Had to have a big two trunk, four stemmed silver maple taken down at the apartments. It was over hanging neighbouring buildings, and although healthy was certainly a danger to the other property, and wasn't doing my roof any favors. We'll own this building (our first house, now three rental units) indefinitely, so it's not such a hard pill to swallow thinking about the future. Had a rotten Norway Maple taken down at the same time. Not too much food firewood, but great to remove the squirrel jump-off point near the roof, and the ant hotel. It was a rigging job all the way through, and watching the pro work was a treat - every move thought through, double checked, then cut methodically a few inches at a time. Through most of the job, Bill had his sons as ground men - they were efficient also, having learned well from Dad. All told it took about a week with a couple rainouts. Had the brush chipped into the old garden beds - think I'll bring a few loads over here for mulch once the wood is all processed. Been picking away at it after work the last few days. In case anyone is looking for fair priced, professional tree work in western MA, the outfit is Veteran's Tree Service, happy to share contact info if it's wanted! -edit- I see that the number is actually there in the back of the bucket truck, so there it is.
Fun to watch good tree cutter's work! I love Silver Maple for shoulder season as well. Got about 6 cord ready to go here when the Pine is finally gone. Good tree to have making heat instead of work for roofers & other contractors I think.
You don't have to tell me , That's what I'm talkin about , Word for word , dries quick , will heat your house well at 30- 35 °F
I'm just finishing off a load of silver maple we cut up last year. A friend of mine was taking them down to clean up his yard a little more, he asked if i wanted it. Well yeah! Two nice loads later it was home, split and stacked. I've got about a wheelbarrow load left of some small stuff out by the shop. Its great wood, i had never burned any before. Well i have to correct myself, i did take a pretty good sized one down in our back yard about 30 yrs ago. Me, myself, and i did it with my old 056 sthil, it was, ah, ''challenging'' but i got it done and turned that one into ashes as well. It would have been nice to have a bucket truck and not have to climb that tree, hoist up the 56 and cut it up, but, done deal now.
I've burned a fair bit of silver maple in the owb - it does go quick, but leaves more coals than pine. Looking forward to using this in conjunction with pine next fall/spring, and will likely cut some in with the heavier stuff for daytime loads when it's cold but not quite arctic. I'm stacking double row with space in between in an open field that gets full sun and lots of wind, so I'm hoping it will be ready this time next year. If not, no biggie. It can sit longer!
Got a little bit of this processed. Stacking in a sunny windy spot, two rows with a gap in between. Dry wood counts now, so I better do it right instead of conveniently. Nice to have a helper, too! Even if she kept trying to bring the wood back to the house. -edit- that's a little better than 1.5 cord stacked so far.
ha,ha, trust me, it wasn't fun, some one might think i'm pulling their leg but, i did it with the 056, it was the only saw i had at that time, and didn't have a choice.
Looking good That's how I stack mine with a space like that, Except for What's already dry that I put it in the little shed
Picked up the last of my last years silver maple this afternoon, I'll use that for small fires until i run out of it.
No, it doesn't. My buddy had to climb with his 046 magnum last weekend. That was just for 2, 8" branches and he sat in the crotch of the tree so he had an easy pair of cuts. That was tiring enough just watching. I can't imagine climbing with an 056.
