The Stihl 460 has a 20 and 24 inch bar. I'll piece out that trunk if I can. The tree had a little rot in the trunk / root area. We have had some pretty strong storms around here. My friend doesn't care if it sits till fall season. I don't want to deal with the heat and weeds right now.
There are a lot of Amish around my area. I will cut the top and if the trunk is too much for me I can always check with the local Amish sawmill.
Cutting those up is the fun part. The real work starts when you have to wrestle the rounds into position to split them. The good news is that a straight grained red oak is about as easy as it come for splitting.
The bigger the rounds, the better, IMO. Yes they can be a bear to wrestle around, but man, when you can get 50-60 splits from a single round, why that's just fabulous IMO!! I'm in my mid 40s and yes it ain't as easy as it used to be, but I still love to tackle them biggins.
yup big rounds make for much firewood.. many buprofren.. had some 50 inch or so ash and sugar maple.. big bar is better... noodling is your friend
Biggest tree I processed was a huge maple a co-worked had an arborist cut down. He offered me the wood, but I had nothing big enough to cut through the trunk. The arborist cut the trunk into 18" long rounds. My buddy helped me. We split each round with wedges and sledgehammers into 1/4 sections. It took two of us to lift those sections onto the splitter. We then worked together wrestling each 1/4 through the splitter into stove-sized chunks. Each round was split 95 to 100 times to get them into stove size chunks! This was over 20 years ago and I wouldn't think of doing it now. Your advantage is that your tree is smaller and red oak splits so nicely! Good luck!
Sounds like a good excuse to just go and buy a bigger saw and bar!I think that you should treat yourself to a nice shiny toy!
I like the way you Think blacksmith another option would be see what members in Ohio are close and have one member come over with a 385 husky and another with a 660 stihl buy some beer make a video a competition and a new thread..
I like the way you think as well Canadian border VT !. Well maybe the beer after all the work is done would probably be the smartest option.
How close are you to Rabbit Hash, KY? I've got a 461 with a 28" and a 661 with a 32". If you are close enough I could lend a hand. The problem is it would have to be during the week.
Oh yeah, that's a beauty. You might be standing on 5 - 6 cords there. Looks like your 460 can do a 28" bar. Cool!
I thought I would revive an old post instead of starting a new thread. I headed out to the big Oak this morning. It was sloppy muddy and the little Husky didn’t want to start but the 460 was ready to go. About 2.5 hours of work this morning. There is going to be a lot of wood to load up. If it is dry I can get my truck to it, otherwise the property owner said we can use his front end loader and haul wood to the top of the hill and load it in the trailer. This is the view from the top of the hill. This is a size reference. Husky 550XP with a 16 in bar. This is before I started to cut. This is the aftermath, There was more cut after the photo. I was getting tired and my bad elbow was bitching at me so I loaded up and went home. I’m looking forward to getting this Oak CSS and let the seasoning begin.
I was going to recommend a 461, but you already have a 460. As one of your FHC comrads, I advise you to purchase a 661 first thing Monday morning. I have a 362, but when the Tree Man dumped some huge oaks off, I was left with no alternative but to immediately buy a 461. So, the next time he drops off some even bigger oaks, I will have no choice but to get a 661.
