My next Willow Oak removal

I’ll be cutting down this Willow Oak down next Wednesday. I’m giving the limb wood
to someone else, but if the trunk is not rotted out too bad I will haul it to the home for firewood.

some pics when it was dormant

 

Thats a biggun. Whats the DBH? Hope theres no metal lurking in it.

 

I'm predicting some rot in the base. Are willow oaks red or white family? Red seem to rot more than whites IME.

 

By the leaves, that looks like a red? Pointed leaves in the first picture.

 

I think its in the red family. Ame comment as whites seems to last longer

 

I have not measured it, but I’d guess low to mid 40’s.
Willow Oak is closer to Red Oak. It doesn’t hollow out like red, but will get punky when decayed.

 

That's a biggun. I agree it's closer to red oak. I've got a few 30" willow oak logs out back from a few years ago. Hoping they didn't rot too much but last time I checked they were still pretty solid from what I could tell.

 

Where are you gonna drop that?

 

I wish I could just crash it. The plan is to choke rounds and lift off with a telehandler.

 

Welcome to FHC. You'll like it here. We like beer, dogs and pics.

 

I'd keep the limb wood and give the trunk away. Good luck, hope it goes smooth and fast!

 

I see your love for BIG wood is waning AC!

 

Some days lol. I've got about 10 cord of 30" and up stuff to get processed. It's too hot to wrestle it all the time.

 

I see the "need" to a bigger tractor here!

 

If there’s one thing he doesn’t need brad, it’s permission

 

It used to be new

 

Next up. At least its in the shade.

 

That looks like a cop on a police edition bmw rt motorcycle. Do you guys have motorcycle cops in your area?