and we have cottonwood trees everywhere big ones, I have been using cottonwood for different projects around the house, such as bookshelves, 2 inch thick shelving in my garage. It dries very hard and quite strong. This past summer I milled 200 2x4x8 boards for a customer he used them to frame interior walls for his cabin non load bearing of course, also people use cottonwood for trailer decking. If you have healthy trees with no rot on the inside the wood once dried is quite nice to work with.
@@mountain-life yo i live here too! Im researching if its actually worth it to get black cottonwood lol, they grow really big, and are plentiful so i know where youre comin from Hope your cabin turns out
Just curious........ if you spent the $4600 on the HM130 Max, why not spring the extra $400 for one extension section? Surely your cabin project is going to require some material longer than 10 feet. One extension would allow you to cut up to 16 footers.
Thank you for your recommendation, I considered doing that however the cabin I’m building isn’t the type your thinking about. I will be building it with smaller logs staggered and milled on three sides, the logs will be easier to move and stack upon each other in a butt and pass design, no need for longer material. Originally I was going to build the cabin using saddle notching so using longer materials made sense, but I changed my mind.
@@mountain-life Point understood with the wall log building method. You're still going to need rafters and probably a long ridge board. I'd venture a wager that the $400 extension section would be less expensive than buying those long boards at the lumber yard. You have an amazing supply of logs, Sir. Good luck with your venture and keep the sawdust flying.
@@chrisklemm3116 yes your right if you leave it laying around in the wet and in the dirt, then it’s like most other wood the bugs will find it and tear it up, however if you mill the would into dimensional lumber and sticker and stack it to dry then the cottonwood dries very hard and strong, This Summer I milled 200 count 2x4x8 for a customer and he used them to frame some interior walls for his cabin and had no problems. Also don’t dry it in the direct sun as it will warp and bend severely. Dry it in partial sun and shade with good airflow, and always place some weight on top of the pile, you can also use some ratchet straps to bind the pile even more tight so the lumber can’t move, then throw a piece of tin on the pile just in case it rains and you will be good to go. I use cottonwood for a lot of different projects around the house. Also get the bark off of it as soon as possible , that’s where the bugs hang out. Hope that helps.
