Oak down, no barber chairs today

I saw this on IG and thought "That's a LOT of rot!" That could have been very interesting.

 

Not a lot holding that thing together anymore. Job well done. Might have been even more dangerous doing a plunge cut,,,,the hinge might’ve blown out sideways.
First tree I ever cut was just a little bigger than that, red oak heavy lean. I thought it was the perfect beginner tree as it was leaning so much there’s no way I could fail. Had no idea what a barber chair was, didn’t know it was a possibility. Well she did split allright, at least 12 feet up, leaned over quite a bit more but didn’t fall. Whittling away with a little MS-250 I knew this isn’t how it’s supposed to work. By the time I got that tree on the ground I was checking oil prices LOL

 

Not to derail Jasons awesome felling...but I beg to differ...they don't always work.
My gutter guy said some of the trick of getting gutter guards that work for you is to get the correct type for the type of debris that you have to deal with at your location...they have all kinds of different size n shapes of holes, shape of the gutter guard itself, how far its recessed, or stands proud of the gutter. And depends on local leaf/debris type, and your local conditions, as far as typical weather (wind/rain) roof design/slope, etc, as far as if, or how often you need to brush them off.
He actually suggested getting one of those gutter cleaner adapters for a leaf blower and use it to blow off the gutter guard during real dry weather when the leaves/debris is dry/light and easy to move. I have not gotten around to getting one yet, but I plan to, and I think it will work well to clear the pile that tends to build up under my one valley...so yeah, the gutter gaurds aren't 100% maintenance free, but I do find them to be way easier to keep clean that the gutters without the GG in place. Have not had a plugged downspout since getting them....I HATE clearing those out during a rainstorm!

Our house is on a high spot, and has decent foundation drainage, but I can still tell a difference in how dry the basement is if one of the gutters is overflowing during a rainy stretch.

 

At least you didn't evict any varmints Jason!
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A number of years ago we replaced our old gutters with Leaf Guard gutters. I have not had to clean out the gutters since and we live close to woods with lots of leaves. They were but well worth it.

 

Good one!! And derail away. I actually need to invest in some gutter guards but didn’t know which is best, so I’m learning. I have the leaf blower attachment but if the stuff gets wet at all, doesn’t work great.

Yes.. the more I think about it and look at the pics, . Fortunate I was.

 

Another load today. Dang.. sweating buckets!

 

Wow, you win, I'm out when the weather is like this!

 

1 load in the AM, that’s it. I tapped out. Usually 85 is my number but the dew point is 3 degrees from 80!


And ftr;

 

Homey here don't play in that heat and humidity.

 

I love Black Oak. It’s easy to split like all Red Oaks and it sheds its bark after sitting a while. In my yard anyway. Nice Score!

 

Dude, I can't do that right now, well, not.for free lol.
Nice scores.

 

I installed gutter guards last fall. Bought them at menards, and was done in a few hours. I'm still forced to blow the leafs that collect, but it beats having to scoop out the whole gutter.

 

I’d like to avoid getting on the roof at all. I have a length that is above a back porch roof that isn’t accessible any other way. 1st order of business is to significantly reduce the size of the silver maple in my backyard. That sumbish drops so much in them, drives me nuts.

 

My problem as well. I've got two huge silvers out front.

 

Likewise, my gutters fill up with a billon seeds when they drop.

 

Decided today would be the best day to get the rest of the oak. Land owner told us he had some hickory down we could have as well. Turned out to be 2 ash and a small shagbark. Shaggy and one ash was too rotten to bother with but I did buck up the (white?) ash.

All the oak:




After a few cuts, I stopped. Unfortunately it was too far gone to bother with. Same with this:




Pile is growing.


Happy to have gotten some decent ash. It’s becoming a bit of a rarity these days. Most is too soft.

 

I still take punky ash, as long as its not too far gone...it makes good shoulder season fuel, which stretches the good fuel out that much longer...
I get much pickier about things when taking punky wood...won't put too much work into it, tend to take the easy "goldilocks" wood size wise. If its so far gone it won't even split without just chunking off, then I'm out.

 

Just diced this big nasty double spar ash up. The one spar was aimed at the barn, got that down last Tuesday, then the other spar last Friday. The owner of the barn liked what I did and asked me to take down a 8" cherry and a similar black locust.
Everything except the punky stuff was cut into firewood.