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The smell of white oak in the morning...

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  1. basod

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    Had this monster dropped last week.
    Should have taken a starting picture the pile was 2' from the house and 5'+ high. Plugging away at it, the 441 is drinking heavy on these big rounds
     

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    Wow, that’s some drop being next to the pool and all.....lotta work for you basod and some excellent BTU’s:yes:
     
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    Mmmmmm. White oak. My favorite.....
     
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  4. basod

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    Its such a wonderful smell.
    Not bad for a mornings work
     

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  5. basod

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    Brush pile eliminated Terra Force earning its keep. Debating about renting a vertical splitter for the big rounds.
     

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    Vertical splitter? Is there another way to do this? Vertical rocks! White oak splits good too. Nice work basod.
     
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  7. basod

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    Yeah it's called vertizontal :D
    Everything I bucked last weekend and the faces the tree guy cut had checked pretty good.
    Broke out the sledge and wedge more than half of the bigguns are quartered now... no milk crate in my future
     
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    Nice :yes:

    Always better than the smell of Red Oak...which some people think smells like;
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    Thought I'd share this last pic before I finish her off. Took a sharpie to show the ring growth, this tree has been putting on some girth in the last few years ~1/2" radius annually over the past 5-6yrs.

    When the house was built 1981 and this tree left in the open it was ~4" DBH. 37-38 years later it was pushing 20" DBH.
    Hard to tell on the pith but likely started growing in the early 1940s IMG_1035.JPG
     
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    I love your ring picture.
    My neighbor gave me a big red oak which the top had broke clean off? I counted 81 rings. Had to roll the rounds in to my trailer. Two men couldn't pick them up
     
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    Great looking Oak there basod , It sure looks like you have leaves on your trees, that is mind blowing. It will be quite a while before we see leaves here. I still have a few scattered piles of snow to melt. Love those big Oak rounds.
     
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    Calendar Picture nominee imho. Great documentation. I'd say the drought of 11 and 12 played a part in that one's demise.
     
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    sweet chunks
     
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    Really nice, basod :thumbs:
     
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    Nice picture basod. It appears the trees grow faster down there than they do up here.
     
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    Awesome pics... I really liked your ring photo. Gaining a half inch diameter per year is a lot in my opinion...
     
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    The rings are 1/2"(radius). It was growing closer 1" diameter a year- which I thought was impressive!
     
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    So I broke the powerhorse wedge:whistle:
    One side started tearing so I kept the harder splits on the good side then it went.
    The new predator engine must've been more than it could handle.
     

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    Not good.
     
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