Workin on some big red oak...man this stuff is heavy..24" x16..they gotta be close 150-200lbs!...but thr 441 makes pretty short work of it...
Nice looking work area you have there. Like the looks of your saw too, what size bar you running with? Do you partially split your oak vertically then work them horizontal?
I run a 20" rs on it now with that big wood when i dig in i stand the saw almost straight up and then come down the front side...it does really well...x27 does all the work rite now......thinkn maybe the 36 ton huskee next year.....that red oak is some pretty stuff....shame i gotta wait 3 summers to see how good itll burn
I know what you mean. When I first starting to cut wood I was lucky enough to get almost all oak but was weak in knowing it took 2-3 years to season and be ready to burn. Now, knowing a lot more about the wood side of burning, I really enjoy well seasoned oak. Long hot burns, big coals...
It seems almost crazy heavy doesn't it... when you work with ash, maple or other woods right beside the oak? I know it's very dense so not sure how much meat vs water oak has when green. Almost like it's got as much lead in it, as my azz...
Weights for green 1' lengths /diameter I try to avoid lifting stuff over 100 lbs, I call > 1oo lbs, rollers. If I have to lift, slowly & good posture. I multiply the 1 foot weight by 1.42 for my 17" rounds ( 17/12) A green , 16" diameter, Red oak round, (88 lbs per foot), 17" long = == 1.42 x 88 = 125 lbs Of course these weights vary , by when cut, location etc.. but a good reference
Some nice straight grain stuff right there. Should pop right apart with the fiskars. People laugh when i say i can split 24" oak rounds with an axe. Never said what kind of oak
No doubt about that weight. A year or so ago we cut a red oak. All cut to 16" but I don't remember the diameter. Still was not that big because I cut it with a 16" bar. Naturally as we went towards the stump the weight increased. Most from 12' down were over 150 lbs and many were over 200 lbs. Like Dave said, rollers.
Wow Dave. Your chart says some of the 22"-23" red oak rounds here were around 175 lbs per foot! I cut mine 20", so.... almost 300 lbs! Mine might have been 200 lbs. I'm basing that on skidding them around a little on the splitter. I did use the boom and tongs to rotate them the whole 180 degrees tho to tear down through strands. They were very heavy for sure, but I doubt any more than 200. But hey, 200 lbs is a h*ll of a lot of round to deal with, and we've seen a lot of big oak rounds being moved by many hoarders here...
Those are some good lookin' rounds there. Has anyone tried this - lay the round down on a 2X2 and then split along the line straight above the 2 X 2. The weight of the two halves hanging over the fulcrum helps it to pop open.
