Lumber Logs, LLC takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects.
Photos by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, uses a band saw as he begins cutting boards from a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, climbs up to operate his crane to unload a 44-inch cotton wood trunk from his truck on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, looks through slabs of inventory in his shop in St. Louis on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, beyond part of the company's library of wood samples they mainly handle. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
"The part I love most about this is opening up a log for the first time. You never know what you're gonna get." Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, brushes off the dust to see the natural grain on a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, watches the blade of his band saw as he cuts boards from a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, uses a band saw as he begins cutting boards from a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
A band saw blade cuts through a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, as Joe Wilp of Lumber Logs cuts boards at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
"The part I love most about this is opening up a log for the first time. You never know what you're gonna get." Joe Wilp, who helps operate Lumber Logs, brushes off the dust to see the natural grain on a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban trees that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into attractive slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, uses a band saw as he begins cutting boards from a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
The natural grain on a black walnut log is freshly exposed on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after Joe Wilp of Lumber Logs, LLC used a band saw to cut boards from it at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
"The part I love most about this is opening up a log for the first time. You never know what you're gonna get." Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, brushes off the dust to see the natural grain on a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, loads a 44-inch wide cotton wood trunk onto his truck on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at recently-cleared plot at a construction site in the 8600 block of Laclede Station Road. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, unloads a 44-inch wide cotton wood trunk from his truck on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, uses a band saw as he begins cutting boards from a black walnut log on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Joe Wilp, who operates Lumber Logs, LLC, changes the blade in his band saw on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, as he cuts boards from a black walnut log at his shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Slabs of wood representing available types available at Lumber Logs, LLC, are photographed on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in the north St. Louis shop. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Tom Sontag, founder and president of Lumber Logs, LLC, poses on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, inside the shop in St. Louis. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
LLC makes smart use of urban trees
Categorized slabs of inventory representing available types wood at Lumber Logs, LLC, are photographed on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in the north St. Louis shop. Lumber Logs takes downed urban tree trunks that would normally be chopped into mulch and instead either mills them at their lot or sends them off to be turned into pallets or railroad ties. Trees that are worth milling are turned into beautiful slabs of wood and then into woodworkers' projects. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Christian Gooden is a photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.