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Hay rack wood?

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Scott-IA

02-04-2005 08:23:57




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Just curious, how would Locust work for a hay rack? I have an old running gear that got the box burnt off of it some years ago (it was empty at the time). I've been thinking of fixing the gear up and building a hay rack.

We have a thorny locust on the farm that we're thinking of having sawn up. I believe it's hard as nails. Anyone use locust for anything?




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Ron in AR

02-05-2005 08:18:05




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
Worked in timber most of my life. Was even a sawyer for about 5 years. Locust, if the tree is solid, makes excellent wood for projects like that. Very strong and high tensile strength. Holds up to weathering very well. If you use it before it's cured, it will warp and shrink alot. But if you wait till it's cured, you will most likely have to drill it to put it together. We used to use a lot of it to make pallets out of for the steel mills around the Ohio Valley area.

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leland

02-04-2005 19:46:10




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
would locust not have a lot of knots? we always used oak and it lasted for years by dumping used oil or linseed oil on it.



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kyhayman

02-04-2005 17:09:40




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
Locust would make excellent wagon flats. Only problems will be sawing it and nailing it. I've got fence posts that were set in the 50's still solid (wire's good too, cant get that kind of wire or galvanizing anymore). I've got several big locust trees, (black and honey). Cant hardly cut them (dulls the chains, makes the fire fly when trying) and none of the portable mills here will say it (dulls the blade too fast).

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Don H

02-04-2005 12:46:04




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
Black locust, which has a pair of small thorns at the base of each leaf, is used around here for post. I don't know if honey locust, one large thorn at the base of each leaf, would make good post/lumber or not. I would ask the guys that are going to saw the lumber before I would use it.



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thurlow

02-04-2005 15:35:31




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Don H, 02-04-2005 12:46:04  
My question exactly; honey locust or black locust??? I think either one would work for his purpose. If it's a black locust that size, I'll pretty much guarantee..... how's he gonna collect anyway..... ..that the heart is pithy/rotten, what the old folks around here called dotie (sp? doty)..... .



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RustyFarmall

02-04-2005 08:54:43




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
I have used a lot of thorny locust for firewood, it works very good for that. It is a very dense wood, and somewhat difficult to split, so it would probably make very good lumber. I think it would require quite a few trees to get enough lumber to build a hay rack.



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Scott-IA

02-04-2005 09:18:49




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to RustyFarmall, 02-04-2005 08:54:43  
Not this one Rusty. I think it's about 2 1/2 feet in diameter....been there a while.

We're having unusually warm days here for a week now. 60 today. You think it's warm enough for the sap to start coming back up? Or should I wait for it to freeze tight again?



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Gravy

02-04-2005 08:51:17




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
Good fence posts, rr ties, and fire wood. Rot-resistant. Don't know how it would saw up into boards but the sawn fence posts look good.



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old

02-04-2005 08:28:04




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 Re: Hay rack wood? in reply to Scott-IA, 02-04-2005 08:23:57  
Only thing I have found it good for it for the tire places to make money since they are very hard on tires lol



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