We have a really big Oak up back; pretty big tree! A few weeks back, I noticed one of the branches had died. Recently, it fell. Here’s where it came from: I’m a little concerned with the health of the tree. This area here is really soft. And some of the exposed roots are mossy and soft. Hopefully, it’s doing ok overall. It would be a shame if the tree died. Did some cutting with the MS250: It was worth the effort! Got a bunch of good splits after scraping a bit of punk off: Pine: About 5 years ago, we had some pines cut and they left the wood. My father in-law helped me cut. He cut a lot a bit long for the stove. We split everything with a splitter and these were the leftover too long to burn pieces. To keep things simple, I just halved them with the saw on my splitting round. My wife did the stacking. A nice pile of chips. I hand filed the chain before today’s cutting activities. Why cut on a stump? My 10 year old pallet sawbuck broke apart when attempting to transport. My wife loves stacking wood! I split some hardwood rounds up back, brought them down with the quad and trailer and she insisted on stacking. She does a great job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That oak doesn’t look too good. My guess is the branch is the beginning of the end. Hope I am wrong cuz it’s a beauty.
I cut on a stump all the time. Works well and I am used to it. I will change it out after a while when it becomes so cut up from use.
I'll definitely keep an eye on the oak. It might be a bit too much for the MS250! I have a neighbor who's an arborist/climber. He's got some bigger saws if it ever comes to that. From what another neighbor told me, years ago the area was logged for oak. I guess that's all they took and did a pretty sloppy job. I think that goes back to the 80's/90's.
How big is the oak? How many cords of wood does it contain? What does a cord of oak firewood cost in your area? How long will it heat the house once css’ed? What is the cost of a new saw that could “easily” handle harvesting said oak? These are the questions I would use to talk myself into getting another saw. Well, that’s if I didn’t have a bad case of CAD and ever had to argue with myself about getting another saw
The oak does not look good for sure. However, limbs dieing and dropping like that is normal for oak. That is one of the bad parts of oak; if they are in the yard you are forever cleaning up under them.
Didn’t you say most of your wood that was pine if I remember? Seems like that oak is on it’s way out. Kind of hard to bring those back if they lose enough viable foliage space. Nice stacks, post more if that oak goes down. Might want to ask your neighbor what he thinks.
I think everyone missed the significance of this post, while drooling over the oak. He's got a woman who likes stacking wood!
I love the thought process Sandhillbilly! You have truly succumb to CAD. No hopes for recovery, and no chance of recovery!
You are correct! A few years ago, I burned mostly pine. Now the pine is dwindling and I'm getting stocked up on a hardwood. I'm going to take a look at the oak closely when the leaves come out and see how it looks. I'll probably have my neighbor take a look at it since he knows more about trees than I do! And yes, super lucky my wife enjoys stacking splits! We had a great system going over the weekend; I was splitting up back, then bringing down trailer loads for her to stack.
