thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
Can you guess what the tree is by the bark?
Scouting for Trees
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justBonsai
Omono
Hackleberry, sweet gum?
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
You should've titled this.....
120 pounds of BUSY!
Nice!
Sorce
120 pounds of BUSY!
Nice!
Sorce
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
You got part of it right; there's no sweetgum in there.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
Wish this were smaller.
aml1014
Masterpiece
I went to get those maples bit the ground was frozen in the shade which happens to be where all of them are so I opted for this Quercus turbinella, I'll start a thread of my own.
Aaron
Aaron
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Looks like Eastern Winged Elm.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
Bringing home this one. Not too shabby.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
Any more guesses?
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Foemina?
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
I was going to say. You guys being so nice to me. No guesses of Foemina for a long while. 
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I can't help it.I was going to say. You guys being so nice to me. No guesses of Foemina for a long while.
I'm a bad man.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
In my experience people who say they're bad truly aren't bad
A hint: Hackberry and Elm, but which is which?
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Bad as in not good.In my experience people who say they're bad truly aren't bad
A hint: Hackberry and Elm, but which is which?
Not bad as in badass.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
But bad and an ass? 
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
That describes me to a tee!But bad and an ass?
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Uh, WHY, that is VERY collectible...I'd also bet it has a killer nebari with fused trunks. Excellent potential and would work up well...I've dug bigger CE than that with a handsaw and a hand trowel...
Ross
Shohin
I would guess the front/bottom one is hackberry, the rest are elms. I'm only 100% sure on the fourth one up with deep corky bark, that's definitely an elm. I want to get a couple hackberry trees but always avoided them because off the little "warts" on the leaves in the wild.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
Yes. I've thought about coming back for it. I'm a small lanky person, and have been feeling a little worn out lately. It just didn't look like something I wanted to get that day with just a couple of hours, and then carry about a couple of football fields to my lil' Honda. I get intimidated the first time usually, but I'll be back for it. Fortunately there's not a whole lot of brush that I have to crawl through to get to it nor any thorny vines. Each time I go out, I try to bring home something I feel I have the energy and time to collect. I'll wait for a day when I start earlier for this one.
Gotta say, one of the things about collecting is it's great for conditioning my body and spirit.
You're right about the one you're sure with 100% certainty.
thumblessprimate1
Masterpiece
@rockm or anyone where would you make the final chops? I'd make some tall chops at first just so that I have a place to handle the beast. Just curious what you might do differently.
This is roughly where I'd make chops. The two central ones, one would be higher than the other but I would only know once it gets home, and I could look at it more closely. I'm planning on collecting some smaller single or double trunks just so that I might want to add more trunks to something like this.
This is roughly where I'd make chops. The two central ones, one would be higher than the other but I would only know once it gets home, and I could look at it more closely. I'm planning on collecting some smaller single or double trunks just so that I might want to add more trunks to something like this.
