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Hey, the missus and I just got back from Crosscut Hardwoods in Seattle (very cool place). They got a couple of slabs of a Western Red Cedar that blew down in a wind storn a couple years ago. The sign said the tree was alive in 1440. I’m guessin’ these slabs were 5′ wide by 9′ long, maybe 3″ thick. The reason I didn’t measure them is because I was too busy admiring the vertical grain. If you have the chance, it’s well worth the trip to see them. – yb
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I was helping a friend mine cedar on water district land in Astoria, Or. years ago and he led me to a downed cedar that was at least 6 feet above ground and a couple into it and was as long as you could see into the undergrowth with a 5 foot stump on top of it from a tree that had grown there and been logged commercially. How old do you think that puppy was? I took out my Gerber pocket knife and could not bury it to the hilt in the downed tree either.
*I cannot remember where I came across this, but apparently, when they were doing some excavating in London England for a shopping mall, they found the remnants for a Roman shipping dock. They were excavating oak timbers which were felled B.C.! They were actually selling the wood, which was purportedly in great condition.I decided I couldn't afford to even make a paperweight!
*Some of that old lumber is unbelievable. I don't remember exactly, but these Cedar slabs were only 700.00 or something. Good thing I'm not "in the chips" right now, or one of those babies would be my dining table! - yb