Cleaing up the White Oak

Got some serious work down in very little time today, my new toy tool is sweet.
A pic of my limb bucking setup, stack 'em all up and make two cuts = lots of rounds.
Did a bit of noodling as well - whole lot more productive with the extra power from the 441c.
Should have it all split and stacked tomorrow.

 

I should add that the limb bucking jig was set up for when I cut smaller stuff in the woods out here - lots of hilly terrain.
If I drop a smaller tree 6" range I just buck to ~ 5' (60") they are more manageable to drag to the trailer and then buck in my processing area in short pole form.
Beats multiple trips of small round into the trailer

 

You running a 20" bar?

If you want bigger, go 28" full comp on that girl, she can handle that with the oiler maxed out. I had 25" for my 038 lying around, but go 28"!

Now, about those pickles...

Nice work

 

Some nice sized rounds on the floor.
What kind of tree is it?

 

Thats just about all that oiler can handle...im seriously contemplating puttn the HO oiler on mine...

 

Have to get a new chain for the 28" bar, not something that's commonly stocked around here, especially in .063
I can get most everything over the top with a 20"... I feel it needs a longer bar for noodling plugged the clutch cover a couple times.

 

I use the 20" to noodle 16" .i havent had to much trouble...i just rev her up and it thows the noodles out

 

See I cut 20-22". Having the spike up against the log gives it nowhere to go. I guess the 28" will have to get a new chain.. or two

 

I found a contraption nearly identical to your bucking jig behind the garage where the previous owner used to store firewood. I'll bet that's what he was using it for too. I'll have to check it closer for saw marks. It's currently holding down the tarp that I covered my shoulder season wood with. Multi function tool!

 

Nice work Basod, when does your burning season usually start?

We might be burning by the third week of September.

 

Depends on weather like everyone else here, typically a few dry out/shoulder season burns late October. we get some varying weather through December, could be 60's-70's one day -20's-30's the next, the 30's are usually preceded by a cold rain front - snow, which we get 2-3times/year, is a different setup - lets just say they aren't that good at predicting it or the swaths across the state that will get hit.
I shrug most of it off and just plan for the worst, a few inches, bottom slush, and drive to work well before any of these southerners are on the roads

 

someday I'll buy some log tongs, never really saw the need as my hands probably span larger than those things - pull the logs to my waist or shoulders and just mule them out

 

I want to "like" Backwoods' post here like 7 times. Trust me, the only thing that could possibly be better than having wood grapples for hands, would be having chainsaws for forearms. You'll wonder how you ever lived without them.

 

Real nice setup there bro and some primo BTUs
congratulations on the new toy tool

 

White Oak is in the top 10 of BTUs
Smells good when cutting it too.

You are giving all the extra horsepower a good work out !
With a 20", I bet it's up to max RPM, like "now"

 

Everything is split except for the stump, I want to get a better look at the growth rings - counted 76. The stump's a bit lower than DBH and it's a oblong widest point 25", narrowest point 21". Counting back 34years (the house was built in 1980) the tree was ~8.5" in diameter. After the canopy was opened up ~4-5yrs the tree really started growing, some of the growth rings are 5/16-3/8" there's a few that are near 1/2". The seventh ring from the outside is less than 1/16"- corresponds directly to the severe drought we had in 2007.

Anyone care to take a stacked cordage guess?

 

I'd say you're looking at nearly a cord, which I think is the expected yield on a ~20" tree.

That's a really cool history you were able to read from that tree. I love that kind of stuff. I like the ramp too. Nice haul.