Had a 90 year old massive oak that split over a road and had to be removed. I kept everything for firewood. Used the little BX to move tens of thousands of pounds of wood that I'll split come spring. Some were so big they hardly fit in the bucket and I had to use the bucket hooks to retain. I'm not a farm guy and live residential and this was a 100% un-doable job without a tractor. The large rounds probably weigh 300#.
Only got through about 1/3 of it today. Bringing a friend to complete it as I physically cant even budge some of the rounds once I get them out of the FEL.
Those rounds are huge !!! Those huge ones look like a splitting maul would half/quarter them on site then move em.
I ended up with one nice 3" round slab that is in good condition crack-wise but as you went up the trunk even 8" up from the stump the center crack was almost the entire way across.
Had a 90 year old massive oak that split over a road and had to be removed. I kept everything for firewood. Used the little BX to move tens of thousands of pounds of wood that I'll split come spring. Some were so big they hardly fit in the bucket and I had to use the bucket hooks to retain. I'm not a farm guy and live residential and this was a 100% un-doable job without a tractor. The large rounds probably weigh 300#.
Only got through about 1/3 of it today. Bringing a friend to complete it as I physically cant even budge some of the rounds once I get them out of the FEL.
UHG that would have been a great idea and so easy if I had asked the company to leave a few longer!Nice work cleaning up that tree and putting the wood to use, and thank goodness for your tractor!
I had a large border cherry fall over about that size a few years ago, and of course it fell on my side! I ended up cutting part of the trunk in (4) sections around 5' long each then ripping them in half for benches which I put around the property.
Gave one to a friend who sanded it down then varnished it and has it inside her house, damn if it didn't come out nice.
I can say it wasn't easy ripping through 5' of cherry. I had a freshly sharpened chain, still for each split I had to stop a few times to let the chain (and me
) cool down. Oak is harder yet, I only did two benches from a large oak around 10 years ago. Before that I made a bunch from pine which ripped fairly easy.That makes me feel a bit better. I dont cut Oak often and I had to cut down a few of these logs and it took more effort than I thought it should. The pros seemed to have just the right saws/chains/skills to make it look easy.I can say it wasn't easy ripping through 5' of cherry. I had a freshly sharpened chain, still for each split I had to stop a few times to let the chain (and me
I can say it wasn't easy ripping through 5' of cherry. I had a freshly sharpened chain, still for each split I had to stop a few times to let the chain (and me
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