"Lone Oak Farm" - Farming Simulator 17 - BulletBill - Frontier Design

[ClassicTractors]

It looks AWESOME with Seasons. Keep up the good work

[akuenzi]

akuenzi, I hope you will be in on the testing of the map. enjoyed you on fs15 testing gelvinvalley2015. this is a awesome map to look forward to. got to give bb a thunbs up. the pix from the map are so realistic. chas

Hi chaskuchar1,

I am fortunate in being able to assist with testing of the map. It's quite a surreal feeling to play on a map of an area where I used to work! I likewise remember Gelvin Valley and helping Wez with that -- it was indeed great fun, and an awesome map to boot!

Great looking map. I just sigh with happiness looking at the RL photos. Oh, yeah, I hope that the Lone Oak lives forever because it is a beutiful tree. Is there any way to tell how old it is? What would you do with it if it died?

Hi FarmingRemasterd,

Well, unfortunately, nothing lasts forever... but I think the tree still has a bunch of life left in it. So far as I'm aware, it's a healthy tree, and it's been there for a long time. Here's a picture of it taken just a few days ago, this time with a dusting of snow to remind us that winter isn't over yet:


And since you asked, today my son and I made a special visit to the tree to take some measurements. I now know the tree's girth (which we measured by running a string around the trunk at chest height), but the height is only an approximation, using a technique described here. The age was calculated using the method described here. I can't really vouch for the accuracy of these, which were found from simple internet searches, but I guess they'll work until someone who is an expert comes along.

Anyway, for any that are curious, these are the particulars for the lone oak tree:

Type: White Oak
Height: Approximately 40 - 45 feet (12.2 -13.7 meters)
Circumference (at chest height): 130 inches (3.3 meters)
Diameter (at chest height): 41.4 inches (1.1 meters)
Age: 207 years

The age is anyone's guess. Probably the only way to really do it right would be to drill a core sample from it and count the rings... but I'm not going to do that. But it 'feels' right. I'm north of 40, and my entire life the tree has looked the same where it sits on the hill. I asked my uncle if he remembered it being smaller when he was younger, and his answer was the same as mine. Guess he's not that much older than me. Years ago he did talk to an elderly neighbour about the tree. Long before my grandfather purchased this land, this neighbour had been on grain threshing crews in the 1930s, and he remembered this tree as a place where they would rest their crew. Probably wasn't as large in the 1930s, obviously, but if it was remembered as a landmark, it must've had some decent size even then. So 207 years might just be about right.

Many have taken pictures of the tree over the years, even someone that featured it in a calendar. It had a nice sunset as the backdrop. Wish I had a copy of that, and if I ever find one, I'll scan it and edit this post to include it. Apparently Shutterstock also has an image of it (here).

Last, but not least, I was just informed by my uncle (one of the owners) that there was a song written by one of their neighbours (she lives barely a mile or two away as the crow flies) that incorporates the lone oak tree. If you're interested in that, her name is Lexi Tucker, and you can find the song and its lyrics here.

What would they do if it died? Hmm. Not sure about that one. I fully expect that the tree will easily outlast any of us living around here, so I imagine that will be up to someone else to answer.

[RODHA]

I'm really looking fwd to meeting with that Lone Oak tree

[ClassicTractors]

^^ Me too

[chaskuchar1]

akuenzi, thanks so much for the information about the tree and I loved the song. my type of music. hope fs19 has a way to accept a url for a radio station that we can play when we are farming... glad you are in on the testing for long oak tree map. I am jealous a little bit. well, I gave up my game for lent and I hope lone oak tree is done by the time lent is over. chas

[Gimli54]

I love the fact that I finally can play a map with grains bins made by GSI identical to the ones we have on our farm thank you to all the modders and testers who put in so much work to bring us so much more to an already incredible game

[Gimli54]

What will the starting equipment be? I wish I could make the farm I grew up around in rice country into an fs map but I’ve never had a gaming computer to make mods with as well and can’t drop the money to get one #brokecollegekid thanks again for all the hard work and dedication to make this bullet bill and the contributions from the real life farmers to give us this map can’t wait

[Turbojugend]

hope fs19 has a way to accept a url for a radio station that we can play when we are farming...

Spotify is amazing for this, on PS4 anyway. Build your own playlist and away you go...

[BulletBill]

What will the starting equipment be? I wish I could make the farm I grew up around in rice country into an fs map but I’ve never had a gaming computer to make mods with as well and can’t drop the money to get one #brokecollegekid thanks again for all the hard work and dedication to make this bullet bill and the contributions from the real life farmers to give us this map can’t wait

The starting equipment will be older stuff and whatever brands you would likely see in America, as much as I can with the default equipment.

[FarmingRemasterd]

Just wondering, what equipment do you guys run on Lone Oak? What does your fleet look like?

[Jagtractor]

Wow. Just found out about this map yesterday. Amazing. Keep up the great work and thanks for all the hard work you do. I can tell right away that this map will definitely be my go to map once it drops.

[Colin_TJ]

Will u take under consideration expanding map to 4x4 since its possible for consoles after recent update?

[BulletBill]

Will u take under consideration expanding map to 4x4 since its possible for consoles after recent update?

I wasn't aware there was a any update to consoles to allow 4x maps?
But now the map is built, no I wouldn't change it to a 4x map as I would have to start from scratch again and that would be 3months work down the drain.

[canadafarms]

Will u take under consideration expanding map to 4x4 since its possible for consoles after recent update?

Dude I think your confused.....where and when did this so called update for 4x maps occur?

[markare]

Will u take under consideration expanding map to 4x4 since its possible for consoles after recent update?

When did this update happen and why haven't I had it yet?? Oh wait it's a farm game, no wonder I smell bs