what to do with cut-down cedar trees

Ditto on where the heck are you - I'd come and get it myself and so would half a dozen other people, it seems! Cedar shakes, cedar posts, cedar chips, cedar chests, cedar lumber, cedar baskets!!! The list goes on and on... you have a valuable resource there, my friend! Cedar is aromatic, resists rot, makes great decorative wood items, and is one of the most versiatile farm/homesteading woods around...
Silvergirl
P.S. I am in WNC - really, are you anywhere near us?
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Read above - he's in Central Texas.

When I was going to high school in Austin, the students from the rival school on the north edge of town were called "cedar choppers," and it was not a term of affection or respect. However, it gives you an idea of the over abundance of cedar in the area. A lot of it is scrub, but there should be some trunks big enough for posts.

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My step dad used the "scraps" from the furniture makers as siding for one of his barns. Made a really rustic looking barn.

Sucks you aren't closer. I would come out and cut it for you and haul it off!!!

There are a lot of uses for Cedar...

Cedar has natural preservatives.
Keep some posts for yourself. For rasberry and other berry trellises, etc etc. ANything you'd use pressure treated posts for in your garden. Much safer/cleaner. Don't even need gloves!
I pound them in and wrap mesh around them for turkey runs, chicken runs, for fences around my fruit trees, and skinny ones make excellent tree stakes.
These sticks will be better than just about any other species for longevity, be creative.

I'm not sure your cedar works the same as our cedar (Western Red, Alaska Yellow -- I think they are really cypress), but if it does, it would make good kindling wood, in addition to all the other valuable uses mentioned. If you can't use that much kindling wood yourself, bundle it and sell it.

Kathleen

You don't know just how frustrating it is to read your post and not have any hope of relieving you of all that lovely wood.

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Different terminology for different parts of the country, but around here, "Cedar" means alligator juniper.

If this is juniper, it's a wonderful firewood. And given that it doesn't rot, that quantity ought to give you several year's worth of free winter heat. It smells great when it's burning. Burns quick, but you can mix it with hardwood for coals.

I know this thread is old, but I hope someone sees this. Im in Greensboro, NC and due to the ice storm we have lost our cedar tree. Do you know anyone that would buy it for just a little and remove it? TIA

We are in Greensboro and have lost our cedar. Im looking to sell it cheap to get rid of it. Do you want to come get it? I hate to cut it up.

looking to sell our cedar that fell during the storm cheap plus removal. Do you know of anyone that would want it?

Wish I was closer to you but a 6 hour round trip for some cedar posts doesnt make sense. Its quite easy to split once you have it cut to fence post length - just takes a couple of wedges and if you get to a tough spot where there is cross grain or knots just chainsaw through that portion. Put an ad in the farm and garden section of craigs list

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Strange, even though there is no shortage of cedar here, it goes for a good price and there are constantly ads by local loggers on CL. DH does our logging and we have sold $15,000 worth of mostly Cedar off our property (that was not even a complete acre..they were thick and 2nd growth. The old Maple we sold, netted $4,000, but we just sold what they left of the stump and log for another $500. It was Curly Maple, beautiful wood, and at the end of its life. That one tree was made into instruments and last sale was for it to be made into vases and bowls (Wood Turner). There are still 4 acres of trees, Maples, Cedars, Alders, and a few Douglas Firs.

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Red cedar for cedar chests. White cedar for fence posts.
I was offered free white cedar, if I'd cut it. Lots of cedar over 20 feet tall. But when I got into it, everything was 2 inches diameter. Worthless. Made a huge blaze.

Thankfully we have plenty of red cedar here in East TN. I’ll be building a chordwood garden shed soon, with an attached greenhouse built from sliding glass doors from a Habitat Re-store. I’ve started collecting cedar that’s already down or dead and naturally debarked. Chordwood construction works best with soft wood and I’m convinced that cedar is the best choice. May add in a few pieces of poplar just for whimsy. Also gonna let my grand-kids add in some colored glass bottles in the walls.
I bought the book written by Rob Roy from NY, and I’m chomping at the bits!

depending on the size, we use them for fence post

Are you adding poplar to your cordwood building to serve as portholes after a few seasons of contact with the moist concrete? In my experience poplar rots rapidly.

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