This one is a p65 Poulan pro/pioneer. It was a barn find and I had a friend rebuild it. It got a new bigger carb, 655bp piston and cylinder some boyeson reeds and a dual port muffler. Let’s just say without ear plugs on your teeth rattle and your vision gets wavy! It cranks!!!
I did see some grubs in that pile on the stump. Not sure what kind, but that dirt is powdery soft and black.
Wow! That's a good sized Maple! Any idea on how old it is? It is sad to see a big tree like that come down. However, sounds like it was the right time to do it given the condition it was in. Better to take it down in a controlled manner vs letting nature drop it.
When I read poulan, i immediately thought of a wild thing! Those old saws were beasts!! Looks like a good score, keep it up!!
This one we counted 146 rings in. Looks similar in size. Old family farm & the tree was there in 1890 when the house was built.
Was just teaching my boys about counting rings. When I get down to the stump I’m going to try and make a good clean cut so we can count. I have a feeling it was originally a two or three stem tree.
Tank and a half of gas in the 266xp (first time out since I built it) and an hour of around. Three piles of limb wood to show. I’m going to push the brush off with the tractor and then get to bucking the good stuff. My little 2 year old is a wood fanatic like his dad and even outworks his 6 year old brother!!
Cleaned up the under 14” stuff with the 2-6-6 Then fired up the 394! It hasn’t had more than a tank full through it since I built it so it needs some run time. Let’s just say Everything is cut except the bottom log. It’s pretty hollow so shouldn’t be to bad. Of course the obligatory photo....
Looks good, always fun to work with good powered saws. I'm guessing looking at the piles I was overly optimistic on my cord guess?
Nice job! Lotta work in those monster trees. Having the right saws takes away the work factor though!
I’m guessing 1 1/2-2 full cord? Maybe less because of some soft spots. You can definitely pick out the dead wood staining on a lot of the pieces. Something that I was concerned about when I was dropping it was the strength where the two stems met. My suspicion was correct because it fell apart when it hit the ground and the wood that was holding didn’t look very lively!! You can see the jagged broken edge of all that was holding that side together The broken edge on the right side was where it met then all of those rounds were what was on that piece. Always amazing the strength of trees even when they are in bad shape.
She’s all bucked! Almost two gallons of gas and some chains that need a good sharpening now. main trunk just below the big leaders 372 with a 24” bar on the stump Let the splitting begin!!
