Most regular FHC viewers know my dislike of oak for the multi year wait for it to dry, but this score was hard to pass up. Get a text back in February from a guy who's given me trees and logs several times in the past few years. 30" DBH red oak being taken down. Crane truck delimbed it yesterday and he wanted it off the grass for now. Trunk section being felled next week. A tank of mix through the 361 got it bucked up this afternoon. Ill keep the heartwood only as I can work the trunk at my leisure as it will be in the woods. My friend will get the rest. Ill bring the hydro and split on site as its close to storage, bring to his shed and stack. Stay tuned. Oh, and does anyone need the Heimlich maneuver?
Friend of mine likes oak heartwood and I need to get started for 25-26. Should get at least a half cord from that tree. Just don't get used to me taking much of it though.
Ok, I'm confused about this heartwood talk, lol. Do you mean you would make splits around the heartwood and keep only it? What's the scoop on that? The vast majority of all firewood around here is oak. But I hear ya on long seasoning time. Of course, these hillbillies here don't buy into truly seasoning wood!
My friend will get all the splits with bark. I will take only the red/pinkish heartwood splits. They dry faster and no mess to contend with. I have a another friend who buys oak heartwood and barkless black locust from me. Sometimes hickory too. I don't often take oak but being as big as it is I should get a fair amount of heartwood splits. I have maybe a cord and a half of red and white oak heartwood on hand for him. Matter of fact i'm bringing some to top off his shed as I delivered a half cord of such earlier this month.
Well you like big ones for the nice pink heartwood splits,,,,,maybe this will make you rethink your aversion to oak LOL Love seeing them come off the splitter like loaves of bread Pay no attention to the finger in the camera.
Articulating crane with a circular saw end. The guy showed me pics on his cell. The tree was very tall and kind of in an awkward spot for a conventional tree service bucket truck which will be taking the rest down.
It is fun watching the "loaves" come out the end. Like I've said in the past if I had more room i'd take more oak.
Kinda figured. I remember when those units first showed up at the Bunyan a few years back. Grapple saw mounted to a 75 or 80 foot beam. I remember thinking "That's gonna be a game changer."
I'm liking that Joe. Actually am a big fan of oak and don't mind the bigger stuff either. A little more work involved with them but worth the time and effort to me. Awesome setup and I know first hand how well that splitter works.
Yeah, kinda wish I had a chance to watch it at work. I've watched the telescoping versions before as it topped big trees in one cut.
