Flashback: The Timbers

By the end of 2004, we had finalized our house plans enough that I could calculate the timbers needed and their sizes. When I began to realize the number and sizes of timbers needed, I decided that cutting and milling Eastern Red Cedar logs off of my own property wasn't the way to go. I didn't want to use all or almost all of my large cedar trees, and some of them are growing in areas that I would have difficulty skidding them out of with the equipment I have (a 1966 IH 424 Utility and about 40 feet of chains).

So, I called some local saw mills and found one, Cub Run Hardwoods in Cub Run, Kentucky, that would saw the timbers I needed out of oak. I ordered the timbers I needed in January 2005 and began hauling them home in February. It took several trips with my 16' trailer to get all of them here. Green oak is heavy!