I recognized Jason's truck as I passed this logging job, so I turned around and went back to say Howdy, and took some interesting photos as a bonus. It was the end of the day, and Jason's partner had already headed to the barn, but logs still had to be sorted. After he finished he had a log to show me.
This is a top log out of a big red oak tree. It is a blocking log because of knots and limbs, and it has a small hollow in the center. The growth rings are amazingly even throughout, and there is no ring shake, so the only real defect is the hollow spot, which is just a volume deduction. Jason took the three logs below it to a mill, along with the rest of a load, and the mill owner had just called him to come and take the entire load back, because of the hollow spots. Jason couldn't figure out what the problem is, and I wonder if maybe the mill has a new log scaler who doesn't know how to handle a routine problem. The bright spot in all this is that Jason is taking another load to the same guy, so he doesn't have to deadhead 100 miles one way to retrieve his logs.
Here is Jason's semi trailer, all loaded up with white oak to deliver the next day.
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