Red oak down

Continuing to work on clearing out space for our new barn. Today, it was a red oak, 24" dbh, about 36" where I felled it. It had a small lean exactly where I wanted it to go, it went smoothly. That's a MMWS461 w/ 28" bar in the picture. Next tree is black oak a little taller and !30" dbh.

 

Nice fell. Are you going to dig the stump out, grind it, or just let it rot away?

 

Saving some for lumber?

 

I'm trying to sell logs to a local mill for lumber now. I've got 3 lifetimes of lumber for myself already

 

I'll just leave this stump. I will be just outside the new barn, but would have hung over it.

 

Sheepo LOVE the fresh leaves from the crown, too.

 

Make sure the pigs get their share. Ive never had oak smoked bacon though!

Nice job on the felling Mike. Your stumps are always picture perfect.

 

1) No doubt pigs and sheep will love the acorns, too.
2) Hah Highly curated content. I only post the good ones. You should see some of my "holy sh*t " stumps. Always humbling for us who are only weekend warriors. Safety is #1, 2 and 3.

 

There is a thread on here for ugly stumps.
Ugly stump and face cuts.
Ive posted some im not proud of on there.