Red oak, you say.... For those who haven't seen these. Oaks to come down...hopefully Three oaks - Endgame. Some tree felling
I’m sure one day my great great grandchildren will be able to enjoy the fruits of my red oak labor, after they kiln dry it for another 30+ years
Im not knocking it, i just hate the two plus years for it to be dry enough to burn. Heck if i had lots of space id take all i could. Lots of it for me to grab around here i dont touch. I think the same for Eric too.
This was a 36" red oak buzz-saw and i tackled last March. Remnants from Asplundh cutting. Thats buzzsaw noodling.
Good times , Had a blast ! First time I ever worked with BRAD , that guy wore me out. He is like a machine with legs.
I have seen trees like that with my very own eyes, I spent a few years living in the Lehigh Valley, PA a few hours east of The Wood Wolverine. Transferred in ‘02. Been a while and I have some jealousy, I miss burning oak, used to get a lot of red in Hellertown.
Dude... How do you even move those things to split them vertically?!?! Do you sledge and wedge them smaller first, or just noodle everything? Hats off to you, I'd pass on most anything over 36".
Oodles of noodles. This was the monster before that one. Same 42” bar. These things blow over and the homeowner can’t afford removal. That’s when I swoop in for the kill, and offer to clean it up for free.
I'm sure you could get paid a nominal fee from many of the homeowners...especially for wood that size where there aren't many who want to tackle it.
Wrong climate. Summers are too short and winters are too long. The native deciduous trees that thrive up there are mostly birch and aspen.
Is that the largest youve ever cut Jason? I had a chance at 44" oak but passed as i had no way to move it and it was rather dirty from being skidded.
I think there are still Northern Red Oaks in northern New England, but they're not as widespread. I remember seeing quite a few near St. Johnsbury Vermont years ago. The further north you go towards Canada ayyyy the more Maple and less Oak I believe.
Took this one down and gave to my friend. The lady who owns the land told me she wanted it down and I could have the wood.
Those 2 are the biggest. I didn’t put a tape measure on that last pic. I think at its widest spot it wood have won. One thing that does not come through in these pics of oak is the weight. Some really heavy chit! It coals up awesome in my firebox and last a looonnggg time. That’s why I call it king and take all I can get.
If I have the time, I love tackling those big guns. Lots of sawing...Lots of noodling! Cut two white oaks this winter that were around 3 foot diameters, but haven’t split it yet to see what the yield is. 2 summers ago, I cut a big red oak behind my dads that yielded 5 cord. I believe it was 42 inch diameter. Lot of appreciation for a single tree that can yield that much firewood!
Couple years ago, my father in law noodles up a white oak trunk that the loggers left behind. I’ll bet it was 60”! He sawed and sawed and sawed on that thing. Truckload after truckload off that log! The heartwood on some of that big stuff is so dense and heavy too! Labor of love
