YOU SIR, have been BLESSED, and i don't say this as a joke, this is really nice that they give you the quality wood they do. People who do not use wood for heat don't have a clue what this is worth to the ''average guy'' like me. I appreciate every log, i've cut into usable firewood, and its sad to see how some abuse this privilege, very happy for you as well.
20 cords is a difficult problem to have thrust upon you. I am often jealous of the FHC crew that have a relationship with a tree service. Closest tree service is 210 miles away and that dog don't hunt. Enjoy the relationship!
First glance, I see the evidence of horizontal limb growth, just like an evergreen does. I was actually just stating that I love monster oak, but it's all good. Monster tree's, in most species, are awesome to get as a hoarder with the right equipment to do the job. Like my original reply said, you get many many splits per round and that is what I love seeing. The only time I woodn't give a pic like that a like is if it was an elm or a gum or a willow.
If you’re really picking up on some details, note all the staining from nails and spikes placed into the trunk several decades ago. The tree service cutters really had a hard time with it. It got so bad they could not even get the last 3’ of stump down. Seriously, this was a 9 cord tree.
To the OP... a suggestion... that, I hope to remember myself! You said the tree was near 5ft DBH. That is about as big a harvested tree as I have ever seen in modern times. If this were to happen again, it would be cool if you put something near one of those giant rounds for scale. Gas can, saw, etc. Nine cords in a tree, that's wild! I don't process that much in a year, lol!
Great idea. Here pictured with Fiskars One Strike axe. The larger rounds, bottom 12’ were chunked down to move. 94 years old plus or minus. Check me!
I've seen those left single standing in new housing developments outside Seattle. They leave a lone single mature tree between two houses and a big storm comes and they no longer have the support they used to have around them, some of their roots may be cut and over they topple. Another McMansion bites the dust. Course, once the houses are all built, they now have to pay big bucks to have them pieced down. Trees are dammed tall. Not just fat. A 150-200 foot tall douglas fir between two mcmansions looks incredibly unwise to my eye but it supposedly helps sells the house and is wanted, at least until one in the neighborhood goes over .....
That pic is amazing. I can imagine looking out my back window and seeing a tree that big, let alone one that close to my house.
